Board & Staff
Our staff and board members have made it their mission to improve housing stability for lower-income renters.
Board of Directors
Geoffrey Cockrell
President
McGuireWoods LLP
Jessica Panza
Vice President
Jones Day
Colin Cordes
Treasurer
Ambience Healthcare
Collette Alison Woghiren
Secretary
Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society, Inc.
Richard Astle
Lawyer
Brett Barnett
McGuireWoods LLP
Crystal Ding
PwC
Andrew Harrison
BMO Harris Bank
Anthony G. Hopp
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Shiva Kooragayala
Democracy Forward
Ryan A. Lee
Sidley Austin LLP
Erica Myles
Community Investment Corporation
Felicia Shakespeare
A Purpose Driven Woman LLC
Christopher Tompkins
Jenner & Block
William Walsh
Benesch Law
Advocates Council
The Law Center for Better Housing’s Advocates Council provides strategic advice regarding LCBH’s public policy and fundraising strategies. The Council includes former board members, staff, and volunteers who continue to support the agency by generously donating their time, talent, and treasure to advance LCBH’s mission
Claire Battle
Senior Managing Counsel, CNH Industrial
Former LCBH Board Chair
Kathleen Clark
Fair Housing Specialist
Former LCBH Executive Director
Sharon Eiseman
Retired, Office of the Illinois Attorney General
LCBH Donor and Volunteer
Ed Grossman
Private Attorney
Former LCBH Staff Attorney
Jack Kaplan
Retired, United Way of Metro Chicago
Founder and Former Executive Director
David Melton
Retired, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
LCBH Founder
Betsy Shuman-Moore
Fair Housing Attorney and Program Director, Northside Community Resources
Former LCBH Board Member
Samira Nazem
Principal Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts
Former LCBH Staff Attorney & Pro Bono Coordinator
David Orr
Former Cook County Clerk
LCBH Founder
Henry Rose
Professor of Law and Social Justice, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
LCBH Founder
Anthony Simpkins
Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
Former LCBH Staff Attorney
Ambassadors Board
Isabelle Abbott
Leonard Trial Lawyers
Olivia Alden
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Cha’rron Davis
Paralegal
Scott Goehring
Katten, Muchin & Rosenman LLP
Simone Haugen
Gould & Ratner
Ivan Ortiz
Garfield Park Community Council
William Ruffing
Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund
Roshni Sopariwalla
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Seneca Zuniga
Zuniga Insurance Agency, an Allstate Exclusive Agency
Staff
Mark Swartz
Executive Director
Ahmed Abbas
Staff Attorney
Ben Abrams
Staff Attorney
Sam Barth
Supervising Attorney
Jessica Bass
Grants and Finance Manager
Ashley Bishel
Staff Attorney
Antoinette Bolz
Staff Attorney
Jacob Cantor
Staff Attorney
Justin Cook
Staff Attorney
Sarah Cummings-Richmond
Paralegal
Kaitlin Cutshaw
Staff Attorney & Pro Bono Coordinator
Lydia Elmer
Staff Attorney
Rifqa Falaneh
Staff Attorney
Aileen Flanagan
Supervising Attorney
Cynthia Fox
Operations Director
Michelle Gilbert
Legal & Policy Director
Leanna Gruhn
Case Manager
Antonio Ha
Staff Attorney
Allen Hailey
Development & Communications Director
Joshua Hickman-Kramer
Staff Attorney
Spencer Haydary
Staff Attorney
Teresa Herrera
Legal Support Director
Adeline Larsen
Paralegal
Bridget Lenczewski
Staff Attorney
Randall Leurquin
Special Projects
Jake Liker
Staff Attorney
Clarissa Galaviz Lizarraga
Staff Attorney
Colleen Mahoney
Staff Attorney
Edward Martinford
Staff Attorney
Ryann Moran
Supervising Attorney
Umair Naseer
Case Manager
Victoria Ogunsanya
Supervising Attorney
Aidan Orsino
Supervising Attorney
Rachel Pollak
Staff Attorney
Jonathon Raffensperger
Supervising Attorney
Grace Rock
Paralegal
Simon Sandoval
Paralegal
Sylvia Schweri
Grants & Stewardship Manager
Carl Sessions
Staff Attorney
Brailey Sheridan
Communications & Events Coordinator
Miles Sibley
Staff Attorney
Jacqueline Spreadbury
Staff Attorney
Mehreen Tariq
Staff Attorney
Allyse Walton
Paralegal
Terra Wilhelm
Staff Attorney
Aleathea Williams
Staff Attorney