Tyler Macmillan, Executive Director
Tyler Macmillan became the Executive Director of the Eviction Defense Collaborative on November 1, 2011. He joined the EDC in 2007 as a Staff Attorney. His most recent former position was as a Supervising Attorney which included preparing legal papers, providing tenant counseling and representing clients at settlement conferences as well as supervising the other staff attorneys. A 2006 graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law, Tyler became a member of the California Bar in December 2006. Tyler, also, worked as a Staff Attorney at the Eviction Defense Center in Oakland; he has volunteered as a fair housing tester and as a mediator in landlord-tenant disputes.
Carol Bettencourt, Managing Attorney
As the EDC's first paid employee, Carol has supervised the EDC's legal services since our creation in 1996. Carol oversees Staff Attorneys, Eviction Defense Advocates, the Volunteer Coordinator, Volunteers, Interns and all the legal paperwork we help prepare. She received her bachelor's degree from Simon's Rock Early College and is a graduate of Stanford Law School. Carol is a member of the California Bar and an inactive member of the Bar of the District of Columbia. She has been practicing housing law for 20 years, at the EDC and previously at D.C. Law Students in Court.
Amy Price, Rental Assistance Manager
Amy Price joined the EDC in 2007. She is fluent in Spanish and has a background working with low-income clients. Amy worked with Head Start, Fox Vocational Services, the Agency for Independent Mobility and Children's Specialized Services. Amy is currently on leave.
Patrick Bareiss, Rental Assistance Case Manager
A dapper newcomer to the EDC team, Patrick Bareiss has been a legal volunteer at the EDC since Spring of 2009. Patrick has conducted client intakes, prepared legal papers, and advised clients on a variety of eviction issues. Patrick currently assists the EDC as a Rental Assistance Case Manager. Patrick is a member of the California Bar and graduated from the Santa Clara University School of Law in 2006. He is fluent in German and Misch.
Ming Chung, Staff Attorney
Ming Chung joined the EDC in 2008 as an Eviction Defender and was admitted to the California Bar in 2009. His duties include conducting client intakes, and preparing legal papers. During law school, Ming volunteered at the Homeless Legal Assistance Project and with Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, and he graduated with the Highest Pro Bono Distinction from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Ming is fluent in Mandarin.
Elizabeth Ehrenberg, Social Worker/Rental Assistance Case Manager
Elizabeth provides social work support for clients receiving legal or financial assistance who have mental or physical disabilities, child custody concerns or other barriers to maintaining housing. Elizabeth also helps clients stabilize their housing through counseling and assistance paying back rent as a Rental Assistance Case Manager. Elizabeth received her MSW from Smith College, and interned as a Social Worker at Kaiser Permanente and Catholic Community Services.
Shephali Ides, Rental Assistance Case Manager
Shephali has over 20 years of nonprofit experience, working with families and children in San Francisco at such places as Edgewood Center for Children and Families and Wu Yee Children's Services. She has a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Development and is a certified legal assistant. Shephali volunteered at the Homeless Advocacy Project, another agency that works to prevent renters from becoming homeless.
Michelle Lee, Staff Attorney
Michelle is a part-time staff attorney at the EDC.She received her J.D. from UC Berkeley's School of Law and became a member of the California Bar in 2010. She has worked for various organizations in the Bay Area that include Bay Area Legal Aid and the Animal Legal Defense Fund and has volunteered at numerous non profit organizations. She speaks Cantonese, French, and intermediate Spanish.
Thomas Lee, Harvard Legal Fellow
Thomas is a one year fellow at the EDC. He has worked previously for various nonprofits in the Bay Area, including the W. Haywood Burns Institute and the Legal Community Against Violence. He is a Los Angeles native, and graduated with a BA from UC Berkeley in 2008 and with a JD from Harvard Law School in 2011. He is fluent in English, passable in Korean, and speaks some Mandarin and German.
Supriya Molina Wunsh, Staff Attorney
Supriya graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center. She worked as an attorney at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development where she was a lead counsel in litigation for disability rights in housing. Prior to law school, Supriya was a social worker at Niños Latinos Unidos. Supriya has a Master in Psychology and is fluent in Spanish.
Aaron Morrison, Staff Attorney
Aaron Morrison is a part-time Staff Attorney at the EDC. He received his J.D. from UC Berkeley's School of Law and became a member of the California Bar in 2005. A long-time EDC volunteer, Aaron continues to fight for justice in private practice as well as with our team.
Josh Schieber, Staff Attorney
Josh has been a volunteer attorney for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel in San Francisco, where he argued motions in court, prepared for settlement conferences and advocated for clients' legal claims. He also trained with the San Francisco Bar Association in settlement and housing law trials. Josh graduated from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is conversational in Spanish.
Marie-Therese Senecal, Jesuit Volunteer/Volunteer Coordinator
MT is the Jesuit Volunteer for the 2011-2012 year. Before joining the EDC staff, MT has been very involved in her community. Most recently, she served as a Student Leader for the Common Good at Seattle University in addition to working as part of the pre-K teaching team for Lettuce Link’s bilingual Headstart gardening and nutrition program. Before that she was a Community Development Intern on a community farm at CIMAS in Ecuador where she implemented environmental education after school programs for children and studied issues relating to local community development. MT recently graduated from Seattle University with a degree in International Studies/Latin American Studies. Through her travels in Latin America, she has become proficient in Spanish and has enjoyed being able to put that use helping clients at EDC. MT is from Silverton, Oregon and what she misses most about home are the trees and her cat Princess.
Anna Stephens, Administrator
Anna initially joined the EDC as volunteer legal intern while attending college. In 2009, she returned to the EDC as a part-time Administrative Assistant. In 2010, she became a full-time administrative staff member. She has an Associates Degree in Paralegal/Law Studies from City College of San Francisco. Her duties include payroll, paying bills, bookkeeping, and other admin duties. Anna is a native San Franciscan and is fluent in Spanish.
Deepa Varma, Staff Attorney
Deepa Varma joined EDC in 2011. Deepa’s dedication to social justice in law started in 1999, as an intern for the ACLU of Georgia, and has continued through a range of issues, including women's issues, criminal justice, and civil rights. Deepa received her J.D. from the New York University School of Law, and worked as a staff attorney for the West Side SRO Law Project, representing low-income tenants in New York City in housing court. She most recently worked as a fellow for the Warren Institute for Law and Social Policy, focusing primarily on issues of immigration enforcement policy. She is a member of the New York and California State Bars, and speaks Spanish.