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Meet Your Colleagues!

BARBARA SIEGEL

Name: Barbara Siegel
Email: bsiegel@vlpnet.org
Pronouns: She/her/hers

 

Role: Director of Compliance & Technology, Project Manager for Senior Partners for Justice (SPJ)
Units: All
Primary Duties:

  • Ensures compliance with LSC regulations and grant requirements
  • Manages VLP’s technology planning and cyberscurity efforts, and oversees VLP’s outside IT support provider
  • LegalServer site administration, customization and report building
  • Assists with grant writing and reporting
  • Supports the Senior Partners for Justice pro bono program
CHRIS NEIGHBOURS

Name: Chris Neighbours
Email: cneighbours@vlpnet.org
Pronouns: He/him/his

 

Role: Call Center Call Center Manager
Units: ERLI
Primary Duties:

  • Directly supervises all Intake Specialists and the Senior Intake Specialists
  • Manages day-to-day operations of the call center with Natasha Lewis
  • Monitors the online intake portal
  • Maintains relationships with legal services programs and community partners.
  • Handles all call center statistical reporting to board, community partners and funders
EMELIA ANDRES

Name: Emelia Andres (pronounced: “And-rees”)
Email: eandres@vlpnet.org
Pronouns:  She/her/hers

 

Role: Pro Bono Manager
Units: All
Primary Duties:

  • Provides support for all pro bono programs and recruiting of volunteers
  • Supports Internship and Interpreter Project
    Supports Senior Partners for Justice
  • Sends out pro bono cases to pro bono panels for all units
GERALDINE GRUVIS-PIZARRO

Name: Geraldine Gruvis-Pizarro
Email: ggruvis-pizarro@vlpnet.org
Pronouns: She/her/hers

 

Role: Supervising Attorney
Units: Family & Guardianship, and Language Access
Primary Duties:

  • Represents clients in Family & Guardianship cases
  • Provides Family & Guardianship trainings and outreach 
  • Provides support and mentoring to the Family Law & Guardianship panel, and to VLP staff
  • Represents VLP at statewide Language Access Coalition meetings and leads the Language Access Committee at VLP
ILANA ZELTSER

Name: Ilana Zeltser (pronounced: “Zelt-sir”)
Email: izeltser@vlpnet.org 
Pronouns: She/her/hers

 

Role: Finance & Operations Manager
Units: Administration
Primary Duties:

  • Processes finance requests, payments, and other accounting functions
  • Assists with HR-related matters (including but not limited to ADP, benefits, and on- & off-boarding of staff)
  • Supervises Admin Team and serves as back-up to members of the Admin Team
  • Manages fundraising efforts, donor management system, and planning of Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event
  • Coordinates Board of Directors meetings/matters
JOANNA ALLISON

Name: Joanna Allison
Email: jallison@vlpnet.org
Pronouns: She/her/hers

 

Role: Executive Director
Units: All
Primary Duties:

  • Fundraising
  • Acts as liaison to external organizations
  • Manages VLP initiatives & projects
NATASHA LEWIS

Name: Natasha Lewis
Email: nlewis@vlpnet.org
Pronouns: She/her/hers

 

Role: Call Center Supervising Attorney
Units: ERLI
Primary Duties:

  • Overall supervision of the call center, including call center manager, advocates, intake specialists and all AmeriCorps Legal Advocates
  • Management of Advice Panels
  • Delegate for Statewide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council
  • Member of the DEI Committee
STEVE RUSSO

Name: Steve Russo
Email: srusso@vlpnet.org
Pronouns: He/him/his

 

Role: Staff Attorney
Units: DotHouse and Wills
Primary Duties:

  • Rotating Attorney at ERLI
  • Supervises DotHouse Project and Wills Unit
  • Assists with Spanish language-access