Meet the Staff of the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center

Shari F. Shink, Esq. - Founder/President
Timothy J. Eirich, Esq. - Deputy Director
Jeff Koy, Esq. - Director of Litigation

STAFF ATTORNEYS
Jason Carrithers, Esq. - Senior Staff Attorney
Susan Easley, Esq. - Attorney
Andrew Fitzgerald, Esq. - Senior Staff Attorney
Betsy Fordyce, Esq. - Attorney
Amy Hendrickson, Esq. - Attorney
Kelli Narans, Esq. - Attorney
Kerri Parker, Esq. - Attorney

PROGRAMS
Carol LaRocque - The Dandelion Project
Karen Lausa - Research and Policy Reform
Nathifa Lewis, Esq. - Prevention Partnership
Michele Roche, Esq. - Domestic Violence Program
Diane Welsh, MSW - Critical Connections

STAFF
Gloria Alaniz - Program Manager
Tommie Evans - Office Administrator
Katie Facchinello - Development and Communications Manager
Trish Franklin - Foundation and Gifts Manager

In Memory
Christine Ellertson - Christine was a Skadden Fellow at the Children's Law Center from 1999-2001, and served as a staff attorney from 2001 to 2003. Christine passed away in early 2004 after a long battle with Cancer. She was passionate and tireless in her work on behalf of foster children, pre-adoptive parents and works on child protection policy issues.