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 to create a powerful force for justice in Vermont.
Burlington
Eric Avildsen, Executive Director
Devon Ayers, Testing Coordinator
Kate Bailey, Health Care Advocate
Rachel Batterson, HDLP Director
Annalee Beaulieu, Health Care Advocate
Emily Bens, Health Care Advocate
Michael Benvenuto, ELP Director
Matthew Bernstein, Attorney
Laura Bierley, Attorney
Melissa Bockius, Testing Coordinator
Edmund Booth, IT and Network Administrator
Jim Brown, Chief Financial Officer
Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal
Amber Burke, Attorney
Chelsea Conway, Attorney
William Dysart, Attorney
Noura Eltabbakh, Attorney
Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate
Liam Flynn, IT and Network Administrator
Laura Gans, Attorney
Olivia Graffeo-Cohen, Attorney
Lindsay Hedges, Paralegal
Fexha Ilazi, Health Care Advocate
Erika Johnson, Attorney
Victoria Kenton, Support Staff
Emily Kenyon, Poverty Law Fellow
Kerrie Keyser, Support Staff
David Koeninger, Deputy Director
Laurie Larson, Health Care Advocate
Zachary Lees, Attorney
Sean Londergan, Attorney
Jeffrey Maier, Health Care Advocate
Mandy McDermott, Human Resources Administrator
Anson Montgomery, Sr. IT & Network Administrator
Alicia Moyer, Ombudsman
Kelly Murphy Moreton, MAP Case Coordinator
Jesse Norford, Support Staff
Sam Peisch, Policy Analyst
Barbara Prine, Attorney
Emma Riggs, Health Care Advocate
Alicia Roderigue, Health Care Communications Coordinator
Everett Secor, Attorney
Rachel Seelig, DLP Director
Matthew Shagam, Attorney
Jean Elizabeth Shockley, Executive Assistant
John Smith, Attorney
Brooke Stellman, Paralegal
Marjorie Stinchcombe, Attorney
Brianna Sturgeon, Senior Accountant
Rebecca Wells, Accounting Assistant
Betsy Whyte, Executive Assistant
Alliyah Xaybanha, VISTA MLP Project
Wendy Xu, Attorney
Emma Zavez, Health Care Advocate
Montpelier
Berry Carroll, Support Staff
Michelle Carter, Ombudsman
Maguire Curran, Attorney
Greg Fox, Attorney
Carolyn Jarrett, Attorney
Kaili Kuiper, State Long Term Care Ombudsman
Chris Merkle, Attorney
Jean Murray, HELP Director
Cammie Naylor, Attorney
Sandy Paritz, PLP Director
Grace Pazdan, HLAP Director
Rebecca Plummer, MLP Director
Eric Schultheis, Attorney
Montpelier - Mental Health Law Project
Wendy Hoffman, Attorney
Jack McCullough, Director
Saiward Turnbaugh, Support Staff
Rutland
Charles Becker, Attorney
Jane Callahan, Paralegal
Maureen O'Reilly, Attorney
Jennifer Philo, Support Staff
Rebecca Smith, Attorney
Kerry White, Ombudsman
Springfield
Katrina Boemig, Ombudsman
Leah Burdick, Attorney
Zoe Cunningham-Cook, Attorney
Sara Kagle, Attorney
Leslie Kreek, Paralegal
Jeannette Lachapelle, Support Staff
Brigid Lynch, Attorney
Lauren Mabie, Attorney
Kassie Tibbott, Attorney
St. Johnsbury
Stephanie Berube, Support Staff
Dawn Donahue, Ombudsman
Susan Garcia Nofi, Attorney
Maryellen Griffin, Attorney
Alice Harter, Ombudsman
Kelli Kazmarski, Attorney
Wendy Morgan, Attorney