Staff & Board

Maisha Cole

Leadership Team

Executive Director

Kiki Poe

Leadership Team

Deputy Director

Laurie Furstenfeld

Leadership Team

Director of Programs

Julia Forte Frudden

Legal Team

Senior Policy Analyst

Karina Laigo

Legal Team

Senior Staff Attorney

Giani Interiano Brown

Legal Team

Senior Staff Attorney

Naomi Gemmell

Legal Team

Senior Staff Attorney

Simone Bradley

Communications Team

Communications & Community Advocacy Manager

Lavender Briscoe

Development Team

Development Associate

Deanne Bray

Finance Team

Finance Director

Jeff Dukes

Finance Team

Systems & Finance Administrator

Ernest Hammond III

Leadership Team

Chair

Lead Product Counsel - Meta

Natasha Saggar Sheth

Leadership Team

Vice-Chair

Government Attorney

Frank Paré

Leadership Team

Treasurer

Certified Financial Planner ™

Sarah Efthymiou

Leadership Team

Secretary

Senior Counsel, Alliance for Justice

Torr Melling

Legal Secretary/Executive Assistant

Shauna-Dene Small

Licensed Educational Psychologist

Shareena Casterline

Client Services Counselor at BANANAS Inc.

Joanne Brion

Principal of Brion Economics, Inc. (BEI)

Rachel Boyce

Counsel-Perkins Coie

Mary Gutierrez-Hunter

Former Board Members

June 26, 1979 – August 28, 2025

Samuel Levine

Former Board Members

Senior Associate - Gilead Sciences