Our Staff

Administration

Dennis Kaufman - Executive Director
Samuel Young - Director of Advocacy
Patricia Vallelonga - Fiscal Manager
Karen Kelley - Program Administrator
Joseph Warren - Director of Technology

Support Staff

Jami Freeman - Secretary
Tracy Wagner - Receptionist

Legal Staff

Syracuse Office

Elaine Amory - Staff Attorney
Andrew Barton - Public Interest Fellow
Christopher Cadin -
Director of Disability Advocacy
Michele Czornij - Law Assistant
Elizabeth Deuel - Law Assistant
Crystal Doody - Staff Attorney
Kenneth Ehresman - Staff Attorney
Lyndsey Ludovici - Staff Attorney
Rob Lukow - Staff Attorney

Julie Morse - Staff Attorney
Shelly Tsai - Staff Attorney
J. Eric Tohtz -
Director of Special Advocacy
Mary Traynor - Staff Attorney
Beth E. Wallbridge - Advocacy Specialist
Christine Waters - Staff Attorney
Esther Weingarten - Staff Attorney
James Williams - Staff Attorney
Susan Young - Staff Attorney

Cortland Office

James T. Murphy - Staff Attorney