Director of Development and Communications

• Aug 2021 - Present

Leading ongoing nonprofit fundraising and communications efforts including the major gifts program, annual fund, and special events. Responsibilities also include managing, cultivating, and stewarding relationships with existing major gift prospects, identifying new prospects, expanding PHLP’s supporter base, cultivating and stewarding donors, and increasing the organization’s visibility in the community.

Supervising Attorney

• Jul 2018 - Aug 2021

Representing Medicaid recipients in appeals involving the denial of health care coverage and services, with a focus on representing children with disabilities who have been denied home health services, including shift nursing. Engaging in policy advocacy and community education regarding access to public health care coverage and services.

Staff Attorney

• Jan 2013 - Jul 2018

Certified Legal Intern, Civil Justice Clinic

• Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

Provided direct legal representation to low-income clients in a range of civil disputes, including child custody, child support, guardianship, civil forfeiture, and public benefits. Provided direct legal representation to low-income clients in a range of civil disputes, including child custody, child support, guardianship, civil forfeiture, and public benefits.

Summer Intern, Public Benefits Unit

• May 2011 - Aug 2011

Provided legal representation to immigrants with serious medical problems who urgently needed Medicaid coverage. Special projects included drafting regulatory comments, researching and investigating Title VI Civil Rights compliance, and working at a community-based Medical-Legal clinic. Provided legal representation to immigrants with serious medical problems who urgently needed Medicaid coverage. Special projects included drafting regulatory comments, researching and investigating Title VI Civil Rights compliance, and working at a community-based Medical-Legal clinic.

Research Assistant for Professor MaryBeth Musumeci

• Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

Researched and prepared memoranda of law regarding Medicaid eligibility for children with significant disabilities and state TEFRA/Katie Beckett programs. Assisted with publications including: Musumeci, M. (2011). Modernizing Medicaid Eligibility Criteria for Children with Significant Disabilities: Moving from a Disabling to an Enabling Paradigm. American Journal of Law & Medicine, 37(1), 81-127. Researched and prepared memoranda of law regarding Medicaid eligibility for children with significant disabilities and state TEFRA/Katie Beckett programs. Assisted with publications including: Musumeci, M. (2011). Modernizing Medicaid Eligibility Criteria for Children with Significant Disabilities: Moving from a Disabling to an Enabling Paradigm. American Journal of Law & Medicine, 37(1), 81-127.

Student Law Clerk

• Jul 2010 - Dec 2010

Researched and prepared memoranda analyzing issues raised in criminal cases pending before the court, assisted in the preparation of trial orders, jury instructions, judgments, and opinions, and attended discovery conferences, pretrial conferences and hearings. Researched and prepared memoranda analyzing issues raised in criminal cases pending before the court, assisted in the preparation of trial orders, jury instructions, judgments, and opinions, and attended discovery conferences, pretrial conferences and hearings.

Administrative Assistant

• Aug 2007 - Aug 2009

Drafted correspondence, maintained accounts receivable, monthly client billing system, and office filing system, observed attorney-client interviews and Tax Court hearings, researched and prepared memoranda of law. Drafted correspondence, maintained accounts receivable, monthly client billing system, and office filing system, observed attorney-client interviews and Tax Court hearings, researched and prepared memoranda of law.