Meet the Team
Our Leadership
Deonne E. Contine
Executive Director
Olga Garcia Gurrola
Executive Assistant
Jessica Garza
Office Manager
Tara Zimmerman
Grant & Development Manager
Amanda Brock
Communications Manager & Pro Bono Coordinator
Our Staff
Alexandra Akre
Intake Coordinator, Self-Help
Alma Rivera
Legal Assistant, Immigration
Amanda Stocke
Legal Assistant, Adult Guardianship
Itzel Arzate
Intake Coordinator, Self-Help
Madai Vargas
Legal Assistant, Victim Advocacy Unit
Maritza Ramirez
Legal Assistant, Senior Legal Center
Melissa Jimenez
Intake Coordinator
Michael Reynolds
Legal Assistant, Child Advocacy
Noah Montague,
Immigration Specialist
Renee Aguilar
Immigration Specialist
Tamika Holmes, Legal Assistant
Adult Guardianship
Teresa Wood, Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant, Consumer & Housing
Our Attorneys
Caryn Sternlicht
Consumer & Housing
Christina Chiang
Child Advocacy
Dana Sisk
Adult Guardianship
Dave Russell
Senior Legal Center
David Spitzer
Adult Guardianship
Drew Bradley
Child Advocacy
Drew Wheaton
Consumer & Housing
Elena Butko
Senior Legal Center
Emmanuel Calderon
Child Advocacy
Faith Mileca
Child Advocacy
Janet E. Traut
Victim Advocacy
James Newcomb
Child Advocacy
Jeff Briggs
Child Advocacy
Jennifer Christie
Child Advocacy
Jennifer Jeans
Child Advocacy
Jerry Crandall
Child Advocacy
Jill Whitbeck
Victim Advocacy
Kathleen Robertson
Adult Guardianship
Kelly Werth
Child Advocacy – Lyon County
Lynn Sartre
Adult Guardianship
Maggie Moon
Senior Legal Center
Mark A. Beguelin
Child Advocacy – Carson City
Megan Backsen
Medical-Legal Partnership – HOPES
