**Now accepting applications for the 2021-2023 RCJ Board – Please email your resume to VLP Deputy Director, Gretchen Gonzalez to apply**
Rising Champions for Justice (RCJ) is a group of young professionals dedicated to furthering the VLP’s mission to provide free legal services to low income people while gaining valuable board experience and professional development. Members support VLP through organizing events, fundraisers, networking and professional development opportunities, and through volunteerism. In its first year, VLP welcomed 21 new members to the Rising Champions for Justice from a variety of firms and backgrounds.Rising Champions for Justice

Board Members
Justin Andreozzi
Andreozzi Bluestein LLP
Danielle Becker
Kaleida Health
Micahel Cimasi
Cimasi Law
Peter Conley
Conley Creation Co.
Erin Connare
Phillips Lytle LLP
Sarah Fenster
Fenster, Lewis & Good LLC
Nicole Grasso
Mattingly Cavagnaro LLP
Christina Gullo
Schnitter Ciccarelli Mills PLLC
Krista Heffernan
Crowley Webb
Carly Hite
WDNY
Katie Ireland
National General Insurance
Aalok Karambelkar
Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak LLP
Amanda Karpovich
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Chloe Macdonald
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Eric Marriott
Rachel Mathews
Bairs Foundation
Brett Miller
Goldberg Segalla
Sarah Niland
Citigroup
Caitlin O’Neil
Connors, LLP
Stephen Papia
Bargnesi Britt PLLC
Anaiss Rijo
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Jennifer Schamberger
Hodgson Russ LLP
Jessica Smith
Hogan Willig Attorneys at Law
Bridget Steele
Barclay Damon LLP
Larry Waters
Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.
Nick Williams
OSC Manufacturing & Equipment Services, Inc