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.

Abbreviations for office locations:
Burl = Burlington; Mont = Montpelier; Rut = Rutland; Spr = Springfield; StJ = St. Johnsbury

Admin (ADM)

**ADM Staff List**
Name	Title	Office
Stephanie Berube	Support Staff	StJ
Edmund Booth	IT and Network Admin.	Burl
Jim Brown	Chief Financial Officer	Burl
Yasmin Dwedar	Executive Director	Burl
Hunter Emery	Support Staff	Burl
Liam Flynn	IT and Network Admin.	Burl
Alex Frank	Support Staff	Mont
David Koeninger	Deputy Director	Burl
Jeannette Lachapelle	Support Staff	Spr
Mandy McDermott	Human Resources Admin.	Burl
Anson Montgomery	Senior IT Admin.	Burl
Wendy Morgan	Special Assistant to ED	StJ
Jennifer Philo	Support Staff	Rut
Rio Roche	Support Staff	Burl
Rachel Seelig	VLA Lobbyist / Project Director - DLP	Mont
Jean Elizabeth Shockley	Executive Assistant	Burl
Brianna Sturgeon	Senior Accountant	Burl
Rebecca Wells	Accounting Assistant	Burl

Disability Law Project (DLP)

**DLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)	Office
Sherrie Brunelle	Paralegal - DLP	Burl
Susan Garcia Nofi	Attorney - DLP / PLP	StJ
Cammie Naylor	Attorney - DLP	Burl
Barb Prine	Attorney - DLP / PLP	Burl
Rachel Seelig	Project Director - DLP / VLA Lobbyist	Mont
Matthew Shagam	Attorney - DLP / HDLP	Spr
Andrea Smith	Paralegal - DLP / VRP	Burl

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

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

Office of the Health Care Advocate (HCA)

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

Housing for Everyone Law Project (HELP)

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

Homeowner Legal Assistance Project (HLAP)

**HLAP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)	Office
Devon Ayers	Paralegal - HLAP	Burl
Chris Merkle	Attorney - HLAP	Mont
Grace Pazdan	Project Director - HLAP	Mont

Housing Discrimination Law Project (HDLP)

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

Medical Legal Partnership (MLP)

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

Mental Health Law Project (MHLP)

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

Poverty Law Project (PLP)

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

Vermont Long-Term Care Ombudsman Project (VOP)

**VOP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)	Office
Katrina Boemig	Ombudsman - VOP	Spr
Michelle Carter	Ombudsman - VOP	Mont
Dawn Donahue	Ombudsman - VOP	StJ
Kaili Kuiper	State Ombudsman - VOP	Mont
Alicia Moyer	Ombudsman - VOP	Burl
Kerry White	Ombudsman - VOP	Rut

Victims’ Rights Project (VRP)

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

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