Staff Roster
NHeLP Staff Roster
For all inquiries, including e-mail addresses for NHeLP staff, click here.
Los Angeles Office
- Doreena Wong, Staff Attorney
- Manjusha Kulkarni, Staff Attorney
- Randy Boyle, Staff Attorney
- Lorraine Jones, Staff Attorney
- Shira Most, Development Director
- Mabel Ponce, HCA Project Director
- Daryl Newswanger, HCA Database Administrator
- Jessica Meyers, HCA Database Technical Support
- Alpa Patel, Administrator
- Romon Thomas-Brown, Legal Secretary
- Shantell Starr, Administrative Assistant
Washington, DC Office
- Emily Spitzer, Executive Director
- Steve Hitov, Managing Attorney
- Mara Youdelman, Staff Attorney
- Deborah Reid, Staff Attorney
- Sarah Lichtman Spector, Staff Attorney
- Brendan McTaggart, Communications Director/Website Developer
- Gabriella Rodriguez, DC Office Manager
North Carolina Office
- Jane Perkins, Legal Director
- Sarah Somers, Staff Attorney
Health Consumer Alliance
- Mabel Ponce, HCA Project Director
- Daryl Newswanger, Database Administrator
- Jessica Meyers, Database Technical Support
Human Right to Health Program
- Anja Rudiger, Program Director
NOTE: Please be advised that NHeLP cannot provide legal advice to individuals. We are not a direct service agency. The following websites may assist you in locating legal resources in your community:
- LSC Directory-legal help in civil (not criminal) matters for low-income people.
- Health Consumer Alliance (California)-legal help for low-income Californians to get the health care you need.
- Protection & Advocacy System-provides protection of the rights of persons with disabilities through legally based advocacy
- The American Bar Association website provides useful links to lawyer referral services and pro bono legal help for the poor.



