Leadership Team

Alexandra Sossa

Arely A. Anaya
Meet Our Staff

Esther E. Contreras

Yoselin Escalona

Adriana Hoyos

Carla Narvaez

Yudaisy Pascual

Sasha Reyes

Jessica Rivas
Community Navigators Independent Contractors

Rosalinda Chavez

Nieves Ruiz

Fidelia Salazar

Juan Esteban Zamarripa
Consultants

Mary Beth Abascal

Arlo Chapple

Arthur S. Gunn

Robert Marovich
Board Officers

Jack King
ChairmanJack King
ChairmanRetired Director of Student Professional Development - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Northern Illinois University

Vincent H. Beckman IV
Vice ChairmanVincent H. Beckman IV
Vice ChairmanFormer Chicago Public School Teacher-Managing, Partner at Tanta Chicago, Managing Partner at Arbella, Partner Nicelce Company.

Maria Dominguez
TreasurerMaria Dominguez
TreasurerLegal Assistant

Amelia Orozco
SecretaryAmelia Orozco
SecretaryParalegal Supervisor / Office Manager with Walner Law
Board of Directors

Shahryar Afshar
Shahryar Afshar
Equity Options Trader Formerly a member and proprietary trader at Lantana trading and Riverbank Capital Management

Royal F. Berg
Royal F. Berg
Royal Berg has been practicing Immigration Law in Illinois for more than 37 years, on FLAP's board since 2003, and manages his own practice.

Yvette Castaneda
Yvette Castaneda
Researcher, Evaluator, Educator, and Activist

Ana Laura Hernandez
Ana Laura Hernandez
Procurement Legal Expert at Millicom (Tigo)

Ron Levitsky
Ron Levitsky
Retired Educator

Baldemar Lopez
Baldemar Lopez
Attorney at Law

Jose Rivero
Jose Rivero
Attorney at Law - Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti

Wendie Yeung
Wendie Yeung
Board Fellow Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management - JD/MBA Northwestern. Formerly: UC Berkeley & Deloitte Consulting

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Legal Advisory Board

Julie Herrera
Julie Herrera
Attorney at Law - Law Office of Julie Herrera

Thomas H. Geoghegan
Thomas H. Geoghegan
Attorney at Law - Despres Schwartz and Geoghegan Ltd.
Founders

Margo De Ley
Margo De Ley
Founder and Honorary Board Member

Olgha S. Sandman
Olgha S. Sandman
Founder

Patricia Mendoza
Patricia Mendoza
Founder

Roberto Ramirez
Roberto Ramirez
Founder

Vincent H. Beckman III
Vincent H. Beckman III
Founder, Honorary Board Member, and Former Executive Director
Long-Term Volunteers

David Arfa
CartographerDavid Arfa
CartographerDavid Arfa has a BA in Geography and a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Washington. He has been a volunteer since 2011.

Memo Ramirez
Software EngineerMemo Ramirez
Software EngineerMemo has a BS from the University of Chicago and has been a volunteer since 2012.