LSNYC executive director Raun Rasmussen (center) with 2023 Jazz for Justice Benefit honorees Stephen Gauster of MetLife and Shaimaa Hussein of Willkie Farr.
LSNYC has a vibrant and diverse board of directors comprised of community partners, client representatives, and attorneys from all five boroughs of New York City, including partners from some of the city’s largest law firms.
Board of Directors
| Liza May Velazquez | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP CHAIR |
| Marshall R. King | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP VICE CHAIR |
| William O. Reckler | Latham & Watkins LLP TREASURER |
| Sara L. Shudofsky | Arnold & Porter LLP SECRETARY |
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| Samantha Aezen |
| Michael Andersson |
| Linda Carrasquillo |
| Donna Daniels | EY |
| Joseph M. Drayton | Proskauer Rose LLP |
| Susan R. Gittes | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP |
| Jeffrey Gordon |
| Ronan P. Harty | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP |
| Victoria L. Horowitz |
| Ben A. Indek | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Zeretha Jenkins |
| Abdiel Joseph |
| Carl E. Kennedy | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
| Susan J. Kohlmann | Jenner & Block LLP |
| David F. Levine | Bloomberg L.P. |
| Ana Melendez |
| Peter Ofner |
| Rasheedah Omar |
| Rosemary F. Paladino | Private Practice |
| Tawfiq S. Rangwala | Milbank LLP |
| William T. Russell, Jr. | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
| David E. Schwartz | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
| Karen Shen | Pfizer Inc. |
| Daniel Slifkin | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP |
| Abibatou (Abi) Traore-Miller |
| Jeroen van Kwawegen | Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP |
| Mark Venaglia |
| Joy Wefum |
Emeritus Board |
| Mark G. Cunha | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (retired) |
| Joseph S. Genova | Milbank LLP (retired) |
| John S. Kiernan | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (retired) |
| Michael Young | JAMS |
PROJECT BOARD CHAIRS (Ex-officio Board Members) |
| Linton Mann III | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Project Board Chair (Manhattan Legal Services) |
| Evette Soto-Maldonado Project Board Chair (Bronx Legal Services) |
| Monica Corrine Moran | Rite Aid Project Board Chair (Brooklyn Legal Services) |