Board & Staff
Lawyers for Children America, Inc.
National Board of Directors
Chairperson
Adam F. Haimo, Esq.
Smith Currie & Hancock LLP
Fort Lauderdale, FL
President
Joette Katz, JD
Shipman & Goodwin
Stamford, CT
Vice-President
Joanne Boucher, MBA, BSN, RN
UCONN Health
Farmington, CT
Secretary
UCONN Health
Farmington, CT
Treasurer
Richard “Rick” Harris, Esq.
Day Pitney
Hartford, CT
Board of Directors
Zoë Baird (Chairperson Emeritus)
The Markle Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
Thomas C. Blatchley, Esq.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Hartford, CT
Tobias Cushing, J.D., LL.M.
Zurich Insurance
Hartford, CT
Kenneth Duvall
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod
Miami, Florida
Devon Fagel, MD, JD (Honorary Member)
Yale School of Medicine
Zigler Center in Child Development
and Social Policy
Annie Gamez, Esq
Holland & Knight
Miami, FL
Brendan Gooley, JD
Carlton Fields
Hartford, CT
Anastasia D. “Stasia” Kelly, Esq.
(Honoray Member)
DLA Piper LLP
Washington, DC
Elizabeth Lacombe, Esq.
Duane Morris
Hartford, CT
Daniel L. Leyton, Esq.
Kravitz Talamo & Leyton
Miami, FL
Steven Marans, Ph.D., (Honorary Member)
National Center for Children
Exposed to Violence
Yale University Medical School,
Child Study Center
New Haven, CT
Lynn Neils, Esq.
Elliot Kwok Levine Jaroslaw Neils LLP
New York, NY
Brian O’Donnell, JD
Reid & Riege
Hartford and New Haven, CT
Marti Ossias, JD, MBA
Vibrant Emotional Health
New York, NY
John C. Pitblado, Esq.
Carlton Fields
Hartford, CT
Sarah Levy Rochman, Esq.
Solaris Health Partners
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Allen Sabins
CSW Energy
Meriden, CT
Sharad Samy, JD
The Common Fund
Wilton, CT
April Smolski, LMFT
Unionville, CT
Kyle Teal, Esq.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Miami, FL
Greg Roberts
Valley Bank
Miami, FL
Staff Contacts
Connecticut Office
Priscilla Pappadia
Executive Director
pappadiap@lawyersforchildrenamerica.org
Debra Cohen
Program Director
cohend@lawyersforchildrenamerica.org
Tiffany Riva
Development & Communications Director
rivat@lawyersforchildrenamerica.org
Florida Office
Carolyn Salisbury
Florida Director & Supervising Attorney
csalisbury@lawyersforchildrenamerica.org
Paula Velazquez
Florida Staff Attorney
pvelazquez@lawyersforchildrenamerica.org
Hara Fischbein
Florida Staff Attorney
hfischbein@lawyersforchildrenamerica.org