Moderators
Elissa Barrett, Housing Attorney
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Gary Blasi, Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
Joe Schilling, Professor of Law
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Academics
Jim Kelly, Assistant Professor of Law
University of Baltimore School of Law
Kermit Lind, Professor of Law
Cleveland-Marshall School of Law
Affordable Housing Providers
Deborah Cox, Finance Director
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
Nancy Ibrahim, Associate Director
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
Ann Sewill, Vice-President, California Director
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
City Attorneys - Los Angeles
Mary Clare Molidor, Director of Safe Neighborhoods Division
Suzanne Spillane, Deputy City Attorney (Housing Division)
Amy Brothers, Deputy City Attorney (Citywide Nuisance Abatement Division)
City Attorneys - Other Cities
Rose-Ellen Heinz Fairgrieve, Director of Code Enforcement Division
Office of the San Francisco City Attorney
Diane Silva-Martinez, Director of Code Enforcement Division
Office of the San Diego City Attorney
Robert Flowers, Code Compliance Officer
Santa Monica Planning and Community Development Dept., Building & Safety
City and State Political Specialists
Sophia Heller, Director of Policy and Strategic Planning
Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Ron Javor, Member
Sacramento Housing Alliance
Joan Ling, Executive Director (CCSM) and Treasurer (Los Angeles City Community Redevelopment Agency)
Community Corporation of Santa Monica
Community and Economic Development Specialists
Julie Farrell, Equal Justice Works Fellow (Community Economic Development)
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Gilda Haas, Executive Director
SAJE, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
Brenda Shockley, Commissioner (City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency)
and Executive Director (CB)
Community Build
Code Enforcement Officials
Dan Gomez, Principal Inspector
Los Angeles Housing Department
Chris Hatzikian, Principal Inspector
Los Angeles Housing Department, Enforcement Division
Hakha Mortezaie, Director,
Los Angeles Housing Department, Compliance Division
Community/Tenant Organizers
Alison Dickson, Affordable Housing Outreach Coordinator/Deputy Director
CES, Coalition for Economic Survival
Andres Ramirez, Community Organizer
Coalition LA
Jose Garcia, Executive Director
Inquilinos Unidos (Tenants United)
Andrea Gibbons, Community Organizer
SAJE, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
Evelin Montes, Co-Director
Acción Collectiva/Collective SPACE
Leonardo Vilchis, Executive Director
Union de Vecinos (Neighborhood Union)
Community Legal Services Providers
Michelle Williams Court, Director of Litigation
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Betsy Handler, Director of Litigation
Inner City Law Center
Tai Glenn, Director, Housing Unit
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Observers
Scott Edelman, Partner and Director of Pro Bono Services
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Mitchell Kamin, Executive Director
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Mercedes Márquez, General Manager
Los Angeles Housing Department
Michael Schill, Dean
UCLA School of Law
Kristina Scott, Special Assistant Attorney
Los Angeles City Attorney
Private Lenders/Developers
Amber Carter, Team Leader
Southern California Lending, Low Income Investment Fund
Sandor E. Samuels, Senior Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer
Countrywide Financial Corporation
Public Lenders/Developers
Sergio Barajas, Director of Housing of the CRA Housing Department
Community Redevelopment Agency-LA
Suzette Flynn, Policy Division
Los Angeles Housing Department
David Zaitz, Portfolio Manager
Los Angeles Housing Department
Receivers
Edythe Bronston, Co-Founder of the California Receivers Forum
Law Offices of Edythe Bronston
David Pasternak, Attorney/ Receiver
Pasternak, Pasternak & Patton, A Law Corporation
Rob Warren, President
Investors’ Property Services
Student Historians
Bob Bullock, JD/MPP
UCLA School of Public Policy/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Heather Shearer, JD 2007
Loyola Law School
Sarah Perez Vallim, JD/MPP
UCLA Schools of Law & Public Affairs
Rafael Yaquian, MA/JD
UCLA Schools of Law and Urban Planning