Personnel & Boards

Center Staff

Leadership Team

• Judith Stein, JD – Executive Director/Attorney
• Kathleen Holt, MBA, JD – Associate Director/Attorney
• David Lipschutz, JD – Associate Director/Senior Policy Attorney
• Scott Perkins, MA – Operations Director
• Matthew Shepard, MA – Communications Director

Attorneys

• Mary Ashkar, JD – Senior Attorney
• Alice Bers, JD – Litigation Director
• Louise Corcoran – Attorney
• Toby Edelman, Ed. M., JD – Senior Policy Attorney
• Kata Kertesz, JD – Senior Policy Attorney
• Wey-Wey Kwok, JD – Senior Attorney
• Justin Lalor, JD – Attorney

Advocates and Professional Staff

• Stephanie Allard Aston – Senior Paralegal
• Corinna Beebe – Appeals Manager
• Crystal Campbell – Documents Manager
• Susan J. Collins – Information & Referral Specialist
• Terri Giardino – Medicare Advocate
• Jonathan Gonzalez – System Administrator
• Aisha Hameed – Legal Assistant
• Shaun Harrington – Data Manager & Programmer
• ShuMin He – Paralegal
• Lisa Moore – Appeals Administrator
• Doreen Simonsen, MPA, MA, CPA – Finance Director
• Daniel B. Wildes, MA – Appeals Coordinator
• Jeffrey Wiseman, BFA – Development Director

Consultants

• Gill W. Deford, JD
• Kate Stonebraker, RN, BA
• Sue A. Greeno

Board of Directors

• Judith Feder, Ph.D – President, Board of Directors
• Julia Evans Starr – Vice-President, Board of Directors
• Rebecca C. Morgan, Esq. – Treasurer, Board of Directors
• Constance I. Neal – Secretary, Board of Directors
• Bess Brewer, Esq. – Member, Board of Directors
• Sean Cavanaugh – Member, Board of Directors
• Elizabeth Duckrow, MS – Member, Board of Directors
• Keith Bradoc (Brad) Gallant, Esq. – Member, Board of Directors
• Marion Platt, EdD – Member, Board of Directors
• Charles P. Sabatino, J.D. – Member, Board of Directors
• Naseema Shafi, JD – Member, Board of Directors

Advisory Board

• Rep. Joe Courtney – United States Congressman
• Hon. Christopher J Dodd – Former United States Senator and Motion Picture Association of America President
• Ms. Cathy Hurwit – Former Chief of Staff,  Rep. Jan Schakowsky
• Mr. Ted Kennedy, Jr. – Immediate Past Chairman, American Association of People with Disabilities; Former CT State Senator
• Hon. Barbara Kennelly – Principal, Barbara Kennelly and Associates; Former United States Congresswoman; Former President, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
• Mr. Philip C. Marshall – Founder, Beyond Brooke