Staff & Board
Staff
Adam Martin *
Staff Attorney, Immigration Program
(315) 640-4891
Amelia Kohli, Esq.
Debt Program Director
debt@vlpcny.org
(315) 640-4890
Anna Porter
Pro Bono Coordinator, Immigration Program
Bethanie Hemingway
Director of Community Engagement
volunteers@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-3991
Cheri Blair
Pro Bono Coordinator, Talk-to-a-Lawyer Program
communityclinics@vlpcny.org
(315) 949-2118
Cindy Mills
Director of Finance & Administration
finance@vlpcny.org
(315) 640-4895
Fahimeh Zaheri, Esq. *
Immigration Staff Attorney, ONA Legal Counsel of CNY
(315) 907-6606
Georgina Seabrook
Office Manager/Grants Assistant
(315) 640-4895
Grace Zaiman, Esq.
Pro Bono Supervising Attorney, Immigration Program
Jennifer Gavilondo, Esq. *
Immigration Staff Attorney, Afghan Legal Services
Jennifer Powell, Esq.
Immigration Staff Attorney - Afghan Legal Services
Kristin Greeley, Esq.
Senior Staff Attorney, Eviction Defense Program
housing@vlpcny.org
(315) 907-4310
Lizeth Ortega
Immigration Program Manager
Luz Marina Zender
Pro Bono Coordinator, Eviction Defense Program
housing@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-2577
Mallory Livingston, Esq.
Director of LGBTQ Program
lgbt@vlpcny.org
(315) 849-9234
Mary C. John, Esq.
Co-Deputy Executive Director & Director of Family Law Program
family@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-2574
Naomi Godbey, Esq. *
Director of North Country Immigration Program, ONA Legal Counsel North Country
immigration@vlpcny.org
(315) 956-3033
Pauline Smith
Pro Bono Coordinator/Paralegal of Small Business & Nonprofit Program
Sally Fisher Curran, Esq.
Executive Director
executivedirector@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-2576
Samantha Aguam, Esq.
Co-Deputy Executive Director & Director of Elder Law Program
elder@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-2579
Sara McDowell, Esq. *
Deputy Executive Director for Immigration Programs
immigration@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-0178
Shayla Kisacky
Program Assistant, Eviction Defense Program
Silvana Vergara
Senior Legal Fellow/Department of Justice Accredited Representative
immigration@vlpcny.org
(315) 949-3817
Tamana Tajik
Immigration Program Assistant, Afghan Legal Services
Tamara Scanes
Intake Manager
info@vlpcny.org
(315) 471-3409
Tara Nelson
Finance Assistant
Xiomara Salam
Program and Social Work Associate
*Admitted in the highest court of one of the other US states, practice in New York is limited to federal law
Board of Directors
2023 Officers
- President
Clifford Tsan, Tsan Mediation - Vice President
Mary Miner, Hancock Estabrook, LLP - Secretary
Ellen Weinstein, Retired, NY State Courts - Treasurer
Amy Wiles, NBT Bank
2023 Board Members
- Jan-Juba Arway, Center for Court Innovation & RISE
- Lori Beirman, Dannible & McKee, LLP
- Benjamin Burdick, Blitman & King, LLP
- John Boyd, New York State Courts
- John Callahan, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
- Andrew Croom, Legal Services of Central New York
- Sophie Dagenais, Syracuse University College of Law
- Donald Doerr, Fifth Judicial District, New York State Courts
- Zach Forward, Barclay Damon, LLP
- Mary Gasparini, Attorney Grievance Committee, 4th Judicial Department
- Brittany Hannah, Sugarman Law Firm, LLP
- Palmer Harvey, Syracuse Tenants Union
- Emilee Lawson Hatch, Bousquet Holstein, PLLC
- Hon. George Lowe, Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC
- Simphiwe Maqubela, Special Olympics New York
- Ranette Releford, Citizen Review Board for City of Syracuse
- Kathy Royal, Upstate Medical University
- Jeffrey Unaitis, Onondaga County Bar Association
- Kara Williams, Allyn Family Foundation