Our Partners
We don’t believe we are ‘the’ experts, we cultivate collective expertise – all centered on survivors’ self-defined goals. CSAJ works in partnership with over 20 on-the-ground advocates and organizations with diverse functions, unique expertise, and serving a range of social justice issues.
Expert Advisors & Organizational Partners

Lisalyn Jacobs
Just Solutions & CSAJ Law & Policy, Expert Advisor Project: REEP
Camille D. Holmes
CSAJ Race Equity, Expert Advisor Projects: Access & REEP
Katie VonDeLinde, MSW, LCSW
CSAJ Survivor Centered Advocacy, Expert Advisor Projects: Access & Consumer Rights Initiative
National Legal Aid & Defender’s Association
Radhika Singh, Director of the Civil Legal Aid Initiative
Project: Access

Center for Court Innovation
Liberty Aldrich, Sr. counsel / Director, Nida Abbasi, & Jenna Smith, Project Coordinators
Projects: Access, Consumer Rights Initiative, ALSO-SITAP

Casa de Esperanza
Rosie Hidalgo, Senior Director of Public Policy
Projects: Access & REEP

Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (APIGBV)
Sarah Khan, Director of Programs
Projects: Access & REEP

ArchCity Defenders
Jacki Langum, Director of Advocacy
Project: Access

National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
Carolyn Carter, Director of Advocacy
Content Experts: Andrea Bopp Stark (policy, loans, tax, prioritizing debts), Persis Yu (Student Loans), Chi Chi Wu (Consumer/Credit), Sarah Bolling Mancini (Bankruptcy/Foreclosure)
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Caminar Latino, Latinos United for Peace & Equity (LUPE) Project
Patricia Moen, Director of Strategic Implementation
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Futures Without Violence (FUTURES)
Linda Seabrook, General Counsel & Director of Workplace Safety & Equity & Sarah Gonzalez Bocinski, Program Manager, Economic Justice and Workforce Initiatives
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCCADV)
adé oni, Economic Advocacy and Justice Specialist
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Praxis International
Maren Woods & Amanda Watson, Program Directors
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Prosperity Now
Jennifer Medina, Associate Director, Savings & Financial Capability
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Vera Institute of Justice
Sandra Harrell, Associate Director of Center on Victimization and Safety
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Michigan State University
Adrienne Adams, Associate Professor
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

University of Texas, School of Law
Angela Littwin, Professor
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Indiana Legal Services, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (ILS)
Jamie Andree, JD, Former LITC Director
Projects: Consumer Rights, past demonstration site

Legal Aid of Western Michigan
Karen Merrill Tjapkes, JD, Director of Strategic Litigation
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Legal Aid Society
Laura Russell, JD, Citywide Director of DV/Family Law
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

ALSO
Mary Seighman, Director of Policy and Justice Initiatives
Project: ALSO-SITAP

Women of Color Network
Tonya Lovelace, CEO (former)
Purvi Shaw, EPL Director
Zoe Flowers, Consultant
Sumayya Coleman, Consultant
Project: REEP

Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
Kip Holley, Researcher, Civic Engagement & Racial Equity
Project: REEP

Texas Council on Family Violence
Krista Del Gallo, Policy Manager & Mona Muro, Policy Coordinator
Projects: REEP, past demonstration site
Demonstration Sites

District Alliance for Safe Housing
Koube Ngaaje, ED & Berastaín, Deputy Director
Project: DASH Demonstration Project

Urban Justice Center, Domestic Violence Project
Madeline Garcia-Bigelow, ED
Maria Martinez, Director of Client Services
Afua Afriye Fullwood, Attorney
Project: NYC Advocacy Demonstration Project

Sanctuary for Families
Dorchen Leidholt, Legal Director & Laura Fernandez, Director of Client Services
Project: NYC Advocacy Demonstration Project

Women’s Resource Center
Carol Shoener, Economic Advocacy Director & Judith Lewis, Legal Director
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative

Enlace Comunitario
Juliann Salinas, Associate Director of Development, Evaluation & Public Policy & Marta Pereira, Associate Director of Programs
Project: REEP

OKC Artists for Justice
Grace Franklin, Founder
Project: REEP

University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (Student Litigation Clinic)
Tammy Kuennen, Professor
Project: Consumer Rights Initiative