The economy is people powered!

Meet the team that is working to create innovative and cooperative solutions to our destructive economic systems. Check out our staff, former staff, board of directors, legal fellows, interns, and supporters below! Wondering why we don’t have an Executive Director? Learn more here.

Staff

We're proud to be a worker self-directed nonprofit (a cross between a worker cooperative and a 501c3 nonprofit!) Read more about our structure here. 

Ari Pomerantz Law Graduate / Pending Admission	Christine Hernandez Dir. of Resident Empowerment	Dorian Payán Dir. of Holistic Land Relations
Elizabeth Burnett Staff Attorney	Erika Sato Staff Attorney	Hasmik Geghamyan Staff Attorney
Hope Williams Dir. of Legislative Advocacy	Itzel Nuño Dir. of Economic Empowerment	Janelle Orsi Co-Founder / Attorney
Jay Cumberland Labor & Housing Attorney	Moh Mookim Land Justice & Wealth Redistribution Attorney	Mwende Hinojosa Dir. of Communications & Strategic Storytelling
Nicole Wires Network Dir. of the Nonprofit Democracy Network	Ricardo Samir Nuñez Director of Economic Democracy	Sue Bennett Dir. of Operations & Miscellaneous Stuff
Tia Taruc-Myers Dir. of Legal Education	Tobias Damm-Luhr Staff Attorney	Veryl Pow Staff Attorney

Board of Directors

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Jay Cumberland Board President	Eunice Kwon Treasurer	Farzana Serang At-Large	Adrien Salazar At-Large
Hasmik Geghamyan Secretary

Former Staff

We wouldn't be where we are now without the stewardship of our former staff members. They've helped us set policy priorities, build internal resilience, and recruit the team we have now.

Adélàjà Simon Former Co-Dir. of Rad Real Estate Law School	Alejandra Cruz Former Staff Attorney	Cameron Rhudy Former Staff Attorney	Charlotte Tsui Former Staff Attorney
Chris Tittle Former Dir. of Land & Housing Justice	Christina Oatfield Former Staff Attorney	Eunice Kwon Former Director of Community Engagement	Gregory Jackson Former Staff Attorney
Maya Miracle Former Wage Slavery Abolitionist Lead	Neil Thapar Former Food and Farm Program Director	Sara Stephens Former Staff Attorney	Subin DeVar Former Staff Attorney
Yassi Eskandari Former Staff Attorney and Policy Director

Legal Fellows, Interns, and Supporters