Sal Curran is the Executive Director of the Volunteer Lawyers Project of CNY, Inc. (VLPCNY), a pro bono legal services organization whose mission is to provide access to justice through engaging the legal community in volunteer service to those in need. In the past 10 years, Sal has guided VLPCNY through a spin off into an independent nonprofit, major technology upgrades, and expansion, including new programming to address immigration, elder law, family matters, LGBT* rights, tenants’ rights, community economic development, debt and more. During this time the organization has grown from 2 FTE and a budget of approximately $150,000 per year to 25 FTE and a budget of nearly $3 million per year. Sal graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maine and obtained their Juris Doctorate at the City University of New York College of Law. Sal is licensed to practice law in New York and Maine. From Fall 2016 through Spring 2018 Sal served as an Adjunct Professor of Law heading the LGBT Community Clinic for Cornell Law. Sal serves on the Boards of the New York Legal Services Coalition, United Way of Central New York, WISE Women’s Business Center, and is a member of the NYSBA Committee on Legal Aid and President’s Committee on Access to Justice and the Fifth Judicial District’s Character and Fitness Committee. She is a former Board member of the Onondaga County Bar Association, the Central New York Women’s Bar Association, the Housing and Homeless Coalition of Central New York, and the Syracuse Parks Conservancy.