Our Team
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Officers
Pete Taft
CHAIR
Co-founder and Former CEO, Taft Communications
Sasa Olessi Montaño
PRESIDENT
Former Chief Executive Officer at Meals on Wheels of Mercer County
Steven Gamboa
TREASURER
Tax Staff II, Lear & Pannepacker, LLP
Tracy M. Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY
Vice-Chair, Capital Area YMCA Board of Trustees; Adjunct Faculty, TCNJ
Trustees
Karen S. Ali, Esq.
Board President at the New Jersey State Museum Foundation
Jason Scott Camilo, Esq.
Principal and Founder, Law Offices of Jason Scott Camilo, LLC
Dr. Rachael Evans
Chief Medical Officer, Henry J. Austin Health Center
Iris Hauser
Lecturer and Head of Course
Spanish and Portuguese
Department,
Princeton University
Rev. Karen Hernández-Granzen
Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jonathan Lear
CEO, First Steps Financial
Cynthia Martínez
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latinx Studies, Rider University
KEY STAFF
Cecilia Jiménez-Weeast
Executive Director
Carolina Curbelo, Esq.
Supervising Attorney
Email the Legal Team at legal@laldef.org
Caty Dominguez
Community Engagement Coordinator
Lorena Morales
Adult Education Programs Manager
Griselda Pachuca-Garcia
FUTURO Program Coordinator
Shelly Peskin
Legal Services Manager
John Altman, FUTURO Volunteer
Michael Bailey, English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor
Stacye Chen, ESL Instructor
Lynne Coulter, ESL Instructor
George Dusichka, ESL Instructor
Ed Fenwick, DOJ Accredited Representative, Legal Services
Emely Galeano, ESL Instructor
Jacob Goodman,ESL Instructor
Amy Hughes, FUTURO Volunteer
Simran Malik, ESL Instructor
Ivan Melchor, FUTURO Volunteer
Daniela Menendez, FUTURO Volunteer
Susana Plotkin, Legal Services
Michael Simmone, GED Science Instructor