Staff List

Christine L. Owens, Executive Director
Areas of expertise
: Living Wage & Minimum Wage • Labor Market Research • Workplace Equity

Andrew Stettner, Deputy Director

Areas of expertise
: Labor Market Research • Unemployment Insurance

Annette Bernhardt, Policy Co-Director

Areas of expertise: Labor Market Research • Enforcement of Workplace Standards • Immigrants and Work • Economic and Workforce Development

Maurice Emsellem, Policy Co-Director
Areas of expertise: Criminal Records and Employment • Unemployment Insurance

Catherine Ruckelshaus, Legal Co-Director
Areas of expertise
: Immigrants and Work • Enforcement of Workplace Standards • Nonstandard Workforce • Wage and Hour Protections

Paul Sonn, Legal Co-Director
Areas of expertise
: Minimum Wage and Living Wage • Economic and Workforce Development

Patricia J. Kozu, Managing Director, Finance & Administration

Rick McHugh, Staff Attorney & Midwest Coordinator
Areas of expertise: Dislocated Worker Programs (Trade Adjustment Assistance) • Unemployment Insurance • Minimum Wage and Living Wage

Rebecca Smith, Coordinator, Immigrant Worker Justice Project
Areas of expertise
: International Human and Labor Rights • Immigrants and Work • Enforcement of Workplace Standards • Unemployment Insurance

Judy Conti, Federal Advocacy Coordinator
Areas of expertise: Unemployment Insurance • Criminal Records and Employment • Enforcement of Workplace Standards • Civil Rights

Rebecca Dixon, Policy Analyst
Areas of expertise: Unemployment Insurance

Tsedeye Gebreselassie, Staff Attorney
Areas of expertise: Economic and Workforce Development

Jen Kern, Minimum Wage Campaign Coordinator
Areas of expertise: Minimum Wage and Living Wage • Campaign Assistance

Sarah Leberstein, Equal Justice Works Fellow
Areas of expertise: Care Giving Workforce

Lynn Minick, Workforce Development Specialist
Areas of expertise: Economic and Workforce Development • Rapid Response and Economic Dislocation Services

Madeline Neighly, Staff Attorney
Areas of expertise: Criminal Records and Employment

Michelle Natividad Rodriguez, Staff Attorney
Areas of expertise: Criminal Records and Employment

Lorene Randall, Dislocated Worker Facilitator
Areas of expertise: Economic and Workforce Development

Christine Riordan, Policy Analyst
Areas of expertise: Labor Market Research • Unemployment Insurance

Michael Evangelist, Policy Analyst

Lindsay Webb, TAA Coordinator
Areas of expertise
: Trade Adjustment Assistance • Dislocated Worker Programs

George Wentworth, Unemployment Insurance Modernization Coordinator & Policy Analyst
Areas of expertise: Unemployment Insurance • Enforcement of Workplace Standards

Haeyoung Yoon, Staff Attorney
Areas of expertise: Immigrants and Work • Wage and Hour Protections • Enforcement of Workplace Standards

Deborah Buchanan-Taylor, Librarian/Receptionist

Bukola Ashaolu, IT Systems Manager

Alona Sistrunk, Program Assistant

Manny Mercado, Finance & Administration Assistant 

Steffan Samlal, IT Assistant