Past Co-Chairs
Kaitlyn Quigley,
Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Chicago, 2021
Gerard Polanco,
Staff Attorney & MLP Coordinator, Uptown People's Law Center, 2020-2021
Diane Goffinet,
Managing Attorney, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, 2017-2019
Colleen Boraca,
Clinical Professor of Law,
Northern Illinois University, 2017-2020
Past AmeriCorps VISTAs
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Health Justice Project
Shiv Bajaj 2020-2021
Jacqueline Silva 2019-2020
Whitney Plumery
2018-2019
Past Members
Please note that the list below may not include all of the former members of the MLP-Illinois Task Force. Asterisks indicate members who - to the best of our knowledge - have made significant contributions to the development, advancement and sustainability of the Task Force.
Legal Aid Chicago,
Erin Sutton, Equal Justice Works Fellow
Annie Hao, Legal intern
Amelia Piazza, Cynthia Sadkin, Gaby
Teresa Yao, Borchard Fellow/Attorney
Alex Behn, AmeriCorps VISTA
Danielle Hunter, Paralegal
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid,
Michael Fiello, Managing Attorney, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice
Dowin Coffy, MLP Attorney
Lauren Pashayan, Managing Attorney
Latasha Barnes, Attorney
Melinda Hubele, Staff Attorney
Lucas Park, Staff Attorney
Katie Whiteworth, AmeriCorps VISTA
Kayla Estes, AmeriCorps VISTA
Andrew Weaver, Senior Supervising Attorney
Rachel Miller, Staff Attorney
Benjamin Brown, Senior Attorney
Susan Zielke, Managing Attorney
Briana Rodriguez, Rachel Beckett,
Angela Bates-Smith
Prairie State Legal Services,
Catrina Miksis, Mike O'Connor
Jessica Hodierne, Lydia Jordan
Rilla Adcock, Administrative Manager
Thomas Dennis, MLP Coordinator
Christina, Annie
Equip for Equality,
Jacqueline Ross, Staff Attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow
Melanie Grant, Intake Manager
Legal Council for Health Justice,
Ruth Edwards, Program Director
Ruth Abarca, Ashley, Jessica Hoffen
Shannon Ackenhausen, Staff Attorney
Brianne Dotts, Staff Attorney
Julie Brennan, Program Director
Jada Tinnin, AmeriCorps VISTA
Shelmun Dashan, Staff Attorney
Megan Harkins, Staff Attorney, Equal Justice Works Fellow
Adoley Jordan, Grants Manager
Jessica Rhoades, Staff Attorney
Amy Zimmerman, Program Director
Hannah Berkowitz, Staff Attorney
Amanda Walsh, Staff Attorney, Equal Justice Works Fellow
Jennifer Mota-Melville, Fellow/Intern
Enrique Mendoza, AmeriCorps VISTA
Others
Jan Baranczak, Director of Operations, Highland Park-Highwood Legal Aid Clinic
Michelle Sanders, Director of Development and Marketing, Heartland Health Services
Margaret Stapleton, Community Justice Director, Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Carolyn Pointer, Policy Director, SIU medicine
Sarah Grusin, Attorney, Loevy & Loevy
Southern Illinois Healthcare,
Woody Thorne, VP of Community Affairs and Chief Development Officer
Lisa Nation, Community Health Coordinator
Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice,
Addie Boone, MLP Advisory Board Member
Lisa Carlin
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law,
Yana Karnaukhov
Emily Benfer, Founding Director, Health Justice Project
Allyson Gold, Clinical Teaching Fellow
Ron Hochbaum, Clinical Teaching Fellow
Teya Dragovic, AmeriCorps VISTA
Kayley Anderson, MLP Social Work Intern
Lauren Koch, Law Student
Northwestern Pritzker
School of Law,
John Elson, Professor of Law
Hillary Chutter-Ames, Law Student
Northern Illinois University College of Law,
Lauren Daly, AmeriCorps VISTA
Heather Skrip
Center for Disability and Elder Law,
Thomas Wendt, Legal Director
August Hieber, Staff Attorney
Lawyers Committee for Better Housing,
Kira Wilpone-Welborn, Staff Attorney and MLP Fellow
Chloe Noonan, Legal Fellow
Howard Brown MLP,
Michelle Wetzel, Chad
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