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Heather R. Abraham, Esq.    Georgetown Law-Civil Rights Clinic
Stella Adams            S. J. Adams Consulting
Michael Allen, Esq.        Relman & Dane, PLLC
Chancela Al-Mansour, Esq Executive Director of the Housing Rights Center
Dorothy Alther        California Indian Legal Services
Suzanne Ambrose         Center for Employment Opportunities, San Diego, CA
Allan M. Arnell        Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities
Barbara Arnwine, Esq.    Transformative Justice Coalition
Keira Auzenne, Esq.    Center for Employment Opportunities, San Diego, CA
Hermes Ayala        Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley
Susan Baldwin        San Diego Association of Governments
Ophelia Basgal        Housing Authority-County of Alameda
Pam Bean            Montana Fair Housing
Thomas Beltran, Esq.    Attorney advocate
Steve Berenson, Esq.    Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Carly Bernardini     U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Allison K. Bethel        State of Florida Office of the Attorney General
Ann Billotti            California Department of Fair Employment & Housing
Catherine Bishop, Esq.    National Housing Law Project
David Blair-Loy, Esq.    American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego
Jason Bolton            The Help Group, Sherman Oaks, CA
Courtney Bonam        Stanford University
Alyssa Bower        The Help Group
Chris Brancart, Esq.    Brancart & Brancart, Pescadeo, CA
Elizabeth Brancart, Esq.    Brancart & Brancart, Pescadeo, CA
Mona Breed     Sentinel Fair Housing
Christopher Bridges    Equal Justice Society, Oakland, CA
Roy L. Brooks    University of San Diego School of Law
Maeve Elise Brown    Housing and Economic Rights Advocates
Merilyn D. Brown    JohnMarshall LawSchool Fair Housing Legal Support Center
Darlene Burke    A New Way of Life
Tim Butz    Fair Housing Center of Nebraska-Iowa
Kristina Campbell    Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
David Campt            National Center for Cultural Healing
Harry Carey            U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Eric Carlson            National Senior Citizens Law Center
Lizette Carrion        Fair Housing Justice Center, New York, NY
Kenneth J. Carroll        Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity HUD-SF
F. Willis Caruso, Esq.    JMLS Fair Housing Legal Support Center
Sherry Casper    Director of Center for Thoughtful Lasting Change, Inc
Sue Castaneda    Support Center/Executive Service Corps, San Diego, CA
Denise Cato     Fair Housing Council of Orange County
Gary M. Chang, Esq.    Director of Legal Affairs Proxy for Parent Foundation
Scott Chang, Esq.     Housing Rights Center, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Charles     Teacher-Consultant, Author - “Unsettling Truths”
Erwin Chemerinsky    University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Phyllis W. Cheng, Esq.      California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
Ron Chisom    The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
Dee Claxton    National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Cathy Cloud            National Fair Housing Alliance
Nadine Cohen, Esq.     Greater Boston Legal Services
Reed Colfax                  Relman and Dane, LCCP
Helen Consiglio     Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey
Lisa Cristol-Deman, Esq.    Brancart and Brancart, Pescadero, CA
Michael Crowley, Esq.     Crowley Law Group, APC
Jerry Cullinen    FHEO Program Center HUD-Los Angeles
K. Culliton-Gonzalez, Esq.    Voter Protection for Advancement Project
Stephen Curran     U. S. Department of Justice
Molly Current     Project Sentinel
Jackie Dai    Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy
Michael M. Daniel    Civil Rights Attorney, Dallas, TX
Okainer Christian Dark    U. S. Attorney’s Office Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit
Ivy L. Davis    Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity HUD
Mary A. Davis    Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities
Gabe Del Rio    Community Housing Works
Marcie Denberg    San Diego Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League
Pamela Denzer, Esq.    Immigration Equality
Meredith Desautels    Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay
Gordon Dewitty    Musician, Disability Awareness Advocate
Ben Diehl, Esq.    Consumer Law Section of the California Attorney General
Clifford Dover    Civil Rights Attorney, Huntington Beach, CA
Peter Dreier    Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Paul Dumont    Sober Living Network
Margaret Elder, Esq.    Law Offices of Margaret Elder
Allison Elgart, Esq.    Equal Justice Society
Michael Evans        Brancart & Brancart, Pescadero, CA
Stacy Everson        SEEDS Educational Services
Laura Ann Fernea    San Diego Eviction Prevention Collaborative
Bill Flores                         El Grupo, San Diego, CA
Todd Francis     Native Community Capital (NCC)
Rebekah Fretz        California Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA
Fred Frieberg        Fair Housing Justice Center, New York City
Wendy Furth            National Association of REALTORS®
Jennifer Ganata, Esq.    Eviction Defense Network
Juan Carlos Garcia        Director of Programs for Special Needs Network
Oscar Garcia, Esq.        San Diego Regional Hate Crimes Coalition
Piedad Garcia                 Mental Health Systems, San Diego County
Liam Garland, Esq.        Equitas Media
Lori Gay            Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Service
Fernando Gaytan, Esq.    Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Cara Gillette            Nan McKay and Associates
Ira Goldstein            The Reinvestment Fund
Graciela Gonzalez        Mental Health Association, San Diego County, CA
David Grabill, Esq.        Sonoma County Housing Advocacy Group
Bryan Greene         Fair Housing Policy, National Association of REALTORS
Lynne Gregory        Clinical Services Department at San Diego Regional Center
Navnett Grewal, Esq.    Western Center on Law and Poverty
Lynn Grosso, Esq.        Office of Fair Housing and Opportunity, HUD
Craig Gurian, Esq.        Fordham University School of Law
R. Tamar Hagler, Esq.        Civil Rights Division,of the U. S. Department of Justice
Paul F. Hancock    Housing and Civil Rights Enforcement Division, DOJ
Erica Hardwick     Southwest Fair Housing Council
Rhonda M. Harmon    Mezzullo & McCandlish, Midlothian, VA
Sharon L. Hartmann    Law Offices of Sharon Lybeck Hartmann, Los Angeles, CA
Chuck Hauptman        Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity HUD-SF
Dennis Hayashi         California State Department of Fair Employment Housing
Jean M. Healey        Enforcement Strategy, Northeast Region
Todd Hemmen, Esq.    Federal Bureau of Investigation
Desiree Hensley, Esq.    Low-Income Housing Assoc, University of Mississippi
Jesus Hernandez, PhD.    University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Marty Hiles            American Indian Radio
Stacie Hiramoto        Racial and Ethnic Mental Health Disparities Coalition
Marley Hochendoner, Esq. Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, Spokane, WA
Palma Hooper        Pan Asian Lawyers - Filipino Lawyers of San Diego
Shajuti Hossain, Esq.    Metropolitan Equity Team at Public Advocates, CA
Diane L. Houk, Esq.        Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, LLP
Madeline Howard, Esq.    Western Center on Law & Poverty
Philip Hwang, Esq.        Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco
Mary Irving             Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Banning, CA
Ilene J. Jacobs, Esq.    California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
Beth Jarosz            San Diego Association of Governments
Ron Javor                    CA Department of Housing and Community Development
Vic Jenkins            Author, Educator, and Victim’s Advocate
Erica Jimenez        Deputy District Attorney, Special Ops/Hate Crimes, S. D.
Dorothy Johnson          California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
Barbara Jones        AARP Foundation
Ann Moss Joyner        Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities
Maya S. Juarez    Civil Rights Attorney, San Antonio, TX
Elizabeth Julian     Poverty and civil rights lawyer and advocate
Cheryl Ann Kary     Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Benjamin Kelso    San Diego Black Police Officers Association
Kim Kendrick         Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity HUD-DC
Steve King            Urban Strategies Council, Oakland, CA
Sharon Kinlaw    Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley
Kevin Kish, Esg.    African American Policy Forum
David Kline    Fair Housing Council of San Diego
Katherine Knister    Silver State Fair Housing Center, Reno, NV
Mary Scott Knoll        Fair Housing Council of San Diego
Barry Kowalski               Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Peter Kye, ESQ.     Poverty & Race Research Action Council
Kevin LaChapelle     CEO, San  Diego American Indian Health Center
Liz Laderman        Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco    
Rachel Laing            Laing Strategies Communications
Phillip Lawson        East Bay Housing Organizations
Daniella Gibbs Leger    American Progress
Paul Leonard                   Center for Responsible Lending
Laurie Levenson, Esq.    Center for Legal Advocacy at Loyola Law School
Brain Levin, Esq.        Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, San Bernardino
David Levin            Bay Area Legal Aid
David Levy            Fair Housing Council of Orange County
Leslie Levy, Esq.    Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams, LLP, Oakland, CA
Catherine Lhamon    Director of Impact Litigation at Public Counsel
Heidi Li    Housing and Economic Rights Advocates
Arthur A. Liberty    Office of Administrative Law Judges HUD
George Lipsitz    University of California at Santa Barbara
Bill Lockyer    California Office of the Attorney General
David Loy, Esq.    ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, CA
Richard Mabbutt    Intermountain Fair Housing Council
Joan A. Magagna         Housing and Civil Rights Enforcement Division, DOJ
Robert Makley, Esq.    Berglund & Johnson
Joan Mariner         Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jonathan Markovitz, Esq.    ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Ann Marquart        Project Sentinel
Mercedes Marquez    General Counsel for Civil Rights and Fair Housing HUD
Areva Martin, Esq.        Martin & Martin, LLP
Emily J. Martin          American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project, NY
Lynn Martinez, Esq.        Western Center on Law and Poverty
Chancela Matthews        Rhoades & Al Mansour
Doreen Mattingly        San Diego State University
Natalie Maxwell, Esq.     National Housing Law Project
Jeffery May            National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Wendy P. Mazzarella, Esq District Attorney's Office, San Diego
Tracy McCartney        Tennessee Fair Housing Council
Ken W. McCormick        District Attorney-Contra Costa County
Tracy McCracken, Esq.     National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Sara McCue, Esq.     Baird Holm LLP
David McGowan        Author, Expert on Ethics Issues
Denise McGranahan, Esq.    Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Nan McKay             Nan McKay Associates, San Diego, CA
Catherine McKee        National Housing Law Project
Christina McLeod        Fair Housing Center of Washington
Namrata Rindani McMahill    Mental Health Systems, San Diego, CA
Ann Menashe        San Diego Office of Disability Rights
David Mendoza     Fresno Native American & Business Development Center/Project Director
Kathleen Mikkelson, Esq.    California Attorney General’s Office
Scott T. Millington        Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Bonnie Milstein        Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Christine Minnehan        Western Center on Law and Poverty
Kim R. Moore        Servant Leader, Organizer and Activist
Scott P. Moore, Esq.    National Expert in Housing Law and Litigation
Enique Morones        House of Mexico & House of Border Angels, San Diego, CA
Malissa Morris, Esq.    Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
Ann Moss-Joyner        Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities
Marjorie Murray        Center for California Homeowner Association Law
Shayla Myers        Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Jessica L. Nare        Jewish Family Service
Ann Noel            Fair Employment and Housing Commission
Priscilla Ocen        Loyola College
Jayne O’Donnell        USA’TODAY’s Health Policy Reporter
Odion L. Okojie,         Law Offices of Odion Okojie
Heidi-Jane Olguin    Law Offices of Sharon Lybeck Hartmann
Rigel Oliveri, Esq.    University of Missouri
Roberto Ortiz    Silver State Fair Housing Center, Reno, NV
Jennifer S. Pae    Fairvote California
Crystal Page    Center on Policy Initiatives
Richard Painter    University of Minnesota Law School
Jim Park                              Asian Real Estate Association of America
Sandra Park    American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project, NY
Deborah Smith Parker    Solutions for Treatment Expansion
Wendy Patrick    San Diego District Attorney’s Office
Caroline Peattie    Fair Housing of Marin, CA
Ellen Peck            California State Bar Ethic’s Committee
Kim Pedersen    Fair Housing Law Project, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
Erin Penning                  Legal Ethics Committee - San Diego County Bar Association
Carolyn Peoples        Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity HUD
James  Perry               Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Center
Jill Peterson            California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
Mike Phillips, Esq.        Jewish Family Services, San Diego, CA
D. Elizabeth Pierson    Fair Housing Council of Orange County
Lee Porter    Fair Housing Council Northern New Jersey
Sara Pratt, Esq.    Relman Colfax PLLC, Washington, DC
Jim Pries                  Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc
Alex Prieto, Esq.    Western Center on Law & Poverty, Los Angeles, CA
David T. Quezada    Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunities HUD-LA
Sheila Quinlan, Esq.     California Indian Legal Services
Louis Rafti, Esq.    Advocate for the Poor and Disabled
Michael Rawson    California Affordable Housing Law Project
Joseph Red Bear     American Indian Movement
Kevin Reed    NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Educational Defense Fund
Dolores Reimann    Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Joachim (Joe) Reimann     Professional & Personal Excellence International
John P. Relman     Relman and Associates, Washington DC
Gary Rhoades    Law Offices of Rhoades and Al Mansour
Lisa Rice    National Fair Housing Alliance
Jacqueline Rickman    Lao Family Services
Jul Rivera                         National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, San Diego, CA
Laura Robinson    Financial Analytics Consulting Team, Inc.
Dennis Rockway, Esq.    Attorney Advocate
Catherine A Rodman, Esq.    Affordable Housing Advocates, San Diego, CA
Steven Rosenbaum, Esq.     Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Department of Justice
Beth Rosen–Prinz               California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
Richard Rothstein        Economic Policy Institute
David Rubin            San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
Robert Rubin, Esq.        Civil Rights Attorney
Mya Rupert, Esq.        National Center for Lesbian Rights
Juliet Saltman        Kent State University
Chris Saunders        San Diego Regional Hate Crimes Coalition
Kim Savage    Mental Health Advocacy Services, Los Angeles,
Susan Saylor    California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
Kerry Scanlon    Kaye, Scholar, Fireman, Hays & Handler, Washington, DC
Clifford Schrupp    Fair Housing Center of Metro Detroit
Meliah Schultzman    National Housing Law Project
Amy Schur    Alliance of California for Community Empowerment
Dara Schur, Esq.    California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
Robert G. Schwemm, Esq.    University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, KY
Lisa Walker Scott        Housing and Development Law Institute
Susan L. Scovill             HOME of Virginia
Christopher Sedmak        Federal Bureau of Investigation Civil Rights Program
Alexandra Seldin, Esq.    California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
Michael P. Seng, Esq.    UIC John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL
Andrew A. Servais, Esq.    Wingert, Grebing, Brubaaker & Juakie, LLP
Lillian C. Seymore    JohnMarshall LawSchool Fair Housing Legal Support Center
Rasheed Shabazz    Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society
Lori Shellenberger, Esq.    American Civil Liberties Union, San Diego, CA
Susan Ann Silverstein    AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC
Jonathan Simon    Center for the Study of Law and Society, Berkeley, CA
James D. Smith     Law Office of James D. Smith, Berkeley, CA
Jay Smith    Community Advocate
Shanna Smith        National Fair Housing Alliance
Jessica Tankersley Sparks    Fair Housing of Marin, San Rafael, CA
Andrew Sperling, Esq.    NAMI, Alexandria, VA
Greg Spiegel            Inner City Law Center, Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Stein, Esq.        California Reinvestment Coalition
Naomi Sultan, Esq.     Mental Health Advocacy Services
Jennifer Susskind        Welcome Home Project
Suha Talib            Intermountain Fair Housing Council
John Taylor            National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Percy Thomas        National Fair Housing Training Academy
Carla J. Thorton        California Baptist University, Riverside, CA
Kere K. Tickner, Esq.    Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara LLP
Chris Tenorio, Esq.        US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Dan Torres, Esq.        California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Jim Treglio            Fair Housing Council of San Diego
Robert Trestan        Office of Civil Rights, Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA
Nina Turner            Ohio State Senator
Michelle Uzeta, Esq.    Law Office of Michelle Uzeta
Ed Valenzuela         Arizona Fair Housing Center
Hector Villagra        American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California
Edward Voci     Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities
Christopher Vogel, Esq.     U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nisha Vyas    Housing Rights Center, Los Angeles
Kenneth M. Walden, Esq.    Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, IL
Ashley Walker    City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission
Pamela D. Walsh        Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunities HUD-DC
John Ward, Esq.        Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board
Michael Waterstone, Esq.    Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Alphonza Whitaker        Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission
Jennifer J. White        The Help Group
Kellee White            Research Fellow, Harvard University School of Public Health
Michelle White, Esq.     Affordable Housing Services, Pasadena, CA
Sheryl V. Whitney        Whitney Jennings
David Whritenour        Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey
Renee Williams, Esq.    National Housing Law Project
Lei-Chala Wilson, Esq.     Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association
Jeanine Worden, Esq.    Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity HUD
Daniel Yi    Civil Rights Division's Fair Housing Testing Program
Jerome Zamos        Law Office of Odion Okojie
Noah Zinner, Esq.        Attorney Advocate

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