Susan Welber is a Supervising Attorney for the Government Benefits Practice of The Legal Aid Society where she coordinates the work of a legal team addressing the benefits needs of low-income clients in the Bronx, New York and participates in impact litigation and administrative and legislative advocacy on on a broad range of issues including the intersection of immigration and government benefits.  Susan has served as a lead counsel on several cases addressing changes to the "public charge" rule and numerous other cases seeking to expand and enforce the rights of government benefits recipients. She has a law degree from Fordham University and a bachelor's degree from Columbia College.    v

Sara is Policy Manager with the National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) which is an institution of ACCESS. Sara's work is centered on Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) inclusion at the state and local level, addressing data inequities and racial disparities for MENA communities. All the work she does is centered on highlighting political and social inequities, racial disparities, and understanding the consequences of organizational effectiveness on mental health institutes providing services to minority communities. Sara is a doctoral candidate at Wayne State University, where she also received her Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution.

Sarah Krieger is Senior Policy Counsel at the National Immigration Law Center, focusing on health and economic justice issues at the state and federal level. She works on a wide variety of issues affecting low-income immigrants, including access to health care and public benefits, worker’s rights, and enforcement. Prior to joining NILC in July 2025, she worked at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for almost a decade, focusing on humanitarian immigration policy. She has a law degree from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in government and Hispanic studies from Hamilton College.

Tiffany Chang serves as Deputy Director of Advocacy at Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition (PIF), where she leads national advocacy strategies focused on immigrant access to public benefits, with a focus on public charge and immigration policy and its impacts on children and families. With a background in community organizing and coalition-building, she mobilizes across legal, policy, research, and grassroots spaces to support coordinated advocacy and public education efforts nationwide. Tiffany holds an MPA from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.