Staff & Board — Homeless Advocacy Project

Our Staff

Everyone at HAP, from the legal staff to the administrators, is committed to the same compassionate goal of easing the burdens of homelessness. We draw as much inspiration from each other as we do from the people we serve, and we make concerted efforts toward making our office culture a supportive and inclusive one.

Faye Chevalier

Paralegal

[email protected] Read Bio

Josie Chiba

Paralegal

[email protected] Read Bio

Natashia Cooper

Paralegal

[email protected] Read Bio

Theresa Jett

Director of Operations

[email protected] Read Bio

Laura Kolb, Esq.

Staff Attorney

[email protected] Read Bio

Michele Levy, Esq.

Managing Attorney

[email protected] Read Bio

Patricia Malley, Esq.

Senior Staff Attorney

[email protected] Read Bio

Patrick McNeil

Senior Paralegal

[email protected] Read Bio

Alexandra Morigi

Director of Development

[email protected] Read Bio

Alie Muolo, Esq.

Staff Attorney & Duffy Fellow

[email protected] Read Bio

Margaret Oberkircher, Esq.

Pro Bono Coordinator

[email protected] Read Bio

Tanya Rambert

Executive Director

[email protected] Read Bio

Margianne Smith

Office Administrator

[email protected] Read Bio

Joel Sobel, Esq.

Staff Attorney & Duffy Fellow

[email protected] Read Bio

Michael Taub, Esq.

Advocacy Director/Director of HAP's Veterans Project

[email protected] Read Bio

Naisha Tyler

Operations and Development Coordinator

[email protected] Read Bio

Board of Directors

HAP is incredibly fortunate and proud to have such a dedicated, passionate, and eclectic Board of Directors. Members include attorneys from a diversity of Philadelphia firms, social services providers, and community members with lived experience of homelessness.

Jessica Rickabaugh

HAP Board President

I am honored to serve as the President of HAP’s Board of Directors in 2023. Since 1990, HAP has been the only organization providing direct civil legal services to families and individuals experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia. HAP’s dedicated staff has worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to continue its legal services and advocacy, while HAP continues to face increasing client need and challenges in the delivery of these services. HAP would not be able to serve the community without the assistance of volunteers, individual supporters, government agencies, partners in the non-profit community, corporations, foundations, law firms, and law schools. HAP is deeply grateful for donors who support HAP financially and volunteer their time to provide legal services. I encourage you to join HAP’s vital mission in any way that you are able.

HAP Executive Board 2023

Jessica Rickabaugh, Esq. President Tucker Law Group	Lawrence J. Kotler, Esq. President-Elect Duane Morris	Thomas Duffy, Esq. Vice President Duffy & Fulginiti
Jennedy Johnson, Esq. Vice President PECO/Exelon	Harrison Lee, Esq. Vice President Comcast Cable	David Newmann, Esq. Vice President Hogan Lovells
Terri Claybrook, Esq. Vice President Subaru of America, Inc.	Bridget Mayer Briggs, Esq. Secretary Blank Rome	Cassandra Summers Assistant-Secretary Reed Smith
Kenneth L. Gibb, CPA Treasurer White and Williams	Dennis J. Brennan, Esq. Past President (2021) Saul Ewing	Jon L. Cochran Past President (2022) LeVan Stapleton Segal Cochran

HAP Board of Directors 2023

Rhonda Carter, MSN Philadelphia Health Management Corporation	Jacqueline C. Chapman	Lynn Charytan, Esq. Comcast
Justin D. Cupples, Esq. Morgan Lewis, Inc.	James P. Faunes, Esq. Feldman Shepherd	Carmine A. Giganti, Esq. ACE/Chubb Insurance
Brenna D. Kelly, Esq. DLA Piper	Nikki Johnson-Alfano, Esq. The Law Office of Nikki Johnson-Huston, Esq.	Jon M. Katona, Esq. Klehr Harrison
Stephen Kempa, Esq. Cozen O’Connor	Bridget Lankford, Esq. GSK	Olufunke Leroy, Esq. Holland & Knight
Joshua A. Materese Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check	Christopher Nana-Sinkam, Esq. Dilworth Paxson	Brian North, Esq. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Michael J. O’Brien, Esq. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott	Justin C. Oshana, Esq. United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Jeff P. Palazzese, Esq. The Reliable Companies
Wesley R. Payne IV, Esq. White and Williams	Brian D. Pedrow, Esq. Ballard Spahr	Rhashidah Perry-Jones SELF, Inc.
D. Deone Powell, Esq. Vanguard Charitable Endowment	Heather E. Rennie, Esq. Merck & Co.	Rachel Rosenberg, Esq. Dechert
Nancy Smith, Esq. Lincoln Financial Group	Hon. Sheila Woods-Skipper Orphans’ Court Division