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Advisory Board

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Ming Chen


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Shanzeh Faheem

Law Student

University of California, Berkeley
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Michael Holecek 

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Scott Johnston

(Vice President, Development Chair)
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Samantha S. Low, LEED AP 

Director, Cushman & Wakefield

Michelle Osborne

 

 

 

Michelle Osborne

Michelle M. Osborne J.D. & Associates LLC

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Mariya Pamnani

(Secretary)
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Nora Puckett

(President & Board Chair)
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José Ramos, Jr.

Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Child Care Resource Center

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Deborah Son

Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Family Violence Appellate Project (Ex Officio and Non-Voting Board Member)

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Keisha Wright

(Treasurer)

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Edie Zusman

 

Edie Zusman

Medical Director of Neuroscience Partners

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Elizabeth Cabraser

Partner, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein

Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean, Berkeley Law

Nancy Lemon
FVAP Co-Founder & Past Legal Director

Sonya Passi
FVAP Co-Founder, Founder & CEO FreeFrom
 
Alexandrea Scott
FVAP Co-Founder, Staff Attorney Network for Victim Recovery of DC
 
 Erin Smith
FVAP Co-Founder & Past CEO
Author, California Judges Benchbook: Civil Proceedings
 
 

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