National Alliance Team

National Steering Committee

• Rick Barinbaum

  Michigan

  Detroit Center for Family Advocacy

• Caitlin Becker

  California

  Santa Cruz County Office of the Public Defender

• Linda Beecher

  Alaska

  Deputy Public Defender

• Corey Best

  DC

  Mining For Gold

• Gwendolyn Clegg

  Oklahoma

  Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.

• Andy Cohen

  Massachusetts

  Committee for Public Counsel Services

• Jill Cohen

  Colorado

  Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel

• Tehra Coles

  New York

  Center for Family Representation

• Brejea Colthirst

  California

  Casey Family Programs

• Michele Cortese

  New York

  Formerly of Center for Family Representation

• Kathleen Creamer

  Philadelphia, PA

  Community Legal Services

• Matt Fraidin

  Washington, DC

  University of the District of Columbia Law School

• Beth Gillia

  New Mexico

  New Mexico Office of Family Representation and Advocacy

• Aaron Goldstein

  Illinois

  Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender

• Kathy Gomez

  Philadelphia, PA

  Community Legal Services

• Darice Good

  Georgia

  Good Law Firm

• Chris Gottleib

  New York

  New York University Law School

• Tara Grigg Green

  Texas

  Foster Care Advocacy Center

• Martin Guggenheim

  New York

  Formerly of New York University Law School

• Michael Heard

  Washington

  Office of Public Defense

• Sue Jacobs

  New York

  Center for Family Representation

• Diana Rugh Johnson

  Georgia

  Court Improvement

• Mimi Laver

  Pennsylvania

  Child Advocacy Unit, Defender Association of Philadelphia

• April Lee

  Pennsylvania

  Community Legal Services PA

• David Meyers

  California

  Dependency Legal Services

• Joanne Moore

  Washington

  Office of Public Defense

• Richard Pittman

  Louisiana

  Louisiana Public Defender Board

• Martha Raimon

  New York

  Center of the Study of Social Policy

• Diane Redleaf

  Illinois

  Legal Consultant

• Vivek Sankaran

  Michigan

  Detroit Center for Family Advocacy

• Shrounda Selivanoff

  Washington

  Washington State Office of Public Defense

• Dennis Smeal

  California

  Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc.

• Wendy Sotolongo

  North Carolina

  Indigent Defense Services

• Dusti Standridge

  Arkansas

  Private Practice

• Melissa Michaelis Thompson

  Colorado

  Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel

• David Wanger

  Maryland

  Office of the Public Defender

• Amelia Watson

  Washington

  Office of Public Defense

• Melody Webb

  DC

  Mother's Outreach Network

• Susan Weiss

  Washington

  formerly Casey Family Programs, Consultant

• Joanna Woolman

  Minnesota

  Mitchell Hamline School of Law