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
Nicole Bohn
Executive Director
Michelle Uzeta
Deputy Director
Claudia Center
Legal Director
Cheryl Theis
Director, Parent Training and Information Center
Diana Vega
Operations Director
Silvia Yee
Public Policy Director
Policy
Mary Lou Breslin
Senior Policy Advisor
Carol Tyson
Government Affairs Liaison
Silvia Yee
Public Policy Director
Legal
Felicia Asbury
Judy Heumann Legal Fellow
Claudia Center
Legal Director
Ally Cline
Legal Assistant/Certified Paralegal
Linda Kilb
Director, Legal Services Trust Fund Program
Ayesha Elaine Lewis
Senior Staff Attorney
Jillian MacLeod
Reproductive Justice Legal Fellow
Erin Nguyen Neff
Senior Staff Attorney
Kavya Parthiban
Skadden Fellow / Staff Attorney
Francesca Simon
Bridge Fellow
Michelle Uzeta
Deputy Director
Family Advocacy
Juliet Barraza
Senior Bilingual Education Advocate
Angela Haynes
Education Advocate
Cheryl Theis
Director, Parent Training and Information Center
Andrea Yu
Bilingual Education Advocate
Development & Communications
Susan Freundlich
Development Director
Tina Pinedo
Communications Director
Administrative
Board of Directors
H. Stephen Kaye
President and Chair
Anne Cohen
Vice-President
Meriah Nichols
Treasurer
Hari Srinivasan
Secretary
Rain Marshall
Indigenous Education Advocate