D.
Milo Mumgaard
Executive
Director
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Educational
Background: |
Bachelor
of Arts from University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 1983
Juris
Doctorate from New York University School of Law, 1988 |
| Admitted
to Practice: |
Nebraska
state courts & the U.S. District Court of Nebraska |
| Work
History: |
Milo
currently serves as Executive Director for Nebraska Appleseed
Center for Law in the Public Interest. Prior to this
position, Milo was a staff attorney from 1988 to 1991 for
the Texas Rural Legal Aid Farmworker Division. He then
moved back to Nebraska where he served as a staff attorney
for Legal Aid Society of Omaha, Farm Desk from 1991 to 1992
and as Director for Nebraska Center for Legal Services from
1992 to 1995. |
| Honors
and Awards: |
Editor
in Chief, New York University Review of Law and Social Change
Leadership
for a Changing World Award, Ford Foundation |
Andrea
Collins
Administrator
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Educational
Background: |
Bachelor
of Arts from West Texas A & M University, 1990 |
| Work
History: |
Andrea
has worked in an administrative capacity for non-profit organizations
since 1984. In addition to serving as the Association
Director for Nebraska Appleseed Center, Andrea has worked
with Good Old Lower East Side in New York City, the Texas
Rural Legal Aid in Plainview, Texas, and for ACLU Nebraska. |
Danielle
Nantkes
Staff
Attorney
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Educational
Background: |
Bachelor
of Arts from University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2000
Juris
Doctorate from the University of Nebraska College of Law
- 2003 |
| Admitted
to Practice: |
Nebraska
state courts & the U.S. District Court of Nebraska |
| Work
History: |
As
a law student, Danielle has served as President of the Equal
Justice Society and of the Community Legal Education Program. Danielle has also served as a campaign manager and field coordinator
for a number of political campaigns. |
| Honors
and Awards: |
CALI – Future in Excellence Award for Family Law Practice
CALI – Future in Excellence Award for Juvenile Law
Order
of the Barristers
National
Moot Court Team
National
Appleseed Foundation Fellow, 2001
Nebraska
Fund for Clerkship in the Public Interest grant recipient,
2001
Lancaster
County Young Democrat of the Year, 1998 |
Rebecca
(Becky) L. Gould
Welfare
Due Process Project
Staff Attorney
|
Educational
Background: |
Bachelor
of Arts degree from University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 1998
Juris
Doctorate from University of Nebraska College of Law, 2001 |
| Admitted
to Practice: |
Nebraska
state courts and the U.S. District Court of Nebraska |
| Honors
and Awards: |
Graduated
from law school with distinction
Order
of the Barristers
Best
Oral Advocate – Regional Moot Court Competition
National
Moot Court Team
Phi
Beta Kappa |
Jennifer
Carter
Child
Welfare
Staff Attorney
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Educational
Background: |
Bachelor
of Arts degree from Columbia University, cum laude - 1993
Juris
Doctorate from Boston University School of Law, magna cum
laude - 1998 |
| Admitted
to Practice: |
New
York State & the Southern and Eastern Federal District
Courts of New York
Nebraska state courts and the U.S. District Court of Nebraska |
| Work
History: |
Prior
to working for Nebraska Appleseed, Jennifer worked as a litigation
associate in the New York office of Sidley Austin Brown &
Wood LLP. She began her legal career as a litigation associate
at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, also in New York. In addition,
Jennifer spent a year and a half as a law clerk for the Honorable
Lawrence L. Piersol, Chief Judge of the United States District
Court for the District of South Dakota. |
Jennifer
Hernandez
Community
Outreach Specialist
|
Educational
Background: |
Bachelor
of Arts from Benedictine College, 2000
Master
of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas,
2003 |
| Work
History: |
Jennifer
has been involved in human services and outreach since 1994.
She has worked with social service agencies and grassroots
efforts in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and comes to Nebraska
Appleseed after working most recently with the Nebraska Department
of Health and Human Services. |
| Honors
and Awards: |
Graduated
summa cum laude
Graduate
Portfolio in Philanthropy, Volunteerism, and Nonprofit Management
from the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service |
Ed
Leahy
Immigrant
Rights Network of
Iowa-Nebraska
Coordinator
|
Educational
Background: |
BA
Rosary College 1987
MA/M.
Div. Aquinas Institute 1994 |
| Work
History: |
Prior
to his employment with Nebraska Appleseed Center, Ed served
as an Associate Pastor with St. Pius V in Chicago, Illinois
and with Holy Rosary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ed also
worked as a social worker for the Illinois Department of Children
and Family Services. |
| Honors
and Awards: |
Community
Service from Centro Legal Minneapolis 1997, 2000 |
Eric
Wickizer
Webmaster/IT
Specialist
|
Educational
Background: |
BS
Business Management Bellevue University |
| Work
History: |
Prior
to coming to Nebraska Appleseed Center, Eric worked as a Lead
Computer Repair Technician at Computer Concepts, Inc. in Grand
Island, NE. Eric also worked as a Bacterin Production Technician
with Schering-Plough Animal Health in Elkhorn, NE. |
Darcy Tromanhauser
Coordinator of Immigrant Civic Participation and Integration Program
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Educational
Background: |
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| Work
History: |
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and Awards: |
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Jonathan
Jones
Administrative
Assistant
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