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    Abhijeet Chavan
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    Abhijeet Chavan is co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Planetizen and the executive producer of Planetizen Courses. He is also the chief technology officer of Urban Insight, Inc., the technology consulting firm that operates Planetizen. Abhijeet Chavan has over 20 years of technology consulting experience working with government, higher education, legal services, and non-profit clients. Abhijeet is the founder of OpenAdvocate and the creator of DLAW web platform, WriteClearly plain-language authoring tool and ReadClearly legal web glossaries. Abhijeet previously coordinated geographic information (GIS), software development, and data projects for the Imaging Systems Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also served as the information technology coordinator for the East St. Louis Action Research Project, a cross-disciplinary initiative of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working with residents and community groups in severely distressed urban areas.Abhijeet received his Master of Architecture (M. Arch) and Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A) degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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    Ada Shen-Jaffe
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    Ada Shen-Jaffe is a longtime national leader in civil legal aid with over 35 years of experience in executive leadership of statewide and national initiatives.  She currently serves as a leadership, racial justice, and equity consultant, trainer, and coach as well as an organizational strategist.

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    Daniel Eric Sandoval
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    Technical Co-Founder of SAM. Human Experience Designer. Working to end the access to justice gap.

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    Alex Doolittle
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    Alex Doolittle is the Executive Director of Seattle Community Law Center, a civil legal aid program in Washington State focused on providing accessible legal advocacy to people living with physical and mental disabilities so that they may obtain the resources necessary to overcome barriers to financial and medical stability.  Prior to her leadership role, Alex represented hundreds of people in Social Security matters.  Alex utilizes her law degree as a tool to give a voice to individuals and entities that traditionally do not have a voice in the law. She has worked to help clients stand-up for their rights in state and federal court as well as in administrative venues to enforce the First Amendment, the ADA, WA Growth Management Act, WA Shoreline Management Act, and the Social Security Act.

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    Alex Gulotta
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    Allison Durazzi
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    I am a writer, editor, and marketing professional. I served as the Washington State Access to Justice Board coordinator for ten years, and am familiar with the civil justice community needs. In fall 2018, I start graduate studies in Rhetoric and Professional Communication and am eager to collaborate on questions that impact underserved people.

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    Amanda Almeda
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    I am a Berkeley Law student interested in systemic advocacy in the public interest. I'm passionate about racial justice and gender justice.

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    Amanda Brown
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    Amy Bonomi
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    Andrea Perry-Petersen
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    Andrew Kashyap
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    Andrew Kashyap is a Senior Attorney at Legal Voice, a progressive feminist organization using the power of the law to make change in the Northwest.

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    Aneel Chablani
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    Advocacy Director, Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights

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    Angelique Lezette
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    Anna Kim
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    Anna Kim is a Youth & Family Counselor at Youth Eastside Services.  She holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of Washington.

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    Anna Roberts
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    Anne Erickson
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    Anne Erickson is the President and CEO of Empire Justice Center.  She has been with Empire Justice since 1989, starting out as a policy analyst and legislative coordinator. Anne has overseen the transformation of the organization, guiding its merger with the Public Interest Law Office of Rochester, expanding its White Plains office and opening a new office on Long Island. She has put together a solid management team and has strategically combined the two organizations, aligning staff into five major practice groups: Consumer, Housing, C.A.S.H. and Community Development; Civil Rights, Education and Employment; Disability Benefits; Immigrants and Immigrant Rights; and Public Benefits, Health and Family.

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    Anne Keeney
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    Seattle Housing Authority, Employment and Economic Advancement.

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    Anne Lee
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    Anne Lee is the Executive Director of TeamChild, a statewide nonprofit organization in Washington providing legal representation and advocacy for children and youth who are at risk of juvenile court involvement. TeamChild helps young people obtain education, mental and medical health services, housing and other support.

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    Anne Paxton
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    Anne Paxton is  director of ProForum, the educational non-profit that  sponsors the Social Justice Film Festival, and a staff attorney at the Unemployment Law Project, a legal aid organization. Anne has helped produce films of social conscience since 2005 with a special emphasis on human rights. Causes include prisoner literacy (Books to Prisoners), cleft palate surgery in Guatemala (Hearts in Motion), the boycott/divestment/sanctions campaign in support of Palestine (Pressure Points), sustainability curriculum (Facing the Future), and Basic Health Care (Northwest  Health Law Advocates).

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