MSAS Board Members
Michigan Statewide Advocacy Services (MSAS)’s board members provide governance for the MSAS, including MPLP and its statewide advocacy programs
Delphia Simpson - President
Washtenaw County Public Defender
Tom Daniels - Vice President
Principal/Owner of Pear, Sperling, Eggan & Daniels, P.C.
Martha Gonzalez Cortes
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Elinor Jordan
Michigan Coalition To End Domestic And Sexual Violence
John C. Philo
Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
LInda K. Rexer
Ann Arbor, MI
David Shaltz
Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices PLLC
MPLP Administrative Committee
Michigan Poverty Law Program (MPLP)’s Administrative Committee oversees the joint services between the Michigan Poverty Law Program and the University of Michigan Law School.
Ann Routt
Michigan Advocacy Program Executive Director
Lorray S. C. Brown
Michigan Statewide Advocacy Services Co-Director and Co-Managing Attorney, Michigan Poverty Law Program
Angela Tripp
Michigan Statewide Advocacy Services Co-Director and Director, Michigan Legal Help Program
Debra Chopp
Clinical Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Experiential Education
University of Michigan Law School
MPLP Advisory Board
The Michigan Poverty Law Program (MPLP) Advisory Board meets two times a year to advise on training, advocacy priorities and support issues.
Carlos Bermudez
United Auto Workers
Kelly L. Bidelman
Center for Civil Justice
Bobbi Coates
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
Tracie Coffman
Kellogg Foundation
Brian Gilmore
Michigan State University Law School
Inés J. Llorente
Rob Mathis
State Bar of Michigan
Keith Morris
Elder Law of Michigan
Mary Spiegel
Legal Aid of Western Michigan
Katie Strickfaden
Lakeshore Legal Aid
Erma Thomas
Neighborhood Legal Services Michigan
Karen Tjapkes
Legal Aid of Western Michigan