Our Staff & Board

Staff

Administration

Michael Friedman, Executive Director
Mark Peterson, Administrator

Community Advocates

Leo Espinoza, Latino
Lani Moran-Samqua, American Indian
Pauline Thomas, African American

Attorneys

Trudell Guerue, Legal Defense Program Co-Director
Richard LeRoy, Legal Defense Program Co-Director
Andrew Gordon, Legal Education Program Director
Hersch Izek

Family & Youth Restorative Services

Simone Abel, Program Director
Verónica González-Gaona, Coordinator
Sylvia Gutierrez

Program Support

Leah Entenmann, Legal Assistant
Norma González-Gaona, Administrative Assistant & Receptionist

Board of Directors

Todd Guerrero, President
Fredrickson & Byron, P.A.

Clyde Bellecourt, Vice President
Heart of the Earth, Inc.

Abdirizak Bihi
Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota

Hon. Michael J. Davis
United States Chief District Judge

Susana De Leon
De Leon & Nestor, LLC

Charlnitta Ellis, Secretary
The City, Inc.

Natalie Johnson Lee
Council on Black Minnesotans

Jerod Peterson
Attorney at Law

Norma Renville
Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors

Steven A. Schumeister, Past President
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

Angela Hall Slaughter, Treasurer
United Health Group & MAIBA

Maria Zavala
The Family Partnership

Honorary Board Members

Felino de la Pena

Peter Heegaard

David Nasby
General Mills (formerly)

Brian Palmer
Dorsey & Whitney