Our Team
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Officers
Pete Taft
CHAIR
Co-founder and Former CEO, Taft Communications
Sasa Olessi Montaño
PRESIDENT
Chief Executive Officer at Meals on Wheels of Mercer County
Jonathan Lear
TREASURER
Principal, Lear & Pannepacker, LLP
David Long
SECRETARY
Managing Director, Princeton Policy Associates
Trustees
David Anderson
Principal and Consultant at DMA Infotech LLC
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
Valeria Posso-González Marketing Director, Advertise IT LLC
Susan Roy
Attorney at Law Office of Susan G. Roy, LLC
Richard Sperry
Research Partnerships and Collaborations, EverythingALS
STAFF
Cecilia Jiménez-Weeast
Executive Director
Rosmery Almonte-Valoy
Client Advocate/Community Health Worker
Phyllis Alongi
Professional Counselor Consultant
Miranda Christ
Director of Development and Communications
Carolina Curbelo, Esq.
Supervising Attorney
Email the Legal Team at legal@laldef.org
Caty Dominguez
Client Advocate/ID Card Manager/Community Health Worker
Ana Mazan
FUTURO Program Assistant
Laura Mora
Community Organizer/Community Health Worker
Kadeem Neill
Community Health Worker
Erika Perez
Front Desk Receptionist
Shelly Peskin
Legal Services Coordinator
Nate Philips
Adult Education Programs Manager adult.education@laldef.org
Alicia Rodriguez
Welcome House Caretaker
Ana Mariana Sotomayor Palomino
Development and Communications Associate
Fernando Vasquez
Legal Services Coordinator
VOLUNTEERS
Michael Bailey, ESOL Instructor
Gage Braddock, ESOL Instructor
Ed Fenwick, DOJ Accredited Representative, Legal Services
Emmet Gallagher, ESOL Instructor
Anna Gallos, ESOL Instructor
Steve Gates, ESOL Instructor
Brianna Grausso, ESOL Instructor
Kimberly Jack, ESOL Instructor
Jeff Konah, ESOL Instructor
Christine Piatek, ESOL Instructor
Susana Plotquin, Legal Services Volunteer
Andrea Reyes, HSE Instructor
Romi Roman Cabrera, HSE Instructor
Daniela C. Salcedo Arnaiz, ESOL Instructor
Janice Talbot, ESOL Instructor
Kristin Talbot, ESOL Instructor
Alice Yu, ESOL Instructor