Our Team

The NC Justice Center works through eight projects that provide in-depth expertise in the major policy areas impacting poor and working North Carolinians: Budget & Tax Center, Consumer, Housing & Energy Project, Education & Law Project, Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project, Health Advocacy Project, Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, NC Policy Watch, and the Workers’ Rights Project.

Management, Financial & Core Staff

RICK GLAZIER | Executive Director
NATALY DEL RIEGO | Development Assistant
ELISE ELLIOTT |  Accounting Manager
CRISTINA GALVAN |  Administrative Assistant
CASSANDRA HINTON |  Accountant
SELENA IBARRA | Engagement Assistant
SUSAN DUNN LAND | Deputy Director of Finance and Facilities
LUCY MARTINEZ | Deputy Director of Human Resources
RAVEN McKOY | Engagement Assistant
KIM-MARIE McLELLAN | Deputy Director of Gifts and Endowments
CARLENE McNULTY |  Deputy Director of Litigation
JAN NICHOLS |  Chief Technology Officer
JONATHAN PATTON | Leslie J. Winner Public Interest and Civil Rights Fellow
BILL ROWE | General Counsel & Deputy Director for Advocacy
SUIJIN LI SNYDER | Office Manager
ADAM SVOLTO | Deputy Director of Policy & Engagement

Budget & Tax Center

ALEXANDRA FORTER SIROTA | Director
HEBA ATWA | Policy Advocate
SUZY KHACHATURYAN | Policy Analyst
PATRICK McHUGH | Research Manager
LEILA PEDERSEN | Policy Analyst
MEL UMBARGER | Senior Communications Specialist
CHANAE WILSON | Engagement Advocate

Communications

JULIA HAWES | Director of Communications
ANDREA DREIER | Communications Specialist
PHYLLIS NUNN | Design Director

Consumer, Housing & Energy Project

AL RIPLEY |  Director
DIANA ESPINAL-GUTIERREZ | Litigation Paralegal
JACK HOLTZMAN |  Senior Attorney & Project Director of the Fair Housing Project Legal Aid of NC
CARLENE McNULTY |  Deputy Director of Litigation
JASON PIKLER |  Staff Attorney
BILL ROWE | General Counsel & Deputy Director for Advocacy
CLAIRE WILLIAMSON | Energy Policy Advocate

Education & Law Project

MATT ELLINWOOD | Director
SARAH MONTGOMERY |  Policy Advocate
KRIS NORDSTROM | Senior Policy Analyst
EMILY TURNER | Staff Attorney

Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project

DANIEL BOWES  | Director
LAURA HOLLAND | Staff Attorney
QUISHA MALLETTE | Staff Attorney
BILL ROWE | General Counsel & Deputy Director for Advocacy

Health Advocacy Project

NICOLE DOZIER | Director
REBECCA CERESE | Health Engagement Coordinator
SHARON McDONALD EVANS | EPSDT Coordinator
WILLIAM MUNN | Policy Analyst
HYUN NAMKOONG | Policy Advocate

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project

DANI MOORE | Director
SARAH HILL McINTYRE | Staff Attorney
AZALEA LOPEZ | Paralegal
JUAN CALDERON LORA | Paralegal
RAUL PINTO | Senior Attorney
KATE WOOMER-DETERS | Senior Attorney

NC Policy Watch

ROB SCHOFIELD | Director
GREG CHILDRESS | Education Reporter
CLAYTON HENKEL | Senior Communications Coordinator
JOE KILLIAN | Investigative Reporter
LISA SORG | Environmental Reporter

Workers’ Rights Project

CAROL BROOKE | Senior Attorney
AZALEA LOPEZ | Paralegal
ANA PARDO | Policy Advocate
CLERMONT RIPLEY | Senior Attorney
BILL ROWE | General Counsel & Deputy Director for Advocacy