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
Rick McHugh, Staff Attorney & Midwest Coordinator
Areas of expertise: Dislocated Worker Programs (Trade Adjustment Assistance) • Unemployment Insurance • Minimum Wage and Living Wage
Rebecca Smith, Staff Attorney & West Coast Coordinator
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
Tsedeye Gebreselassie
Areas of expertise: Economic and Workforce Development
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
Diana Polson, Policy Analyst
Areas of expertise: Labor Market Research
Lorene Randall, Dislocated Worker Facilitator
Areas of expertise: Economic and Workforce Development
Christine Riordan, Policy Analyst
Areas of expertise: Labor Market Research • Unemployment Insurance
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
Deborah Buchanan-Taylor, Librarian/Receptionist
Junie Desire, Financial Manager/Executive Assistant
Alona Sistrunk, DC Program Assistant
Bukola Ashaolu, IT Systems Manager