Hon. Abby Abinanti
Chief Judge
Yurok Tribal Court
Klamath, Del Norte County
Zakia Afrin
Manager
Client Advocacy Programs, MAITRI
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County
Cherri Allison
Executive Director
Alameda County Family Justice Center
Oakland, Alameda County
Nadia Costa
Shareholder
Miller Starr Regalia
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County
Jessica Dayton
Partner
ADZ Law
San Mateo, San Mateo County
Jeffrey L. Edleson
Dean and Professor
UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare
Berkeley, Alameda County
Mieko Failey
Director of Legal Services
The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach
Long Beach, Los Angeles County
Don Falk
Partner
Mayer Brown
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County
Seth Goldstein
Partner
Law Offices of Seth Goldstein
Napa County & Monterey County
Mindy Mechanic
Professor of Psychology
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, Orange County
Protima Pandey
Director
Office of Women’s Policy at County of Santa Clara
San Jose, Santa Clara County
Carolyn Russell
Executive Director
A Safe Place
Oakland, Alameda County
Joanne Schulman
Attorney at Law
Law Offices of Joanne Schulman
San Francisco, San Francisco County
Alexandrea Scott
FVAP Co-Founder
Staff Attorney
Network for Victim Recovery of DC
Washington, District of Columbia
Sudha Shetty
Assistant Dean
UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy
Berkeley, Alameda County
Craig Stewart
Partner, Issues and Appeals Practice
Jones Day
San Francisco, San Francisco County
Juvenile Dependency/Child Welfare Advisory Board:
Hon. Leonard Edwards – consultant of California Judicial Council, retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judge
San Francisco, San Francisco County
Anya Emerson – private trial attorney, former FVAP senior staff attorney
Oakland, Alameda County
Andrew Cain – Directing Attorney, Legal Advocates for Children and Youth, a program of the Law Foundation for Silicon Valley
San Jose, Santa Clara County
Cristina Gabrielidis – private appellate attorney
San Diego, San Diego County
