Katherine the value of empowerment and advocacy. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Maine at Farmington where she studied special education. She later earned a Masters of Education and a Masters of Public Policy. Ms. Baldwin previously worked doing case management and as an IDD director in North Carolina. Katherine has devoted her career to advocacy and empowering outcomes for all persons in the mental health system. In working with families, she strives to educate them on the processes and systems at work to allow for self-empowerment for both guardians and the consumer of services. Katherine has been active in the Cumberland Provider Advisory Council and the Consumer and Family Advisory Committee.
Ms. Baldwin was named Rehabilitation Partner of the Year in 2010 by Service Source. Katherine’s focus at the Disability Law Center is as an Investigator for the Representative Payee Program. In her free time Katherine is a proud Army wife and mother, she enjoys playing volleyball, scrapbooking and reading.
Ms. Best graduated from Boston University in May 2019 where she received a BA in Psychology and Political Science. While at BU, she studied abroad in Brussels, Belgium interning at a non-profit that assisted in refugee resettlement. She also completed an internship at Senator Edward Markey’s office in Boston where she wrote a legislative brief on migrants with mental illnesses, focusing on PTSD and other trauma related disabilities.
Rich joined DLC in 1988 as Business Manager. He was responsible for computerizing all of the agency’s legal and administrative functions. Today, Rich administers our computer networks, manages our web sites and social media outlets, and provides technical assistance to staff. Most recently, Rich developed our mobile web app and turned our local access cable TV show into a video podcast. He has a special interest in assistive technologies and how they can help people with disabilities. Rich is also responsible for all of the accounting and financial functions of the agency, as well as human resources and other general management functions. He has overseen the growth of our annual budget from $600K to $3 million. He especially enjoys developing budget strategies to help maximize our limited resources.
Ginger joined DLC in 2020 as a Staff Attorney. She previously attended the University of New Hampshire School of Law, where she earned a certificate in Health Law and Policy. A graduate of the Daniel Webster Scholars Honors Program, Ginger was licensed to practice law in New Hampshire in May 2020. While in law school, Ginger interned at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and worked as a law clerk at a mid-size law firm, focusing on personal injury and criminal defense. Ginger's focus is primarily monitoring and investigating under the PAIMI grant, and she is passionate about advocating on behalf of individuals with mental health disabilities.
Jacqueline joined DLC as a staff attorney in 2021. Prior to joining, she was Chief of Staff to Senator Barry R. Finegold. Before working for the State House, Jacqueline was a Public Policy Analyst with the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). At NDRN, she oversaw the housing, transportation, criminal justice, juvenile justice, social security, financial security, and ADA portfolio. Prior to NDRN, Jacqueline was the 2018-2019 Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Public Policy Fellow. As a Kennedy fellow, she worked on disability rights issues within the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions under U.S. Senator Patty Murray. Jacqueline is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law, where she interned at the National Council on Disability, Margolis & Bloom, LLP, Massachusetts Advocates for Children, and with the Honorable Jay D. Blitzman of the Middlesex Juvenile Court in Massachusetts.
Nina Loewenstein comes to DLC after nearly twenty years as an attorney at Disability Rights New York, New York’s protection and advocacy system. Most recently, she was a supervising attorney in New York’s PAIMI program. Nina led statewide litigation for the New York P&A challenging the solitary confinement of prisoners with mental illness and the inadequacy of mental health treatment. This litigation led to a statewide settlement whose protections were ultimately enacted into state law. She also worked extensively on Olmstead litigation and advocacy for individuals with serious mental illness in adult homes and nursing homes, and is actively involved with advocacy on long-term care reform in New York. Nina is pleased to be working with DLC this year to develop reports and assist with other systemic advocacy. Nina graduated from Wesleyan University and New York University School of Law and earned a Master’s in Public Health from Boston University.
John Lundborn joined DLC as a Representative Payee Investigator in 2019.John has well over twenty-five years of police and public safety experience. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law Enforcement and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the FBI LEEDA Program and a graduate of the New England Law Enforcement Executive Development Class at Babson College, and a graduate of the UMASS Boston addiction counseling program.
Since 1987, he has held various responsibilities and assignments. John has also held positions as a transition coordinator and director at a not for profit advocacy organization that serve people with disabilities. He was responsible for obtaining and managing grants, programs, services and human resources for the organization.
As a tireless advocate, he has helped hundreds of people with disabilities and addictions in their recovery efforts, and has helped them transition to more independence through positive and progressive change.
Immediately following law school, Tatum completed a clerkship with the Massachusetts Superior Court and, thereafter, spent three years as a Public Defender with the Committee for Public Counsel Services representing indigent clients charged with crimes in Massachusetts District and Superior Courts. She has represented indigent criminal defendants in appellate proceedings as well. Tatum is a graduate of Colgate University and Boston College Law School and is admitted to the bars of Massachusetts, New York, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Marlene recently joined DLC as Executive Director. Marlene has served as Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service (CRS), the Nation’s “Peacemaker” for community conflicts and tensions arising from conflicts based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and disability. Prior to assuming this role, Ms. Sallo was appointed by President Obama to serve as the Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. While at the Commission, Ms. Sallo had the opportunity to direct several fact-finding public hearings and reports investigating civil rights violations based on gender, religion, national origin, or in the administration of justice. Ms. Sallo previously worked at UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization, where she developed issue awareness campaigns to educate UnidosUS affiliates, state and federal government officials, and the public on national and state level policies and initiatives that disparately and/or disproportionately impact Latino youth. Ms. Sallo has dedicated her career to protecting the rights of disenfranchised and vulnerable children through her work as a case manager, special education teacher, and child welfare attorney. As a zealous advocate for children, she has challenged policies and practices within public school systems that push minority students with disabilities out of school and into the juvenile justice system. Ms. Sallo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Manhattanville College and a Juris Doctorate degree from Florida State University College of Law. Ms. Sallo is also the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from Manhattanville College. Ms. Sallo serves as the Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Litigation, Children’s Rights Litigation Committee and previously served as both a Commissioner with the ABA’s Commission for Youth at Risk and as a member of the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on the Legal Needs of Children.
Matt joined DLC in 2020. He previously worked at the protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in New York, where he focused on housing, employment, and mental health treatment issues. Matt also worked for a number of years at the Boston Housing Authority on fair housing issues, civil rights investigations, and policy compliance. He has also worked in legal services, medical-legal partnerships, and legal editing. Matt is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School.
