Our Team

Administration

Michelle Beard, a Black woman with pulled-back brown hair wearing a black turtle neck and a brown blazer, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Michelle Beard

Receptionist/Intake Specialist

Jane Brown, a Black woman with light brown skinned and shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a white blazer, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Jane Brown

Executive Director

Janice Coleman, a Black woman with pulled-back brown hair, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Janice Coleman

Receptionist/Intake Specialist

Kaya, a white woman with curly black hair, smiles at the camera against a grey background. She is wearing a cream sweater.

Kaya Crosby

Communications Associate

Lan Ji, an East-Asian woman with pulled-back black hair wearing a blue and yellow shirt, smiles at the camera against a white background.

Lan Ji

Chief Financial Officer

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Nakia Montgomery

Accounting Assistant

Jasmine Pondexter, a Black woman with shoulder-length blond hair wearing a colorful sweater and a grey shirt, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Jasmine Pondexter

Intake Specialist

Cheryl White, a Black woman with short Black hair wearing a black blazer and a white shirt, smiles at the camera against a beige background.

Cheryl A. White

Information Technology Manager

Housing Counseling Program

Sherry Armfield-Ballentine, a Black woman with short purple hair wearing large glasses, hoop earrings, and silver necklaces, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Sherry Armfield-Ballentine

HUD Certified Housing Counselor

Evelyn Cruz, a light-brown-skinned woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a black polo shirt, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Evelyn Cruz

Bilingual HUD Certified Housing Counselor

Steven Edmonds, a bald Black man wearing a black polo shirt, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Steven Edmonds

HUD Certified Housing Counselor

Jessie Gibson, a light-brown-skinned woman with pulled-back brown hair wearing a black and grey sweatshirt, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Jessie Gibson

HUD Certified Supervising Housing Counselor

Charlene Gilchrist, a Black woman with short,straight, light brown hair wearing a colorful dress, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Charlene Gilchrist

Senior HUD Certified Housing Counselor

Tracey Nicole Turner, a Black woman with shoulder-length, light brown hair wearing a green button-up shirt, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Tracey Nicole Turner

HUD Certified Supervising Housing Counselor

Sean Wallace, a Black man with short brown hair wearing a colorful, striped, button-up shirt, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Sean Wallace

HUD Certified Supervising Housing Counselor

Donta Washington, a Black man with short black hair wearing a blue shirt, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Donta Washington

Intake Specialist

Jazzmine Wright, a Black woman with short black hair wearing glasses, a black shirt, and a black zip-up sweater, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Jazzmine Wright

Housing Counselor

Disability Rights DC

Sandy Bernstein, a middle-aged white woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing glasses and a black blazer, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Sandy Bernstein

Legal Director

Mary Nell Clark, a middle-aged white woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a white knitted sweater, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Mary Nell Clark

Managing Attorney

Anya Kreider, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing glasses, a brown shirt, and a black blazer, smiles at the camera in front of a gray background.

Anya Kreider

Mental Health/Developmental Disability Attorney

Elizabeth, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, smiles at the camera against a grey background. She is wearing a light-blue blazer and a white shirt with red fflowers.

Elizabeth Myerholtz

Staff Attorney

Megan, a white woman with shoulder-length straight blonde hair, smiles into the camera against a grey background. She is wearing a white t-shirt and a black cardigan, along with a necklace with dangling charms.

Megan Neff

Disability Rights Advocate

Lyndsay Niles, a Black woman with shoulder-length black hair wearing a black blazer, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Lyndsay Niles

Managing Attorney

Chloe Peeples, a white woman with long blond hair wearing a blue shirt and black blazer, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Chloe Peeples

Staff Attorney

Andrea Procaccino, a middle-aged white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Andrea Procaccino

Senior Staff Attorney

Neil, a man with black hair and a mustache with a short beard, smiles into the camera against a grey background. He is wearing a light collared shirt under a beige sweater. Neil also has clear rimmed glasses.

Neil Purohit

Disability Rights Advocate

Eva Richardson, a white woman with shoulder-length black hair wearing a black shirt and blazer, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Eva Richardson

Staff Attorney

Jaclyn Verner, a white woman with long brown hair wearing a black shirt and blazer, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Jaclyn Verner

Supervising Attorney

Jail and Prison Advocacy Project

Cami Bianchi, a white person with short brown hair wearing a grey and red wool sweater and glasses, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Cami Bianchi

Re-Entry Advocate

Robert Davis, a Black man with pulled-back grey and brown hair, is wearing a white polo shirt and smiling at the camera against a gray background.

Robert Davis

Re-Entry Advocate

Donald Hines, a bald Black man wearing glasses and a gray shirt, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Donald Hines

Peer Navigator

Tammy Seltzer, a middle-aged white woman with white hair and glasses, is wearing a blue polo shirt and smiling against a gray background.

Tammy Seltzer

Director

Natassha Walls Smith, a Black woman with shoulder-length brown hair and light brown skin, is wearing a black shirt and smiling against a grey background.

Natasha Walls Smith

Supervising Attorney

DC Assistive Technology Program

Deborah Kale, a Black woman with shoulder-length black curly hair wearing a white dress with pink flowers, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Deborah Kale

Outreach Specialist

Leonard McPherson, a bald Black man wearing a black polo short and black glasses, smiles at the camera against a gray background.

Leonard McPherson

Occupational Therapist/Assistive Technology Specialist

Davette Rucker, a Black woman with pulled-back black hair wearing a zip-up black shirt, smiles at the camera.

Davette Rucker

Program Manager

Reginald Taylor, a young Black man with short curly black hair wearing a black t-shirt, looks at the camera.

Reginald Taylor

DC Shares Equipment Recycling Coordinator

Tenant Purchase Assistance Program

Andrew Marin, a middle-aged white man with short brown hair wearing glasses and a grey button-up shirt, smiles at the camera against a grey background.

Andrew Martin

Tenant Purchase Program Manager