Our Team

The NC Justice Center’s work includes six projects that provide in-depth expertise in the major policy areas impacting low-income and working North Carolinians: Consumer, Housing & Energy Project, Education & Law Project, Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project, Health Advocacy Project, Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, and the Workers’ Rights Project.

REGGIE SHUFORD | Executive Director
AALIYAH MATTISON | Executive Assistant

Communications

ANDREA DREIER | Director of Communications
SUNSHINE ADAM | Communications Specialist
AALIYAH MUHAMMAD | Communications Specialist
PHYLLIS NUNN | Design Director

Consumer, Housing & Energy Project

DIANA ESPINAL-GUTIERREZ | Litigation Paralegal
CARLENE McNULTY |  Director of Litigation
JASON PIKLER |  Senior Attorney
CLAIRE WILLIAMSON | Energy Policy Advocate
DANI MOORE | Transportation and Energy Policy Advocate

Donations & Grants

KIM-MARIE McLELLAN | Director of Gifts
LILY SCHORR | Major Gifts Officer
AALIYAH MATTISON | Executive Assistant

Education & Law Project

MATT ELLINWOOD | Director
SUNSHINE ADAM | Communications Specialist
SARAH MONTGOMERY |  Senior Policy Advocate
KRIS NORDSTROM | Senior Policy Analyst

Engagement

ADAM SVOLTO | Director of Policy & Engagement

Facilities & IT

TIM HAZLEHURST | Director of IT and Facilities
ASHLEIGH PIENKOSZ | Information Technology Specialist
SUIJIN LI SNYDER | Office Manager
CRISTINA GALVAN |  Senior Administrative Assistant

Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project

LAURA WEBB | Director
QUISHA MALLETTE | Staff Attorney
TIM YOUNG | Communications Specialist

Finance

DARREN HUNICUTT | Director of Finance
ELISE ELLIOTT |  Accounting Manager
CASSANDRA HINTON |  Accountant

Health Advocacy Project

NICOLE DOZIER | Director
REBECCA CERESE | Policy Advocate
HYUN NAMKOONG | Deputy Director
JEN SHARP | Communications Specialist
HEYSOLL RODRIGUEZ SOTO | Engagement Coordinator

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project

CARLENE McNULTY |  Interim Director
JUAN CALDERON LORA | Paralegal
ANDRESSIA RAMIREZ | Paralegal, Immigration & Refugee Rights and Workers’ Rights
KATE WOOMER-DETERS | Senior Attorney
MARYAM KHAN | Staff Attorney
JASMINA NOGO | Staff Attorney
ELI LONGNECKER | Immigrants’ Rights Fellow

Litigation

CARLENE McNULTY |  Director of Litigation
SHRAY SHETTY | Leslie J. Winner Public Interest and Civil Rights Fellow

Workers’ Rights Project

ANA PARDO | Co-Director
CLERMONT RIPLEY | Co-Director
CAROL BROOKE | Senior Attorney
IVY NICOLE-JONET | Digital Communications Coordinator
ANDRESSIA RAMIREZ | Paralegal, Immigration & Refugee Rights and Workers’ Rights