Staff & Board

Elizabeth Bluestein joined PILP’s Board in 2013.

Maeve Elise Brown joined PILP’s Board in 2018 and is the Executive Director and a founder of Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA).

Miye Goishi is a founding PILP Board Member and is a Sullivan Clinical Professor of Law at UC College of the Law, San Francisco.

Bill joined PILP’s Board in 2009 and was elected as Board President in 2020

Irma Herrera joined PILP’s Board in 2010 and has been a Bay Area civil rights lawyer for more than three decades.

Tim Iglesias joined PILP’s Board in 2015. Now retired, he was a tenured Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law from 2002 - 2022.

Armen Nercessian joined PILP’s Board in 2019 and is a senior litigation associate at Fenwick & West LLP.

Ugochi joined PILP in July 2022 and focuses her work on homelessness prevention and protecting the rights of unhoused people.

Palmer joined PILP in 2023 and focuses on the intersection of public benefits and houselessness.

Craig joined the California Affordable Housing Law Project of PILP in 2003 to enforce housing laws in local land use and redevelopment practices around the state.

Lauren joined PILP in 2012 and currently works on public benefits and homelessness.

Shashi joined PILP in May of 2022 after more than 20 years advancing inclusive community development at Public Counsel.

Noah (he/him) joned PILP in 2013 and is a paralegal who provides litigation, advocacy, and grant reporting support to staff.

Melissa Morris (she/her/hers) joined PILP in 2018 and splits her time between PILP’s housing and public benefits practices.

Melody Osuna joined PILP in May 2023 and focuses on PILP’s work with local legal services programs with a focus on equitable land use and housing justice.

Mike co-founded PILP in 1996 with colleague Steve Ronfeldt to provide impact litigation and advocacy support for California legal services offices

Deborah retired from PILP in 2017 after serving as Managing Attorney for 15 years.

After practicing law for nearly 30 years, Judy joined PILP in 2008 where her work centered on improving public benefits programs for indigent people.

Steve co-founded PILP in 1996 with colleague Mike Rawson to provide impact litigation and advocacy support for California legal services offices after Congress prohibited federally funded services programs from bringing class actions, representing undocumented people and engaging in legislative advocacy.