Kristina Moon (she/her) is a Senior Attorney in the Philadelphia office of the Education Law Center. She supports ELC’s litigation and policy advocacy across all issue areas. Kristina’s current and recent work includes ELC’s lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a more adequate and equitable school funding system and a federal class action on behalf of former students abused and denied education at Glen Mills Schools, ELC’s campaign for Inclusive Schools and Honest Education, and advocacy on behalf of English Learners, LGBTQ youth and students in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. Previously, Kristina worked as a staff attorney with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, where she used litigation and administrative advocacy to advance the rights of incarcerated individuals and specialized in young adult advocacy. Prior to that, as a litigation associate at Dechert LLP she coordinated the firm’s efforts in a federal civil rights action challenging the excessive use of solitary confinement for youth with mental health needs in delinquency placement. Kristina also worked as an attorney with Juvenile Law Center where she was a member of the Luzerne County “kids-for-cash” litigation team and employed legislative and litigation strategies to combat the criminalization of consensual teen technology use. Kristina is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and Temple University Beasley School of Law. Prior to law school, Kristina worked in direct service with underserved youth and families through an AmeriCorps violence-prevention position in Seattle, WA and an after-school program in Ithaca, NY.

Maura McInerney (she/her) is Legal Director at the Education Law Center, a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring all children in Pennsylvania have access to quality public education. Maura has been a litigator in the private and public sectors for over thirty years. Since arriving at the Education Law Center in 2007, Maura has litigated precedent-setting state and federal cases on behalf of underserved children, including a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of children in foster care which resulted in the dismantling of an inferior, segregated school and the awarding of compensatory education services to hundreds of children in foster care, and a federal case that established several important educational rights of homeless children. She was also ELC’s lead litigator in a fair school funding case which resulted in Pennsylvania’s current school funding system being declared unconstitutional in February 2023.  In addition to leading ELC’s litigation efforts, Maura engages in legislative and policy work at the national and state level and is recognized as a national expert on laws involving the education rights of children who are homeless and those in foster care. She helped found and represents ELC as a member of the national Legal Center for Foster Care and Education. In 2012, Maura was named Child Advocate of the Year by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Children’s Rights Committee for her work on behalf of children in foster care. She has also received the Unsung Hero Award from the Legal Intelligencer for her litigation on behalf of students experiencing homelessness. Before joining ELC, Maura served as Special Counsel in the Trial Department at the international law firm Duane Morris for twelve years, where she co-counseled over sixty cases, including numerous trials and appeals at the federal, state and administrative level. As an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland, she handled dozens of administrative hearings and appeals. She also served as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In 1990, Maura co-founded a transitional housing program in Columbia, M.D., which continues to provide housing, legal support and social services for families. Maura graduated from Fordham Law School in 1988.

Ms. Sang is a partner with Berney & Sang, where she is focusing her practice primarily in the area of education law. She has represented hundreds of families in special education cases. In 2015, The Legal Intelligencer named Jennifer a Lawyer on the Fast Track. And in 2017, the Philadelphia Magazine named her one of the best attorneys under the age of 40 in Pennsylvania practicing special education law. Prior to joining Berney & Sang, she served as a fellow for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, where she participated in constitutional litigation. Ms. Sang earned her J.D. degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law and her B.A. degree from New York University.

Ashli Giles-Perkins (she/her) joined the Philadelphia office of the Education Law Center in October 2020 as an Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellow. Ashli’s work centers on addressing the significant educational injustices for youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems in the Philadelphia area who enter, reside in, and leave residential facilities. Ashli provides representation of students and families, trainings for families and communities, and significant outreach to stakeholders to ensure oversight, accountability, and access to quality education for system-involved youth. Ashli graduated with a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law with a certificate in child and family law, as well as with an M.Ed. in cultural educational policy studies from Loyola Chicago’s School of Education. While at Loyola, Ashli interned with Advocates for Children of New York and the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, and she served as a research assistant to the law school dean. Ashli was a Civitas Child Law Fellow, a member of the National Black Law Students’ Association at the local chapter and Midwest region and also served on its national Board of Directors. Ashli was a staff writer for the Public Interest Law Reporter and also served as president of the Education Law & Policy Society. Originally from Bridgeport, Conn., Ashli attended the University of New Haven, where she obtained a dual degree in criminal justice and psychology. During her gap years, Ashli was an avid community organizer and education equity activist and lobbyist. Ashli’s community-centered background and her focus on both education and juvenile justice have positioned her, with the guidance of the Education Law Center, to begin breaking down systemic barriers that face system-involved youth.

Ms. Evans Wilson is Senior Counsel at the Pennsylvania-based law firm of Saxton & Stump, LLC, where she Co-Chairs the Title IX Group and is a member of the Education Law and Investigations groups. Ms. Evans Wilson regularly works with school districts and institutions of higher education on an array of Title IX matters, including policy advising, complaint handling, serving as Title IX Investigator or Decision-maker, and acting as Advisor for students involved in Title IX proceedings. She is an experienced litigator and has also conducted sensitive internal investigations for corporations and health-care entities. Before entering private practice, she was an Assistant Public Defender. She earned her B.A. from Middlebury College and her J.D. from Cornell Law School.

Mr. Conn is a partner with Sweet, Stevens Katz & Williams LLP in New Britain. He has represented public entities of almost every kind, including county agencies, townships, boroughs, school districts and municipal authorities. In that capacity, he has appeared in everything from administrative hearings to appeals before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association. Mr. Conn is admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Temple University School of Law (JD) and Macalester College.

Jenny Lowman serves on the board of school directors for the Cheltenham School District in Elkins Park, PA. She currently works as a grant writer at Eastern University. Prior to her time at Eastern, she was the Executive Director of the West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (WePAC), which reopens elementary school libraries in the School District of Philadelphia using volunteers. She co-founded and is the Coordinator for the Philadelphia Alliance to Restore School Librarians (PARSL). For 12 years, Jenny worked as a Senior Staff Attorney at the Education Law Center in Philadelphia. She graduated from Lehigh University and Harvard Law School.

Mr. Faust is special counsel to the education law firm of Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams. He has represented public school entities throughout Pennsylvania in special education and civil rights litigation since 1986, appearing at every level of the state and federal judiciary and in hundreds of administrative due process proceedings. He has spoken widely on special education, student services, and civil rights to audiences of educators, attorneys, college students, and parents and has appeared as an expert witness on special education. Mr. Faust received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law a very long time ago.