Equip for Equality's Board of Directors & Staff
Board of Directors
Duane C. Quaini, Chairperson
Jeannine M. Cordero, Vice Chairperson
Pamela A. Hansen, Treasurer
Patrick Hughes, Jr., Secretary
Karen Gatsis Anderson
Michael Fogel
M. Fred Friedman
John Grossbart
Tyler D. McHaley
J. Eric Schaal
Staff
Zena Naiditch, President and CEO
Thomas Fischer, Special Assistant to the President
Azmina Sajwani, Executive Assistant
Chicago Abuse Investigation and Legal Advocacy
Abuse Investigation Unit (AIU)
Deborah M. Kennedy, Vice President
Steve Estes, Senior Investigator
Mary Jo Kern, Project Manager & Senior Investigator
Beth Miller, Senior Attorney
Mariangela Montiero, Traumatic Brain Injury Project Manager & Attorney
Melissa O. Picciola, Attorney
David W. Thompson, Abuse Investigation Unit Assistant
Civil Rights (CR)
Barry C. Taylor, Vice President
Rachel Arfa, Attorney
Lesley Braswell, Attorney
Cecille Escartin, Legal Administrative Assistant
Alan Goldstein, PABSS Project Manager, IL ADA Project Manager & Senior Attorney
Lauren Lowe, Skadden Fellow & Attorney
Cheryl L. Martin, PABSS Senior Advocate
Laura J. Miller, Managing Attorney
Amy F. Peterson, Assistive Technology Project Manager & Senior Attorney
Sarah Price, Intake Manager & Attorney
Diane Roberts, Legal Secretary
John W. Whitcomb, Senior Attorney
Special Education Clinic (Special Ed)
Olga Pribyl, Vice President
Daniel Contreras, Attorney, Latinos with Disabilities Advocacy Project
Lam Ho, Attorney
Christel Rogers, Administrative Assistant
Rachel Shapiro, Attorney
Debra J. Wysong, Intake Manager & Senior Attorney
Carbondale Abuse Investigation and Legal Advocacy
Stacey Aschemann, Senior Attorney (CR/AIU)
Kristen Glasford, Attorney (AIU/Special Ed)
Moline Abuse Investigation and Legal Advocacy
Janet M. Cartwright, Senior Attorney (Special Ed/CR)
Melinda Melin, Administrative Assistant
Springfield Abuse Investigation and Legal Advocacy
Barry G. Lowy, Senior Attorney (CR/AIU)
Marjorie Smith, Administrative Assistant
Public Policy
Chicago Office
Karen I. Ward, Vice President
Melissa O. Picciola, Attorney
Springfield Office
Cheryl Jansen, Legislative Policy Director
Training Institute on Disability Rights
Stacy Yusim, Manager
General Counsel
Karen I. Ward
Development
Barry C. Taylor, Manager, Equality for Kids Campaign and Grants
Deborah M. Kennedy, Manager, An Evening for Equality
Fiscal and Operations
James G. McMillan, Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer
Angela Abner, Accounting Clerk
Richard Edelmann, Human Resources Manager
Meg McGuire, Network Technician/Webmaster
Peter Quintero, Senior Accountant
Hugh T. Smith, Operations and Technical Assistant to the CFO
Benetta Thomas, Fiscal Manager
Martin Till, Information Systems Administrator/Networking Coordinator
Shenetta Webster, Attorney
