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WHO
WE ARE

Meet Our Team

Leadership

Michele Johnson

Executive Director, Co-Founder

Rob Watkins

Chief Operating Officer

Tene Hamilton Franklin

Chief Strategy Officer

Administrative & Development

Sam Lehutsky

Operations & HR Manager

Aleena Robinson

Development Manager

Lakesyn Melia

Development Specialist

Richard Stuart

Grant Specialist

Communications

D'Anelle Desire

Director of Communications

Reed McLean

Digital Media Coordinator

Legal

Brant Harrell

Legal Director

Delaram Takyar

Skadden Fellow

Emily Jenkins

Staff Attorney

Jane Dimnwaobi

Equal Justice Works Fellow

Gordon Bonnyman

Staff Attorney, Co-Founder

Josiah Mezera

Speer Foundation Fellow

Casework

Diana Gallaher

IOK Project Director/Casework Supervisor

Emma Sabin

King Child Health Fellow

Shana Watkins

Insure Our Kids Outreach Coordinator

Jane Beasley

Senior Client Advocate

Owen Hendricks

IOK Client Advocate

John Elliott

Melkus Fellow

Katherine Zelaya

IOK Client Advocate

Ashley Dorway

Metro Client Advocate

Annie Eby

Jesuit Volunteer Client Advocate

Health Policy

Chanda Freeman

Director of Strategic Partnerships for Health Justice

Danielle Branch

Health Policy and Advocacy Associate

Nutrition Advocacy

Signe Anderson

Senior Director of Nutrition Advocacy

Anne Dobson Ball

WIC Partnership and Outreach Coordinator

Crys Riles

Anti-Hunger Advocate

Geraldine Hernandez-Marin

King Nutrition Fellow

Anna Grace Breedlove

WIC Referral and Data Specialist

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