Network Staff Directory

Appleseed Centers are staffed by highly skilled professionals— lawyers, policy analysts, community organizers—who know how to use political leverage, mobilize coalitions, and fight for solutions that build resilient communities. They are supported in this work by pro bono attorneys from many of the nation’s top tier law firms and corporations, economists, researchers, and others.

First Name	Last Name	Job Title	Location	Email
Carla	Crowder	Executive Director	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Leah	Nelson	Research Director	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Frederick	Spight	Policy Director	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Elaine	Burdeshaw	Policy Associate	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Eddie	Burkhalter	Researcher	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Megan	Cheek	Communications and Development Manager	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Scott	Fuqua	Legal Fellow	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Callie	Greer	Community Navigator	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Kathleen	Henderson	Re-entry Case Manager	Alabama Appleseed	Email Email
Ronald	McKeithen	Re-entry Coordinator and Advocate	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Libby	Rau	Legal Assistant	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Dana	Sweeney	Statewide Organizer	Alabama Appleseed	Email
Marquisa	Wince	Executive Director	Arkansas Appleseed	Email
A.B.	Stewart	Director of Program Development and Operations	Arkansas Appleseed	Email
Daniela	Spoto	Director of Anti-Hunger Initiatives	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Devin	Thomas	Budget & Policy Center Policy Analyst	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Ray	Kong	Lawyers for Equal Justice Legal Director	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Connie	Choy	Director of Development	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Will	Caron	Director of Communications	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Jordan	Smith	Senior Policy Analyst for Anti-Hunger Initiatives	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Gavin	Thornton	Executive Director	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Christy	MacPherson	Lead Community Developer	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Will	White	Budget & Policy Center Director	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Kenna	StormoGipson	Budget & Policy Center Director of Housing Policy	Hawaiʻi Appleseed	Email
Colleen	McCarty	Executive Director	Oklahoma Appleseed	Email
Leslie	Briggs	Legal Director	Oklahoma Appleseed	Email
Caressa	Bossa	Community Outreach Associate	Oklahoma Appleseed
Seth	McIntosh	Juvenile Mental Health Project Coordinator	Oklahoma Appleseed
Malcolm	Rich	Executive Director	Chicago Appleseed	Email
Stephanie	Agnew	Director of Communications	Chicago Appleseed	Email
Naomi	Johnson	Director of Program Management	Chicago Appleseed	Email
Elizabeth	Monkus	Civil Court Project Director	Chicago Appleseed	Email
Sarah	Staudt	Director of Policy	Chicago Appleseed	Email
Ricardo	Alvarez	Appleseed Network Fellow	Chicago Appleseed
Kareem	Butler	Pretrial Justice Fellow	Chicago Appleseed	Email
Kaitlyn	Filip	Appleseed Network Fellow	Chicago Appleseed
Jennifer Won	Young Lee	Jill Dupont Memorial Fellow	Chicago Appleseed	Email
Nicholas	Valdivia	Appleseed Network Fellow	Chicago Appleseed
Sue	Berkowitz	Executive Director	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Adam	Protheroe, Esq.	Litigation Attorney	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Bach	Pham	Digital Strategy & Communications Manager	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Brandon	Fountain	Director of Development & Communications	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Bridget	Brown, Esq.	Deputy Director	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Emily	Blackshire, Esq.	EJW Housing Justice Fellow	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Jennifer	Rainville, Esq.	Education Policy Attorney	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Laurie	Ricard	Office Manager	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Misa	Bailey	Story Collection Coordinator	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Shatari	Dunmore	Story Collection Organizer	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Sloan	Wilson	EJW Housing Justice Organizer	South Carolina Appleseed	Email
Michael	Waller	Executive Director	Georgia Appleseed	Email
Morgan	Bridgman	Policy Counsel	Georgia Appleseed	Email
Tanesse	Brown	Program Manager	Georgia Appleseed	Email
Caren	Cloud	Legal and Policy Director	Georgia Appleseed	Email
Becky	Hudock	Senior Policy Counsel	Georgia Appleseed	Email
Rosalie	Monroy Wolfe	Adminstrative Assistant	Georgia Appleseed	Email
Liz	McDaniel	Development Manager	Georgia Appleseed	Email
Kate	Swett	Director of Operations	Georgia Appleseed	Email
Diane	Amdor	Staff Attorney Economic Justice	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Kelsey	Arends	Staff Attorney Health Care Access	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Becca	Brune	Federal Policy Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Allison	Derr	Senior Staff Attorney Child Welfare	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Drew	Duncan	Development Associate	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Cesar	Garcia	Community Organizer Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
James	Goddard	Programs Senior Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Becky	Gould	Executive Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Nicholas	Grandgenett	Staff Attorney Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Clarissa	Guzman	Weitz Fellow	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Megan	Hamann	Community Organizer Food and Nutrition Access, Economic Justice	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Sarah	Helvey	Program Director Child Welfare	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Lisa	Holmquist	Executive Assistant	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Kristine	Hull	Administration Senior Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Kieran	Kissler	State Policy Associate	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Vic	Klafter	Campaigns Organizer	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Lindsay	Limbach	Organizing Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Gabriel	Long Soldier	Program Associate	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Ruby	Mendez Lopez	Community Organizer Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Sarah	Maresh	Program Director Health Care Access	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Vanessa	Martinez	Organizing Manager Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Robert	McEwen	Legal Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Khenda	Mustafa	Welcoming Coordinator Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Kayleigh	Newman	Senior Grants Coordinator	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Kasey	Ogle	Senior Staff Attorney Collective Impact Lincoln	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Katie	Pitts	State Policy Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Erin	Pixley	Finance and Benefits Coordinator	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Diane	Rolfsmeyer	Finance and Administrative Coordinator	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Sierra	Salgado Pirigyi	Communications Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Gloria	Sarmiento	Senior Community Organizer Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Eric	Savaiano	Program Manager Food and Nutrition Access, Economic Justice	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Ken	Smith	Program Director Economic Justice	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Nic	Swiercek	Development & Engagement Senior Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Mika	Takamori	Digital Strategies Coordinator	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Freedom	Thompson	Community Organizer Health Care Access	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Trisha	Thompson	Senior Intake Coordinator	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Darcy	Tromanhauser	Program Director Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Lizzie	Turner	Community Organizer Collective Impact Lincoln	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Romulo	Vega	Community Organizer Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Schalisha	Walker	Program Coordinator Child Welfare	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Eric	Wickizer	IT & Data Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Christa	Yoakum	Senior Welcoming Coordinator Immigrants & Communities	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Omaid	Zabih	Strategy Senior Director	Nebraska Appleseed	Email
Deborah	Fowler	Executive Director	Texas Appleseed	Email
Brennan	Griffin	Senior Deputy Director	Texas Appleseed	Email
Gabriella C.	McDonald	Deputy Director	Texas Appleseed	Email
Ann	Baddour	Director Fair Financial Services Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Akanksha	Balekai	Policy Analyst Criminal Justice Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Kristian	Caballero	Director of Community Outreach	Texas Appleseed	Email
Jennifer	Carreon	Director Criminal Justice Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Jing	Chen	Accounting Manager	Texas Appleseed	Email
Nathan	Clark	Director of Finance and Administration	Texas Appleseed	Email
Meg	Duffy	Policy Analyst Disaster Recovery and Fair Housing Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Uyiosa	Elegon	Community Outreach Organizer	Texas Appleseed	Email
Laura	Felix	Public Relations Manager	Texas Appleseed	Email
Mayra	Fierro	Community Outreach Organizer	Texas Appleseed	Email
Corina	Golea	Office Manager	Texas Appleseed	Email
Briana	Gordley	Policy Analyst Fair Financial Services Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Adrew R.	Hairston	Director Education Justice Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Kelli	Johnson	Communications Director	Texas Appleseed	Email
John	Laycock	Research Analyst	Texas Appleseed	Email
Angelica	Maldonado	Assistant Director of Digital Communications	Texas Appleseed	Email
Martin A.	Martinez	Youth Justice Policy Advocate	Texas Appleseed	Email
Farah	Merchant	Social Media Strategist Criminal Justice Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Brett M.	Merfish	Director of Youth Justice	Texas Appleseed	Email
Cole	Meyer	Policy Associate Criminal Justice Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Maile	Molin	Senior Donor Relations Officer	Texas Appleseed	Email
Renuka	Rege	Policy Advisor Education Justice	Texas Appleseed	Email
Kayla	Roane	Policy Advocate Criminal Justice Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Laura	Robinson	Grants Manager	Texas Appleseed	Email
Madison	Sloan	Director Disaster Recovery and Fair Housing Project	Texas Appleseed	Email
Jessi	Stafford	Research Analyst	Texas Appleseed	Email
Ellen	Stone	Director of Research	Texas Appleseed	Email
Jamie	Tegeler-Sauer	Director of Development	Texas Appleseed	Email
Chris	Willuhn	Director of New Projects	Texas Appleseed	Email
Vivian	Young	Development Associate	Texas Appleseed	Email
Jami	Reever	Executive Director	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Caleb	Smith	Campaign Director	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Tajahnaé	Stocker	Thriving Campaign Advocate	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Martha	Terhaar	SWKS Thriving Advocate	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Teresa	Woody	Litigation Director	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Haley	Kottler	Campaign Director	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Paige	Olson	SEKS Thriving Advocate	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Christina	Ostmeyer	Communications and Development Director	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Mike	Fonkert	Campaign Director	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Lori	Johns	Director of Operations	Kansas Appleseed	Email
Deb	Silva	Executive Director	Massachusetts Appleseed	Email
Kayla	Pulliam	Staff Attorney	Massachusetts Appleseed	Email
Madeline	Poage	Director of Development and Communications	Massachusetts Appleseed	Email
Dianna	Georges	Community Engagement Coordinator	Massachusetts Appleseed	Email
Nyah	Berg	Executive Director	New York Appleseed	Email
Lena	Dalke	Integrated Schools Project Associate	New York Appleseed	Email
Maru	Cortázar	Executive Director	Appleseed México	Email
Natalia	Alvarado	Legal Projects Coordinator	Appleseed México	Email
Margarita	Sanchez	Project Coordinator	Appleseed México	Email
Rosario	Martinez	Administration and Operations Coordinator	Appleseed México	Email
Francisco	Escutia	Legal Compliance Officer	Appleseed México	Email
Teresa	Flores	Legal assistant	Appleseed México	Email
Susana	Reynoso	Attention to CSOs	Appleseed México	Email
Liza	Weiss	Executive Director	Missouri Appleseed	Email
Finola	Prendergast	Director of Research	Missouri Appleseed	Email
Vanessa	Batters-Thompson	Executive Director	DC Appleseed	Email
Neil	Richardson	Deputy Director	DC Appleseed	Email
Erin	Calloway	Director of Development	DC Appleseed	Email
Scout	Cheeks	Policy & Project Management Analyst	DC Appleseed	Email
Ifeyinwa F.	Davis	Policy Analyst	Louisiana Appleseed	Email
Jonathan	Reynolds	Heirs' Property Staff Attorney	Louisiana Appleseed	Email
Adrienne	Wheeler	Executive Director	Louisiana Appleseed	Email
Renée	Steinhagen	Executive Director	New Jersey Appleseed	Email
Myles	Zhang	Website Design and Administration	New Jersey Appleseed
Mary Pat	Gallagher	Law and Public Policy Blog	New Jersey Appleseed
Cheryl	Fallick	Outreach and Growth Coordinator	New Jersey Appleseed	Email
Jenny	Ramo	Executive Director	New Mexico Appleseed	Email
Steven	Montaño	Rural Outreach Coordinator	New Mexico Appleseed	Email
Daniel	Valverde	Director of Strategy	New Mexico Appleseed	Email
Meghan	Mead	Director of Law and Policy	New Mexico Appleseed	Email
Karen	Burbank	Director of Administration	New Mexico Appleseed	Email

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