People

Founded in 1979 by people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, DREDF remains board- and staff-led by members of the communities for whom it advocates.

Our Management Team

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Michelle Uzeta

Interim Executive Director

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Claudia Center

Legal Director

Brianna Joshua

HR and Operations Manager

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Jinny Kim

Managing Attorney

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Tina Pinedo

Communications Director

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Karma Quick-Panwala

Children & Family Advocacy Services Director

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Silvia Yee

Public Policy Director

Policy

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Mary Lou Breslin

Senior Policy Advisor

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David Cahn

Marilyn Golden Policy Intern

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Carol Tyson

Government Affairs Liaison

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Silvia Yee

Public Policy Director

Legal

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Felicia Asbury

Judy Heumann Legal Fellow

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Claudia Center

Legal Director

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Ally Cline

Legal Assistant/Certified Paralegal

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Nitza Diaz

Legal Intern

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Linda Kilb

Director, Legal Services Trust Fund Program

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Jinny Kim

Managing Attorney

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Ayesha Elaine Lewis

Senior Staff Attorney

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Jillian MacLeod

Staff Attorney

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Paige Miller

Arlene Mayerson Legal Intern

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Erin Nguyen Neff

Senior Staff Attorney

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Kavya Parthiban

Staff Attorney

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Blaine Samson

Arlene Mayerson Legal Intern

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Francesca Simon

Staff Attorney

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Michelle Uzeta

Interim Executive Director

Children & Family Advocacy

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Juliet Barraza

Senior Education Advocate

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Angela Haynes

Education Advocate

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Karma Quick-Panwala

Children & Family Advocacy Services Director

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Andrea Yu

Education Advocate

Development & Communications

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Susan Freundlich

Development Director

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Tina Pinedo

Communications Director

Administrative

Brianna Joshua

HR and Operations Manager

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Hongyu Min

Resource Associate

Addison Uzeta

Project Assistant

Board of Directors

H. Stephen Kaye

President and Chair

Anne Cohen

Vice-President

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Meriah Nichols

Treasurer

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Hari Srinivasan

Secretary

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Rain Marshall

Indigenous Education Advocate

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Dorene Giacopini

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Aubrie Lee

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Benita Shaw-Ayala

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Tauna Szymanski