About Us: Who We Are
Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc.
Southern Arizona Legal Aid
Leadership Team
Anthony Young – Executive Director
Jamie Ibrahim – Deputy Director
Barbara Anderson – Administrator/HR Manager
Nikki J Hunt – Development Director
Doris Lee Butler – Chief Operations Officer/IT Manager
Michael Kochanski – Comptroller
Wendy Ascher – Director of Intake
Lila Sol – Director of Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP)
Kristin Fitzharris – Managing Attorney, Tucson Domestic Relations & Immigration
Alan Solot – Managing Attorney, Tucson Consumer Housing Public Benefits
Lori Johnston – Managing Attorney, Whiteriver & Lakeside Offices
Diana Lopez-Jones – Managing Attorney, Casa Grande & Sacaton Offices
William D. Moore – Managing Attorney, Bisbee Office
Board of Directors
Frederick Petersen – President, Pima County Bar Association
M. Roxanne Veliz – Vice President, Member at Large
Keith A. Singer – Secretary/Treasurer, Pima County Bar Association
C. Benson Hufford, Pima County Bar Association
Shirley Molina, Native American Community
Brooke H. Bedrick, Pima County Bar Association
Michael F. Kelly – Pima County Bar Association
Brian Clymer – Pima County Bar Association
Beverly B. Parker, Pima County Bar Association
Rt. Judge James L. Conlogue, Cochise County Bar Association
Gregory L. Droeger, Santa Cruz County Bar Association
Katie Winkley, Pinal County Bar Association
Matthew Scarber, Arizona Minority Bar Association
Rose Taulton, NAACP
Emery LaBarge, Apache County Bar Association
Olga Barrios Gomez, YMCA
Matthew A. Ramirez, Tucson Indian Center
Victoria Castro, Parents Child Centers, Inc.
Daniel Dominguez, Nominated by Matthew Ramirez
Andy Silverman, National Lawyers Guild
Maria Antonieta Morales-Smith, El Pueblo Neighborhood Center
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.