Staff

The staff at Vermont Legal Aid brings impressive credentials and experience together with a deep commitment to making a difference in the lives of our clients.

Admin (ADM)

**ADM Staff List**
Name	Title
Stephanie Berube	Support Staff
Edmund Booth	IT and Network Admin.
Jim Brown	Chief Financial Officer
Yasmin Dwedar	Executive Director
Hunter Emery	Support Staff
Liam Flynn	IT and Network Admin.
Alex Frank	Support Staff
David Koeninger	Deputy Director
Jeannette Lachapelle	Support Staff
Mandy McDermott	Human Resources Admin.
Anson Montgomery	Senior IT Admin.
Wendy Morgan	Special Assistant to ED
Jennifer Philo	Support Staff
Rio Roche	Support Staff
Jean Elizabeth Shockley	Executive Assistant
Brianna Sturgeon	Senior Accountant
Rebecca Wells	Accounting & HR Assistant
Betsy Whyte	HR Assistant

Disability Law Project (DLP)

**DLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Devon Ayers	Paralegal - DLP
Sherrie Brunelle	Paralegal - DLP
Susan Garcia Nofi	Attorney - DLP / PLP
Cammie Naylor	Attorney - DLP
Barb Prine	Attorney - DLP / PLP
Rachel Seelig	Project Director - DLP
Matthew Shagam	Attorney - DLP / HDLP
Andrea Smith	Paralegal - DLP / VRP

Elder Law Project (ELP) + Medicare Advocacy Project (MAP)

**ELP/MAP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Taleia Barksdale	Attorney - ELP / VRP
Michael Benvenuto	Project Director - ELP
Leah Burdick	Attorney - ELP
Amber Burke	Attorney - ELP / MAP
Berry Carroll	MAP Case Coordinator
Leslie Kreek	Paralegal - MAP
Alex Salgado	Paralegal - MAP
Rebecca Smith	Attorney - ELP / PLP
Wendy Xu	Attorney - MAP

Office of the Health Care Advocate (HCA)

**HCA Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Charles Becker	Attorney - HCA
Annalee Beaulieu	Advocate - HCA
Emily Bens	Advocate - HCA
Andrea Brett	Advocate - HCA
Isabel Dunkley	Advocate - HCA
Mike Fisher	Chief Advocate - HCA
Fexha Ilazi	Advocate - HCA
Jeff Maier	Advocate - HCA
Kelly Murphy Moreton	Advocate - HCA
Sam Peisch	Policy Analyst - HCA
Emma Riggs	Advocate - HCA
Alicia Roderigue	Communications Coord. - HCA
Eric Schultheis	Attorney - HCA
Marjorie Stinchcombe	Helpline Director - HCA
Emma Zavez	Consumer and Policy Analyst - HCA

Housing for Everyone Law Project (HELP)

**HELP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Chelsea Conway	Attorney - HELP
Jean Murray	Project Director - HELP
Everett Secor	Attorney - HELP
John Smith	Attorney - HELP

Homeowner Legal Assistance Project (HLAP)

**HLAP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Greg Fox	Attorney - HLAP
Chris Merkle	Attorney - HLAP
Grace Pazdan	Project Director - HLAP

Housing Discrimination Law Project (HDLP)

**HDLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Rachel Batterson	Project Director - HDLP
Christian Harris	Paralegal/Testing Coordinator - HDLP
Matthew Shagam	Attorney - HDLP / DLP

Medical Legal Partnership (MLP)

**MLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Zachary Lees	Attorney - MLP / PLP
Rebecca Plummer	Project Director - MLP
Brianna Savard	Attorney - MLP
Lily Yan	Attorney - MLP

Mental Health Law Project (MHLP)

**MHLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Amy Dollash	Attorney - MHLP
Wendy Hoffman	Attorney - MHLP
Sean Londergan	Attorney - MHLP
Brigid Lynch	Attorney - MHLP
Lauren Mabie	Attorney - MHLP
Jack McCullough	Project Director - MHLP
Saiward Turnbaugh	Support Staff - MHLP

Poverty Law Project (PLP)

**PLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Zoe Cunningham-Cook	Attorney - PLP
Laura Gans	Attorney - PLP
Susan Garcia Nofi	Attorney - PLP / DLP
Olivia Graffeo-Cohen	Attorney - PLP
Maryellen Griffin	Attorney - PLP
Sara Kagle	Attorney - PLP / VRP
Kelli Kazmarski	Attorney - PLP
Zachary Lees	Attorney - PLP / MLP
Maureen O'Reilly	Attorney - PLP
Sandra Paritz	Project Director - PLP
Barb Prine	Attorney - PLP / DLP
Daniel Schmidt	Attorney - PLP
Rebecca Smith	Attorney - PLP / ELP

Vermont Long-Term Care Ombudsman Project (VOP)

**VOP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Katrina Boemig	Ombudsman - VOP
Michelle Carter	Ombudsman - VOP
Dawn Donahue	Ombudsman - VOP
Kaili Kuiper	State Ombudsman - VOP
Randi Morse	Ombudsman - VOP
Alicia Moyer	Ombudsman - VOP
Nancee Schaffner	Volunteer Ombudsman - VOP
Kerry White	Ombudsman - VOP

Victims’ Rights Project (VRP)

**VRP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Taleia Barksdale	Attorney - VRP / ELP
Laura Bierley	Project Director - VRP
Sara Kagle	Attorney - VRP / PLP
Andrea Smith	Paralegal - DLP / VRP

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