Staff & Board
Staff
Adam Martin
Senior Law Fellow
debt@vlpcny.org
(315) 640-4891
Adol Mayen
Pro Bono Coordinator & Intake Specialist
info@vlpcny.org
(315) 640-4892
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.
Staff Attorney, Immigration Program
(315) 907-6606
Georgina Seabrook
Finance Assistant
Laurie Rolnick, Esq.
Supervising Attorney & Director of Eviction Defense Program
housing@vlpcny.org
(315) 930-3506
Luz Marina Zender
Pro Bono Coordinator, Eviction Defense Program
housing@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-2577
Mallory Livingston, Esq.
Director of LGBT* Rights 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
Matt Van Ryn, Esq.
Director of Community Economic Opportunity Program
business@vlpcny.org
(315) 930-3505
Naomi Godbey, Esq.
Director of North Country Immigration Program - ONA Legal Counsel North Country
immigration@vlpcny.org
(315) 956-3033
Sal 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.
Director of CNY Immigration Program - ONA Legal Counsel CNY
immigration@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-0178
Shania Barton
Paralegal & Program Coordinator, Reentry Program
newstart@vlpcny.org
(315) 766-2774
Silvana Vergara
Paralegal/Community Educator
immigration@vlpcny.org
(315) 949-3817
Tamara Scanes
Receptionist & Intake Specialist
Tre’Coy Boyd
Paralegal, Eviction Defense Program
housing@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-0177
Board of Directors
2022 Officers
- President
Clifford Tsan, Tsan Mediation - Vice President
Mary Miner, Hancock Estabrook, LLP - Secretary
Ellen Weinstein, Retired, NY State Courts - Treasurer
Peter Dunn, Central New York Community Foundation, Inc.
2022 Board Members
- Jan-Juba Arway, Center for Court Innovation & RISE
- Laurence Bousquet, Bousquet Holstein, PLLC
- 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, Realtor & Center for Court Innovation
- Susan Katzoff, Corporation Counsel of City of Syracuse
- Brian LaClair, Blitman & King, LLP
- Emilee Lawson Hatch, Bousquet Holstein, PLLC
- Hon. George Lowe, Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC
- Ranette Releford, Citizen Review Board for City of Syracuse
- Kathy Royal, Life Coach
- Jeffrey Unaitis, Onondaga County Bar Association
- Amy Wiles, NBT Bank