Management Team
Caitlin Chan has been with LAS since 2013 and is our Executive Director. Caitlin was promoted to Associate Director in 2019 and to Executive Director in 2023. During her time at LAS, Caitlin has worked with both the HICAP and Legal teams. She looks forward to using those experiences to help shepherd LAS through our next stage of growth.
CAITLIN CHAN
Executive Director
Kirsten Voyles has been with LAS since 2006 and was promoted to Managing Attorney in 2011 and Legal Director in 2020. She spent her first three years at LAS representing seniors who were victims of elder abuse and currently represents proposed conservatees as court-appointed counsel. Kirsten manages the legal program by supervising legal work, ensuring compliance with grant and funding requirements and assisting with fundraising. She graduated from Boston College School of Law in 2003 and has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Kirsten is a board member of East Bay Trusts and Estates Lawyers (EBTEL).
KIRSTEN VOYLES
Legal Director
Janet Van Deusen is the Manager of the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) at Legal Assistance for Seniors. In this role she oversees staff and volunteer Counselors who provide Medicare counseling throughout Alameda County and serves on local and state committees to further outreach, education and advocacy for Medicare beneficiaries. Janet graduated from the University of Santa Clara in 1981 with degrees in Spanish and Gerontology and has also provided both direct and administrative services in adult day health care, residential care, and home health care settings.
JANET VAN DEUSEN
HICAP Program Manager
Staff
Lovella Aldridge-Barney
Legal Advocate
Kristen Boney
Supervising Attorney
Katie Burba
Staff Attorney
Caitlin Doyle
Supervising Attorney
Terri Doyle
HICAP Medicare Advocate
D. Gray
HICAP Medicare Advocate
Alexandra Havrylyshyn
Staff Attorney
Helen Hoeffel
Staff Attorney
Karen Kavanagh
HICAP Medicare Advocate
Mariel Kusano
Supervising Attorney
Kyle Little
Housing Advocate
Edmund Lam
Multi-lingual Advocate
Natasha D. Mascarenhas
HICAP Medicare Advocate
Edita Mercado
Accounting Manager
Semetra Oliver
Community Education
Jessica Oropeza
Accounting Associate
Maria Palazzolo
Senior Staff Attorney
Jenny Pardini
Community Education Coordinator
Emma Petersen
Legal Advocate
Christian Ramos
Provisionally Licensed Lawyer
Shawna Reeves
Special Projects Consultant
Nancy Reno
Administrative Assistant
Felecia Robinson
Homesafe Case Manager
Tammy Spencer
Office Manager
Jacob Sytsma
HICAP Volunteer Coordinator
Revonia Thompson
Administrative Assistant
Leo Treggiari
Information Technology Specialist
Darren Vaughn
Legal Intern
Remembering Katy Brady
Legal Assistance for Seniors unexpectedly lost one of our long-time employees, Katy Brady, who passed away on May 27, 2021 from an aggressive form of cancer. Katy was our Community Education Coordinator, who many of you knew and collaborated with over the years. Katy was an amazing colleague and friend who always worked with great enthusiasm and compassion for the older adults in our community. Katy was always willing to go the extra mile to help others and never missed an opportunity to make new friends and share her smile and positive energy.
LAS mourns the death of our dear friend and sends our love to her family. Katy was one of a kind!
In the words of Katy, “Go team go!”
Volunteers
Carol Sandoval
Eugenia Harris
Diane Schneider
HICAP Volunteer Counselors
Ken Arora
Arnie Becker
Aimee Chitayat
Julyan Chow
Marilyn Cutting
Ashok Desai
Shubha Fanse
Alice Gates
Bob Gibney
Robert Glickstein
Edith Goldstein
Alison Hightower
John Hightower
Belle Huang
Vasu Kadambi
Ellen Kaufman
Margaret Kallus
Robby Kiley
Terry Kranitz
Nancy Kung
Idelfha Loyola
Dennis Lum
Patricia Macholl
Alan Miller
Daniel Norton
Janet Quilici
Jane Reid
Johnny Roland
Carol Sandoval
Bill Scagilone
Diana Soublet
Barbara Sternfeld
Chris Weber
Mary Wilson
Board of Directors
Dawn Patterson
President
Kelsey Craven
Treasurer
David G. Hollenberg
Secretary
Caitlin Chan
Executive Director
Phillip Campbell
Board Member
Jonathan Canick, Ph.D.
Board Member
Yvette Davis
Board Member
Tarah Powell-Chen
Board Member
Kevin Rodriguez
Board Member
Jeff Tachiki
Board Member
Jon Vaught
Board Member
Hon. Marshall Whitley
Board Member
Melissa Wong
Board Member
In Memoriam Board Member Karen Vasudavan
“Karen was a very bright light, and she was always so supportive of LAS and of me (any many, many others) personally. I miss her very much and am holding her family in my heart.”
– Priscilla Camp, Past-Board President
