Since its inception in 1981, NVLSP has been led and staffed by passionate, tenacious, and dedicated women and men who have all worked to ensure that the government delivers to our nation’s veterans and active duty personnel the benefits to which they are entitled because of disabilities resulting from their military service to our country. The individuals listed here comprise the current directory of NVLSP personnel and board members.

Executive Team

• Rochelle Bobroff
  Pro Bono Director
• Patty Briotta
  Director of Communications
• Renee Burbank
  Director of Litigation
• Ana Reyes
  Director of Development
• Richard Spataro
  Director of Training and Publications
• Stacy Tromble
  Director of Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Litigation
• Paul Wright
  Executive Director
• Jeffrey J. Zanghi
  Director of Finance

Staff

• Ronald Abrams
  Special Counsel
• Adrian Adrias
  Accountant
• Amy Borgersen
  Appellate Attorney
• George Burtsev
  Office Manager
• Clarissa Cashmore
  Staff Attorney
• Helen Chong
  Training Associate and Webinar Manager
• Kenneth Ciardiello
  Appellate Attorney
• Emily Woodward Deutsch
  Appellate Attorney
• Monica Draper
  Senior Accountant
• Samuel Foreman
  Development Assistant
• Solveig Frasch
  Staff Attorney
• Karen Galla
  Special Counsel
• Mariah Hanley
  Appellate Attorney
• Thomas J. Herthel
  Of Counsel
• Christine Cote Hill
  Special Counsel
• Alexis Ivory
  Senior Staff Attorney
• Ryan Kelley
  Georgetown University Law Center Fellow
• Ann Kenna
  Staff Attorney 
• Esther Leibfarth
  Senior Staff Attorney
• Katherine Mann
  Development Manager
• Michael Marquet
  Case Management Attorney
• Kenneth Meador
  Appellate Attorney
• Erin M. Mee
  Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney
• Lane McCall
  IT Manager
• Caitlin M. Milo
  Senior Appellate Attorney
• Christopher Murray
  Senior Appellate Attorney
• Angela Nedd
  Administrative Assistant
• Nnamdi Okoli
  Staff Attorney
• Kelly Parker
  Staff Attorney
• Andrew Penman
  Appellate Attorney
• Dorrie Popovski
  Paralegal
• Abigail Reynolds
  Staff Attorney
• David Sonenshine
  Senior Staff Attorney
• Katherine Stagner
  Legal Office Assistant
• Carlie Steiner
  Appellate Attorney
• Bart Stichman
  Special Counsel
• Maeve Sullivan
  Staff Attorney
• Christopher Toms
  Appellate Attorney
• Dale Ton
  Appellate Attorney
• Alie Venuti
  Staff Attorney
• Tekey Wallace
  Staff Attorney
• Christopher Wysokinski
  Appellate Attorney

Board of Directors

• Chris T. Antoniou
  Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, retired
  Verizon Partner Solutions
• Alan Avery
  Partner
  Latham & Watkins LLP
• Benjamin C. Block, Co-Chair
  Partner
  Covington & Burling LLP
• Cynthia Bright
  Deputy General Counsel
  HP Inc.
• Richard E. Coe
  Partner
  Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
• Nathaniel F. Emmons
  Partner, retired
  Wiley Rein, LLP
• Ronald S. Flagg
  President
  Legal Services Corporation
• Will A. Gunn
  General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs
  Legal Services Corporation
• Greg Harris
  Managing Associate General Counsel
  Verizon Communications
• Bill Hayden
  Senior Attorney, Corporate, External & Legal Affairs
  Microsoft Corporation
• Doris Johnson Hines
  Partner
  Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
• Donald J. Kassilke
  Global Trade Compliance Counsel
  Arrow Electronics, Inc.
• Stephen B. Kinnaird
  Partner
  Paul Hastings LLP
• Richard D. Klingler
  Partner
  Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP
• Barry McCoy
  Associate Vice President
  Merck & Co., Inc.
• Gianni Minutoli
  Partner
  DLA Piper LLP
• Nancy Morrison O’Connor
  General Counsel
  The Catholic University of America
• Thomas E. Riley
  Partner
  Herbert Smith Freehills
• Steven Ryan
  Vice President, Global Litigation & Investigations
  TechnipFMC
• Amy E. Schuh, Co-Chair
  Partner
  Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 
• Howard M. Shapiro
  Partner
  WilmerHale LLP
• Eric A. Shumsky
  Partner
  Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• Wayne Smith
  Vietnam Veteran Advocate