Rob Chaloupka

In the "real world," Rob is a solo practitioner, focused on estate planning. Previously, though, his career has taken him from publishing, to corporate/antitrust work, to import/export law. He signed on to L4GG in late 2016, and was proud to be part of the efforts to defend the ACA and recruit volunteers to help Dreamers renew their DACA status. He’s also worked closely with several organizations in Ohio on LGBTQIA+ rights, gun violence prevention, and protecting special needs education.

Nicky Goren

Nicky Goren of NG Strategies is a consultant and executive coach working with leaders in philanthropy and the nonprofits sectors. Her career spans 30 years across the federal government, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors, including 13 years in the CEO role of first a billion-dollar grantmaking Federal agency (AmeriCorps), then a three-million-dollar Washington regional public charity (Washington Area Women’s Foundation), and, finally, the Meyer Foundation in Washington DC, deploying $6-10 million in annual grants across the region. During her time at Meyer, Nicky led a comprehensive 7-year effort to shift the foundation’s mission, vision, values, and operations to focus on racial equity and justice, and systems change. Nicky has served on many nonprofit boards and supported boards as an executive. Through these experiences, Nicky has deep and extensive expertise in executive leadership, nonprofit management and leadership, systems and organizational change, and equity.

Henrietta Gurri McBee

Henrietta is a JD Graduate from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. She holds an MBA, MSIE and BSIE from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

She is a management executive with over 30 years of experience in energy markets, strategic business planning, business development, financial analysis, asset management, operations, procurement, and material management.

She specializes in asset optimization by capitalizing on market opportunities to increase market share and net revenues, while managing risks, reducing operational expenses, and focusing on “excellent” customer service.

Henrietta is a Member of Florida’s Cuban American Engineers and Cuban Lawyers Associations, Women Engineers and Women Lawyers’ Associations, Member Disability Law Association, Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, and a graduate of Palm Beach County Leaders.

She has served on the following boards of directors: YWCA of the Palm Beaches and Southeast Florida Girl Scouts Council.

Lily-Ann Hastings

Lily-Ann Hastings is a 3L at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Prior to law school, Lily dreamed of being a mathematician who taught drumlines on the side. That plan derailed in her sophomore year when she was introduced to sociology. Through learning about the intersectional barriers that stood in the way of every possible advancement of justice, Lily decided to become a civil/human rights lawyer to use her voice to amplify the voices of others that have been ignored, silenced, and mistreated; break barriers regardless of size; and seek true liberation for all people.  

Lily initially came to law school with the drive to work in civil/human rights and she embodies this passion each day. Since coming to law school, Lily has interned with the Advocates for Human Rights in their International Justice Program and the MN Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the Civil Rights Department. Lily currently works at the City of St. Paul Human Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Department as a Human Rights Investigator.

Additionally, throughout her time in law school, Lily has spent 350 hours (and counting) volunteering with Restorative Justice Community Action, 4th Judicial District Guardian ad Litem’s Office, International Institute of Minnesota, Mapping Prejudice, The Advocates for Human Rights, Alaska Legal Services Community Advocates Program, and Lawyers for Good Government.

Amy Herrera

Amy is an attorney currently working at a non-profit startup that creates inclusive homes for people experiencing disabilities and their peers to live together as housemates. She is interested in policy and advocacy work in this space.

sarah hudson

Sarah graduated from law school and started working on defensive asylum cases before moving overseas. Upon her return, she continued working on immigration cases. However, she was presented with the opportunity to work in public defense. Sarah was a public defender for a few years before she found a niche assisting other defense attorneys with issues related to the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. 

Adam Jaskowiak

Adam is an Education Law Attorney and Elementary school teacher. He loves working with children and is looking to make a positive change for education policy towards a better funded, more inclusive public education system.

Cindy Liou

Cindy C. Liou, Esq. is the State and Local Policy Director (previously Deputy Director of Legal Services) at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), a non-profit serving unaccompanied immigrant children. Previously, she was the Director of the Human Trafficking Project at Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, where she represented survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and elder abuse, and co-counseled civil litigation cases on behalf of trafficking survivors. She is the recipient of the Freedom Network USA’s 2018 Paul and Sheila Wellstone Award and the 2013 San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking Modern Day Abolitionist Award for Policy and Advocacy. Cindy is also an Advisory Board Member of TEACH Training, which trains clinicians and enables them to provide abortion care, and cultivates reproductive health champions. She previously practiced at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, and is a graduate from Stanford Law School and University of Washington.

Renée Lloyd

Renée Lloyd lives in Concord, Massachusetts and is absolutely thrilled to be a member of L4GG’s 1st SLAA  Leadership Cohort! 

For over 20 years, she’s practiced corporate technology law and privacy law at two large law firms, ‘in-house’ at 4 corporations (RSA Security, Sceneverse, Nuance Communications and General Electric (GE Digital)) and at one university (Harvard University).  She worked and completed fellowships at The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School  and, most recently (2022) Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.  

She’s passionate about Comprehensive sexuality education and has been teaching the Our Whole Lives Comprehensive Sexuality curriculum for grades K-12 for over 13 years. This work has focused her activism on reproductive independence and gender autonomy issues.  

Laura Negron

Laura has an extensive career serving the public interest - creating, managing, and advancing programs and policies that promote equity and opportunity. Appointed by the Mayor, she served as NYC’s first Chief Privacy Officer -issuing inaugural citywide privacy policies and protocols impacting 130 agencies and offices, negotiating legislation establishing an office of privacy in the NYC Charter, and leading privacy strategy to support the City’s pandemic response and recovery efforts. Laura previously directed and expanded a model legal guardianship program at the Vera Institute of Justice serving indigent adults, advocating at the state level for policy reform. She has also created, managed, and secured public and private sector resources to support numerous community-based programs serving underrepresented populations in areas of education, immigration, employment, mental health, and senior services. Laura earned her J.D. from CUNY School of Law and M.S.W. from Hunter College School of Social Work.

Eddie Pruette

Eddie works on federal class action cases at Equal Justice Under Law, a DC-based nonprofit dedicated to fighting wealth discrimination in the criminal justice system. He graduated from Cardozo Law in 2021 and UNC Chapel Hill in 2015. While he’s interested in many different policy issues, he’s most passionate about police reform. In his free time, he likes reading, watching movies, hiking, and enjoying a good meal with friends.

Tiffany Tang

Tiffany Tang (she/her/hers) is a Legal and Growth Director at WeWork, where she advises the global sales and product teams. Prior to WeWork, she was a Vice President and Counsel at AllianceBernstein. Throughout her career, Tiffany has been active in her companies’ pro bono efforts, as well as inclusion and diversity initiatives. Tiffany has a J.D. from Cornell Law School and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Columbia College. 

Amanda Walsh

Amanda M. Walsh, JD, LLM, MSW is an attorney and social worker focused on healing through systems and policy change, a passion that is rooted in her and her family’s story of multigenerational trauma and poverty. Their story follows a predictable trajectory of failing systems and biased policies that led to her parents’ cycle of incarcerations, institutionalizations, and homelessness while Amanda cycled through foster care, social services, and a failing public education system. This story is the foundation of her experience as a highly skilled strategist in policy, advocacy, and program and organizational development. Amanda fights for innovative models of care that proactively address the social determinants of health while providing tools for wellness at the individual and family levels. She is also a storyteller and uses the power of narrative to center lived experiences and healing journeys as the most powerful force for social change and liberty.

Lindsey Webb

Lindsey Webb is a professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, procedure, and practice; racial inequity and the law; and evidence. Courses she teaches or has taught include the Advancing Social Change Clinic; Criminal Defense Clinic, Evidence, Evidence Practicum, Lawyering for Racial Justice, Movement Lawyering Lab, Civil Rights Clinic, and the Critical Race Reading Seminar. She graduated from Wesleyan University and Stanford Law School and received her LLM in Advocacy as an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to joining the faculty at Denver Law, Professor Webb worked as both a trial and appellate attorney in the Colorado State Public Defender's Office, where she represented people charged with juvenile offenses, misdemeanors, and felonies. 

Ellen Weintraut

Ellen Weintraut is an immigration attorney in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Originally from Texas, she escaped the South for a time before settling back in Arkansas several years ago to be closer to family. She is a member of the Oregon State Bar Association. She opened Northwest Immigration Law, PLLC, in 2018. Her practice focuses on family immigration, asylum, citizenship, and humanitarian visas. She graduated from Tulane University School of Law in 2005. Ellen and her husband have two elementary-aged sons. She volunteers with the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She currently serves as the liaison to the Fort Smith USCIS office. She also volunteers with Moms Demand Action. She got involved with Moms because she believes that we can end the gun violence epidemic in our country. Being a wife, mom, attorney, business owner, and volunteer takes a lot. When she can, she enjoys traveling and hiking with her family.

Debora Wells-Guevara

Debora is a graduate of University of Toledo and University of Toledo College of Law. She went on to practice in California. She was Principal of Friedman & Wells-Guevara for 18 years in Southern California until she relocated to Arizona. She was employed for over 17 years in the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County and Pinal County. She became a Fellow of the National Center of State Courts. She retired from Maricopa County in 2021 as Administrator, Courtroom Services, Clerk of the Court.

Viviana Westbrook

Viviana is a Latina passionate about standing up for the rights of others. She is a bilingual immigration attorney and advocate. Prior to the pandemic, she spent six years volunteering for hospice. Viviana volunteers her services as a pro bono attorney to survivors of gender-based violence. She is a champion for being trauma-informed and taking care of one's mental health. She grew up in Mexico but was born in the United States. Viviana loves to sing and do zumba. She has a scary number of books that she hopes to get through in the next decade or two. She has a strange addiction to bubble tea. Her favorite foods include sopa de tortilla, agua de jamaica, and cochinita pibil.

Lauren Wilton

Lauren is an attorney with over three decades of legal experience. She is interested in political activism, municipal reform and civil rights.