Staff & Board

Staff

Adam Martin
Senior Law Fellow 
debt@vlpcny.org
(315) 640-4891

Adol Mayen
Pro Bono Coordinator & Intake Specialist
virtualcourtaccess@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

Lanessa Chaplin, Esq.
Reentry Program Director
newstart@vlpcny.org
(315) 766-2774

Laurie Rolnick, Esq.
Supervising Attorney & Director of Eviction Defense Program
housing@vlpcny.org
(315) 930-3506

Luz Marina Zender
Pro Bono Coordinator, Eviction & Reentry
housing@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-2577

Mallory Livingston, Esq.
Director of LGBT* Rights Program
lgbt@vlpcny.org
(315) 849-9234

Mary C. John, Esq.
Supervising Attorney & Director of Family Law Programs
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

Sally Curran, Esq.
Executive Director
info@vlpcny.org 
(315) 579-2576

Samantha Aguam, Esq.
Deputy Director & 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, Reentry Program
newstart@vlpcny.org
(315) 766-2774

Silvana Vergara
Paralegal/Community Educator
immigration@vlpcny.org
(315) 949-3817

Tre’Coy Boyd
Legal Assistant/Community Educator
housing@vlpcny.org
(315) 579-0177

Board of Directors

2021 Officers

• President
  Susan Katzoff, Bousquet Holstein, PLLC
• Vice President
  Clifford Tsan
• ​Secretary
  Ellen Weinstein, Retired, NY State Courts
• Treasurer
  Peter Dunn, Central New York Community Foundation, Inc.​

2021 Board Members

• Jan-Juba Arway, Center for Court Innovation & RISE
• Laurence Bousquet, Bousquet Holstein, PLLC
• John Boyd, Office of the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office
• John Callahan, Bond, Schoeneck & King
• Andrew Croom, Legal Services of Central New York
• Sophie Dagenais,  Syracuse University College of Law
• Hon. Therese Wiley Dancks, United States District Court, Northern District of NY
• Donald Doerr, Fifth Judicial District, New York State Courts
• Zach Forward, Barclay Damon
• Mary Gasparini, Attorney Grievance Committee, 4th Judicial Department
• Brittany Hannah, Sugarman Law Firm, LLP
• Palmer Harvey, Realtor & Center for Court Innovation 
• Michael Klein, Retired, Fifth Judicial District
• Brian LaClair, Blitman & King, LLP
• Emilee Lawson Hatch, Bousquet Holstein, PLLC
• ​Hon. George Lowe, Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC
• Mary Miner, Hancock Estabrook LLP
• Ranette Releford, Citizen Review Board for City of Syracuse
• Kathy Royal, Life Couch
• Jeffrey Unaitis, Onondaga County Bar Association
• Amy Wiles, NBT Bank