Staff
Safe & Stable Homes Project
Ayanna Jones-Lightsy
Co-Director
Safe & Stable Homes Project
Cole Thaler
Co-Director
Safe & Stable Homes Project
Lauren Boswell
Community Advocate
Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Kenisha Carson
Paralegal
Safe & Stable Homes Project
Nikkiangela Cauthen
Community Advocate
Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Matilde Davis
Volunteer Engagement Manager
Safe & Stable Homes Project
Pierce Hand
Staff Attorney
Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Shameka Love
Community Advocate
Viraj Parmar
Managing Attorney
Housing Court Assistance Center
Crystal Redd
Staff Attorney
Christan Rozzell
Paralegal
Safe & Stable Homes Project
Shanee’ Shepardson
Paralegal
Housing Court Assistance Center
Erica Taylor
Staff Attorney
Saturday Lawyer Program
Lauren Washington
Staff Attorney
Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Nekesha Whitaker
Community Advocate
Standing with Our Neighbors Program
LaKeta Whittaker
Community Advocate
Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Darrius Woods
Staff Attorney
Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Shamyya Wyatt
Community Advocate
Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Safe & Stable Families Project
Jamie Perez
Director
Safe & Stable Families Project
Audrey Bergeson
Managing Attorney
Family Law Program
Joel Correa
Managing Attorney
Safe Families Office
Lilli Crowe
Program Coordinator
Safe & Stable Families Project
Sharlena Foster
Legal Assistant
Safe & Stable Families Project
Henry Gayler
Administrator
Safe Families Office
Kenya Gould
Social Worker
Standing with Survivors Program
Mary Koenig
Social Worker
Social Work Program
Camille Millar
Social Worker
Social Work Program
Cynthia Padilla Pearson
Program Manager
Standing with Survivors Program
Andrea Taps
Paralegal
Family Law Program
Trevi-Ann Thompson
Staff Attorney
Family Law Program
Erika Voreh
Staff Attorney
Safe Families Office
“Shanee and Viraj do a terrific job running the clinic. They are knowledgeable, efficient, and helpful.”
– Housing Court Assistance Center Volunteer
Community Assistance Program
Sonya Humphries
Director
Community Assistance
La’Nette Holloman
Community Assistance Advocate
Kelsie Matthews
Community Assistance Advocate
Patricio Cambias Rojas
Community Assistance Advocate
Administration
& Program Support
Martin Ellin
Executive Director
Michael Lucas
Deputy Director
Libby King
Development Director
Keith Milner
Director of Operations
Aisha Coore
Human Resources and Operations Manager
Karen Frazier
Accounting Manager
Akshaya Garimalla
Development Coordinator
Dedrick Leonard
Communications Associate
Ebonie Sanders
Grants Manager
Mariah Moore
Office Coordinator
Melissa Moody
Information Technology Manager
Ashleigh Starnes
Communications Manager
“[Erika Voreh] and the Safe Families legal team are a pertinent resource for women like myself. Keep doing what you are doing, striving to keep families/victims of domestic violence safe!”
– Safe Families Office Client
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Nancy Baughan, President
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP
Adria Perez, Vice President
Kilpatrick Townsend LLP
Dave Stainback, Treasurer
PwC
Will Shearer, Secretary
United Distributors, Inc.
Hon. Walt Davis
Immediate Past President
Georgia State-Wide Business Court
Larry Bracken
Development Committee Chair
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Jennifer Jackson
Nominating Committee Chair
SullivanStrickler
Paul Murphy
Executive Committee At-Large
King & Spalding LLP (Ret.)
Chel Tanger
Finance Committee Chair
The Tanger Consulting Group, LLC
Standing Directors
Hon. Chris Brasher
Fulton County Superior Court
Ryan Walsh
President, Atlanta Bar Association
Caren Cloud
President, Gate City Bar Association
Hon. Eric Richardson
Fulton County State Court
Ashley Heintz
President, AVLF Leadership Council
Cathy Vandenberg
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
At-Large Directors
Virginia Adams
EY LLP
Steve Allen
SunTrust Private Wealth Legal Specialty Group (Ret.)
Trudy Kremer
Jackson Spalding
Tom Best
The Home Depot U.S.A.
Bettina Drake
eVestment
Elizabeth Finn Johnson
The Coca-Cola Company (Ret.)
Elizabeth Helmer
Alston & Bird LLP
John Horn
King & Spalding LLP
Ben Hunter
Truist
Emily Johnson
United Parcel Service
Meredith Lackey
Georgia Power
Christin Lumpkin
Global Payments, Inc.
Jennifer Malinovsky
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Irv Marchand
Epiq
Petrina McDaniel
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Jim McGinnis
Warner Bates
Jeff Nix
Taylor English LLP
Brian Smith
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Jaime Theriot
Troutman Pepper LLP
Meka Ward
The Home Depot U.S.A.
Denelle Waynick
UCB, Inc.
Kristy Weathers
Eversheds Sutherland
Leadership Council
Ashley Heintz, President
Jones Day
Rachel Weitz, Immediate Past-President
Delta
Andrew Rosenzweig, President-Elect
Nelson Mullins
Katie Balthrop, Development Committee Chair
Westrock
Sean Sullivan, Nominating Committee Chair
Alston & Bird
Ross Andre
Southern Company
Kimberly Averett
Kaiser Permanente
Paul Barsness
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP
Alex Bartko
Seyfarth Shaw
Michelle Davis
PwC
Jennifer Deal
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Jessica Fagan
Hedgepeth Heredia
Ariel Fenster
Seyfarth Shaw
Ken Franklin
Duane Morris LLP
Adam Gajadharsingh
Barnes & Thornburg
Lennon Haas
Seyfarth Shaw
Adam Koetter
Veritext Legal Solutions
Stacy Myers
Ernst & Young
Paul Nam
InComm
ShaMiracle Rankin
CP Law Group
Bethany Rupert
King & Spalding
James Rusert
DLA Piper
Amy Saul Mollengarden
Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenberry, LLC
John Sharpe
Eversheds Sutherland
Andrew Smith
Greenberg Traurig
Tyler Wright
Moore Colson