Curtis Hill joined DRNC in April 2019 as an advocate for the agency’s emergency management and disaster relief efforts where he assisted people with disabilities affected by Hurricane Florence. In 2020, Hill expanded his role to focusin…
Chris has practiced law since 2015, starting as a Disability Law Fellow on the former CAT. Since then, he has successfully represented clients in state hearings, before the EEOC, and in federal court. He has also served as target leader at D…
Mellonee Kennedy joined Disability Rights North Carolina in May 2021 as an Attorney. Her work focuses on Medicaid Appeals for the purpose of maintaining people in their homes and out of institutions. She holds an MSW from Florida State Uni…
Jolona Kinlaw joined Disability Rights North Carolina in August of 2022 as an Advocate on the Education Team. She holds a bachelors in Psychology from East Carolina University and a masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Capel…
Emma Kinyanjui joined DRNC in 2016. She held the position of supervising attorney for the Community Inclusion Team until 2020 when she was promoted to legal director. In this capacity, she supervises DRNC’s legal unit, including the Inve…
Marisa Leib-Neri is DRNC’s Disability Law Fellow for 2023-25 and is a graduate of The University of Iowa College of Law. Marisa’s fellowship is with the litigation team at DRNC. She assists the team with impact and systematic litiga…
Virginia Knowlton Marcus joined the DRNC team as the CEO in September 2018. Virginia is an attorney with lived experience who has been advocating for disability rights in multiple states, federally and internationally for the past 25 yea…
Susan McLean joined DRNC in December of 2018. McLean grew up in the Triangle and earned a degree in special education from East Carolina University. She taught and developed after school programs in for a number of years before joining the A…
Kiara joined the team at DRNC in March of 2023 as an investigator/advocate where she will focus on investigations involving Social Security Beneficiaries and their Representative Payees. Previously, Kiara worked in both the nonprofit…