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
David Long
SECRETARY
Managing Director, Princeton Policy Associates
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
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
Tracy M. Thompson, Esq.
Vice-Chair, Capital Area YMCA Board of Trustees; Adjunct Faculty, TCNJ
STAFF
Cecilia Jiménez-Weeast
Executive Director
Rosmery Almonte-Valoy
Community Health Worker/Client Advocate
Noelia Calcaño
Grants and Communications Manager
Jeidy Cepeda
Citizenship Preparation and ESL Instructor
Carolina Curbelo, Esq.
Supervising Attorney
Email the Legal Team at legal@laldef.org
Caty Dominguez
Community Engagement Coordinator
Lili Leuck
Executive Assistant
Lorena Morales
Adult Education Programs Manager
Griselda Pachuca-Garcia
FUTURO Program Coordinator
Shelly Peskin
Legal Services Manager
Victor Ramirez
Adult Education Programs Assistant/Job Search Instructor
Alicia Rodriguez
Welcome House Caretaker
Kimberly Rojas
Community Health Worker/Client Advocate
Abigail Juarez
Legal Services Coordinator
John Altman, FUTURO Volunteer
Michael Bailey, English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor
Lynne Coulter, ESL Instructor
Georgeanne D’Angelo, FUTURO Volunteer
Shannon DeCosta, High School Equivalency (HSE Instructor)
George Dusichka, ESL Instructor
Ed Fenwick, DOJ Accredited Representative, Legal Services
Bonnie Gilbert, ESL Instructor
Brianna Gruasso, ESL Instructor
Cathleen O’Connell, ESL Instructor
Susana Plotquin, Legal Services Volunteer
Kira Popescu, ESL Instructor
Steven Puac, HSE Instructor
Adela Ramirez, ESL Instructor
Carlos Villela, FUTURO Instructor
Michael Wilson, ESL Instructor