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Board of Directors & Advisory Council

Board Officers

Cynthia V. Bailey, Esq.

Secretary/Treasurer, VPLC Board

Attorney at Law

Brenda Castañeda, Esq.

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Vice President, VPLC Board

Housing Opportunities Made Equal

Emily Connor Kennedy, Esq.

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Immediate Past President, VPLC Board

Consumer Litigation Associates

Drew Sarrett, Esq.

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President, VPLC Board

Consumer Litigation Associates

James W. (Jay) Speer, Esq.

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Ex-Officio, VPLC Board

Virginia Poverty Law Center

Board of Directors

Jennifer A. Baker, Esq., Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Bishop Larry Branch, Love Center of Unity Full Gospel Church

Lauren Davis, Esq., First Truth Law

Jae De La Mora Ayala, Community Board Member

Steve Dickinson, Esq., Central Virginia Legal Aid Society

Karl Doss, Esq., Virginia Law Foundation

Nicole Harrell, Esq., Kaufman Canoles

Bary W. Hausrath, Esq., BaryLaw

Pastor Rodney Hunter, Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church

Suja Sarah Mathew, Community Member

Pat McNichol, Esq., Kelly Guzzo, PLC

Luis Perez, Esq., Luis A. Perez P.C. Law Office

Brody Reid, Esq., Reid Goodwin

L. Chardé Reid, William & Mary

Amy Roma, Esq., Hogan Lovells

Matt Rosendahl, Esq., Kelly Guzzo, PLC

Gobind Sethi, Esq., Sethi and Sledd

Valerie Slater, Esq., RISE for Youth

Stephen Teague, Esq., Law Office of Stephen C. Teague

W. Clark Williams, Jr., Professor Emeritus, University of Richmond School of Law

Sheeba Williams, Nolef Turns, Inc.

Kathy Wright, Esq., Gentry Locke

Advisory Council

Leonard Bennett, Esq., Consumer Litigation Associates

Jeffery Breit, Esq., Breit Biniazan

Debra Grant, Community Member

Jack Harris, Esq., Attorney at Law

Margaret E. Ivey, Esq., Clinical Professor of Law Emerita, University of Richmond

Kristi Kelly, Esq., Kelly Guzzo, PLC

Donald E. King, Esq., Attorney at Law

Monica Monday, Esq., Gentry Locke

Lonnie “Chip” Nunley, Esq., Hunton Andrews & Kurth

Luis Perez, Esq., Luis A. Perez P.C. Law Office

Dale Pittman, Esq., The Law Offices of Dale W. Pittman P.C.

Nicholas “Nick” Rathod, Red Fort Strategies LLC

Catherine Read, Read.Think.Act.

Jacquelyn “Jackie” Stone, Esq., McQuireWoods

Lori Thompson, Esq., Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLC

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