Our Team

The NC Justice Center works through seven projects that provide in-depth expertise in the major policy areas impacting poor and working North Carolinians: 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.

BILL ROWE | Interim Executive Director

Communications

ANDREA DREIER | Director of Communications
AALIYAH MUHAMMAD | Communications Specialist
PHYLLIS NUNN | Design Director

Consumer, Housing & Energy Project

DIANA ESPINAL-GUTIERREZ | Litigation Paralegal
CARLENE McNULTY |  Director of Litigation
JASON PIKLER |  Senior Attorney
BILL ROWE | Senior Advisor
CLAIRE WILLIAMSON | Energy Policy Advocate

Donations & Grants

KIM-MARIE McLELLAN | Director of Gifts and Endowments
LILY SCHORR | Major Gifts Officer

Education & Law Project

MATT ELLINWOOD | Director
SARAH MONTGOMERY |  Senior Policy Advocate
KRIS NORDSTROM | Senior Policy Analyst

Engagement

ADAM SVOLTO | Director of Policy & Engagement

Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project

LAURA HOLLAND | Director
QUISHA MALLETTE | Staff Attorney
EMILY MISTR | Staff Attorney
BILL ROWE | Senior Advisor
TIM YOUNG | Communications Specialist

Finance & Facilities

DARREN HUNICUTT | Director of Finance
ELISE ELLIOTT |  Accounting Manager
CRISTINA GALVAN |  Senior Administrative Assistant
CASSANDRA HINTON |  Accountant
TIM HAZLEHURST | Director of IT and Facilities
ASHLEIGH PIENKOSZ | Information Technology Specialist
SUIJIN LI SNYDER | Office Manager

Health Advocacy Project

NICOLE DOZIER | Director
REBECCA CERESE | Policy Advocate
SHARON McDONALD EVANS | EPSDT Coordinator
HYUN NAMKOONG | Deputy Director
TARA RIGGS | Public Policy Analyst
JEN SHARP | Communications Specialist

Human Resources

JOSH LAURORE | Director of Human Resources
GENICE HOPKINS | HR Assistant

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project

DANI MOORE | Director
JUAN CALDERON LORA | Paralegal
DANIEL MELO | Staff Attorney
ADRIEL OROZCO | Staff Attorney
ANDRESSIA RAMIREZ | Paralegal, Immigration & Refugee Rights and Workers’ Rights
KATE WOOMER-DETERS | Senior Attorney

Litigation

CARLENE McNULTY |  Director of Litigation
SARAH LAWS | Leslie J. Winner Public Interest and Civil Rights Fellow

NC Policy Watch

ROB SCHOFIELD | Director
LYNN BONNER | Investigative Reporter
GREG CHILDRESS | Education Reporter
CLAYTON HENKEL | Senior Communications Coordinator
JOE KILLIAN | Investigative Reporter
KELAN LYONS | Investigative Reporter
LISA SORG | Assistant Editor

Workers’ Rights Project

ANA PARDO | Co-Director
CLERMONT RIPLEY | Co-Director
CAROL BROOKE | Senior Attorney
BRANDON CUNNINGHAM | Labor Policy Analyst
IVY NICOLE-JONET | Digital Communications Coordinator
ANDRESSIA RAMIREZ | Paralegal, Immigration & Refugee Rights and Workers’ Rights
BILL ROWE | Senior Advisor