About Us: Who We Are
Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc.
Southern Arizona Legal Aid
Leadership Team
Anthony Young – Executive Director
Anthony Wisz – Deputy Director
Barbara Anderson – Administrator/HR Manager
Nikki J Hunt – Development Director
Doris Lee Butler – Chief Operations Officer/IT Manager
Janet Wiseman – Chief Financial Officer
Wendy Ascher – Director of Intake
Susan Daicoff – Director of Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP)
Kristin Fitzharris, Managing Attorney – Tucson Domestic Relations & Immigration
Matthew Waterman, Managing Attorney – Tucson Consumer Housing Public Benefits
Lori Johnston, Managing Attorney – Whiteriver & Lakeside Offices
Diana Lopez-Jones, Managing Attorney – Casa Grande & Sacaton Offices
Board of Directors
Frederick Petersen, President – Pima County Bar Association
Margarita Bernal, Vice President – Pima County Bar Association
Tamara Mulembo, Secretary/Treasurer – Arizona Minority Bar Association
Shirley Molina – Native American Community
M. Roxanne Veliz – Snell & Wilmer, LLP
Michael F. Kelly – Pima County Bar Association
Carl A. Piccarreta – Pima County Bar Association
Brian I. Clymer – Pima County Bar Association
Beverly B. Parker – Pima County Bar Association
Ann Littrell – Cochise County Bar Association
Gregory L. Droeger – Santa Cruz County Bar Association
Emery LaBarge – Navajo/Apache County Bar Associations
Andy Silverman – National Lawyers Guild
Katherine Winkley – Pinal County Bar Association
Daisy Flores – Gila/Graham/Greenlee County Bar Association
Maria Antonieta Morales-Smith – El Pueblo Neighborhood Center
Victoria Castro – Parent Child Center Inc.
Norma Jaimes – YMCA
Matthew A. Ramirez – Tucson Indian Center
Day Graham – Tucson Urban League
Rose Taulton – NAACP
Rosalia Garcia – Chicanos Por La Causa
A Word From Our Executive Director Anthony L. Young
Client Testimonials
Southern Arizona Legal Aid has been helping members of the community with legal aid since 1951. SALA has been a trusted resource and an effective voice for low-income people in southern and southeastern Arizona.