Board and Senior Management

Legal Aid Bureau Inc.
500 East Lexington Street
 
Baltimore, MD 21202
telephone: 410-951-7777
fax: 410-951-7818

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Management:
 
Wilhelm H. Joseph, Jr., Esq.
Executive Director
410-951-7680
 
Wilhelm H. Joseph Jr.
 
Serving as executive director since 1996, Mr. Joseph was previously director of the legal support unit at Legal Services for New York City. A law graduate of the University of Mississippi and Harvard's JKF School of Government,

Mr. Joseph was the recipient of the 2008 Dennison Ray Award (given biennially by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association), the National Conference of Black Lawyers’ Lawyer of the Year Award, and the Hope Stevens Award for International Affairs and World Peace, among others.

  
   
Gustava Taler, Esq.
Chief Operating Officer
410-951-7682
 
C. Shawn Boehringer, Esq.
Chief Counsel
410-951-7637
 
Cheryl Hystad, Esq.
Director of Advocacy
410-951-7813
 
Gregory L. Countess, Esq.
Assistant Director of Advocacy for Housing & Community Economic Development
410-951-7685
 
Jennifer Goldberg, Esq.
Assistant Director of Advocacy for Elder Law and Health Care
301-560-2136
 
Janet Forrester Hartge, Esq.
Assistant Director of Advocacy for Children's Rights
410-951-7686
 
J. Peter Sabonis, Esq.
Assistant Director of Advocacy for Income Security
443-451-2851
 
Phillip C. Stillman
Chief of Human Resources
410-951-7715
 
Alexander J. Pilecki, Jr.
Chief of Administration
410-951-7773
 
Chuck Mills
Director of Information Technology
410-951-7651
 
Joe Surkiewicz
Director of Communications
410-951-7683
 
Susan D. Shubin, Esq.
Director of Resource Development
410-951-7706
 
Denise McCain
Director of Program Development and Compliance
410-951-7688
  
   
   

Board Members:

Warren Oliveri, Esq.
President
Montgomery County 
Gwendolyn Johnson
Vice President
Baltimore
 
G. Daniel Shealer
Treasurer
Baltimore
 
Anita Hendricks
Secretary
Baltimore

Jo M. Glasco, Esq.
Member At Large
Howard County

Erek L. Barron, Esq.
Prince George's County
 
Carlos A. Braxton, Esq.
Baltimore
 
Phyllis Butler
Charles County
 
Robert Gonzales, Esq.
Baltimore

Jessica A. duHoffman, Esq.
Eastern Shore
 
Herman G. Hamilton, Jr.
Frederick County

Ora Johnson
Montgomery County

Beth Pepper, Esq.
Baltimore
 
Ronald E. Richardson, Esq.
Baltimore
 
Paul M. Sandler, Esq.
Baltimore
 
Sheila J. Sullivan, Esq.
Southern Maryland
 
Richard L. Wasserman, Esq.
Baltimore
 
Marquita Wise-Jones
Prince George's County