Our Team

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Our Staff
Our Board

Strategic Coaching Associate
& Policy Advocate

Reagan Bain

Housing Justice Organizer

Jack Cann

Senior Staff Attorney

Emily Curran

Housing Justice Litigator

Benjamin Fischer

Intake Specialist

Abbie Hanson

Litigation Manager

Angel Jaramillo-
Rangel

Operations Assistant

Jim Poradek

Housing Justice Litigator

Melissa Martinez-
Sones

Interim Executive Director

Anne Smetak

Director & Senior Counsel

for Housing Systems Response

Jessica Szuminski

Policy Attorney

Shana Tomenes

Director of Manufactured Housing

Policy & Housing Justice Litigator

Sarah Carthen Watson

Senior Housing Justice Litigator

Zaria Whitlock

Paralegal

To contact the Housing Justice Center Board of Directors, please email board@hjcmn.org.

Walter Battle

Board Chair

Richard Kahn

Board Member

Eric Hauge

Board Secretary

Linda Soderstrom

Board Member

Michael Bodaken

Board Member

Fadumo Mohamed

Board Member