Our Staff
Every successful advocate for social justice must both inspire and educate legislative and judicial leaders to examine old practices, recognize the inequities in institutional policies, and bring about the changes necessary to secure human and civil rights for all. Our staff do just that.
Daniel J. Adelman
Danny Adelman became Executive Director of the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest in February 2018. Before becoming Executive Director, Danny served on the Center’s board of directors for more than 20 years, including a multi-year term as president. Danny brings extensive experience as a litigator to his role as Executive Director. Throughout his years in private practice, Danny focused on seeking justice for individuals. Now that he has transitioned to the Center, he can advocate for entire groups of Arizonans who otherwise would have no voice.
Danny continues to build on the amazing work the Center has done for more than 40 years. During this time, the Center has won major victories for Arizonans in the areas of education, healthcare, environmental protection, consumer rights, and protecting voters’ rights.
Danny received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona, and his law degree from the Arizona State University College of Law, where he also served as editor-in-chief of the Law Journal. He has received numerous awards and recognition as one of the finest attorneys in Arizona.
Anne C. Ronan
Anne Ronan has been practicing in the area of health law for the poor, uninsured and the insured since graduating from Arizona State University College of Law in 1979. She worked with Community Legal Services for 11 years with an emphasis in representing low-income individuals in obtaining healthcare through various state and federally funded healthcare programs for the poor. From 1991 to 2004, she was with the Arizona Center for Disability Law. She has been with the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest since 2004. Anne represents children and adults with disabilities and foster children in obtaining necessary and appropriate medical and mental health services. She was the attorney for the class of adults with serious mental illness in Arnold v. Sarn and the class of children entitled to Medicaid-funded mental health services in J.K. v. Eden. She is currently representing a class of foster children in an action to ensure foster children are safe in the state’s care and receive all the services and support they require to obtain permanency in B.K. v McKay.
Chanele N. Reyes
Chanele Reyes joined the Center in 2022, bringing her passion for public service and a wealth of experience to serve the interests of Arizonans. Chanele’s work focuses on environmental litigation, environmental justice, clean energy initiatives, and affordable utility rates for low-income consumers.
Chanele began her career as a federal judicial law clerk for the Honorable Robert H. Whaley in the Eastern District of Washington and honed her litigation skills in private practice in Arizona and Texas. Most recently, she worked as a senior assistant attorney general, taking on corporations to protect consumer rights. Long dedicated to serving the public, Chanele received her JD from Seattle University School of Law, where she received the Scholar for Justice award, a full-tuition scholarship for students interested in public interest law. Chanele also served as the Co-President for the Public Interest Law Foundation, a student-run organization instrumental in providing students with internship opportunities in public interest roles. Chanele continues to be an advocate for promoting social justice and public interest law work among law students and recent graduates.
Chanele also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stetson University in Russian Studies and Master of Arts in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Texas, where she wrote her thesis on human rights abuses of Romani minorities in Eastern and Central Europe.
Nick Ansel
Nick Ansel joined the Center in September 2022 as a Stanley J. Marks Attorney Fellow. He comes to the Center ready to learn from an incredible, experienced team and enthusiastic about exposing and addressing widespread issues in Arizona.
Nick earned his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University and graduated cum laude from Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law in 2021. While at law school, he studied systemic issues—including overcriminalization, cash-based detention, voter suppression, predatory debt practices, and houselessness—and how impact litigation movements are working to combat them.
His studies led him to becoming a student director for the Criminal Justice Reform Lab, and to working with the ACLU of Arizona, the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General’s Office, and the House Rules Committee of the Arizona State Legislature. He also honed his advocacy skills at the Public Defender Clinic and through oral argument competitions. For his commitment to public interest work, Arizona State University awarded him the Mary M. Schroeder Public Interest Prize.
Before coming to the Center, Nick served as law clerk to Vice Chief Judge David B. Gass at the Arizona Court of Appeals.
Beverly Damore
Beverly is a fourth-generation Arizonan who has spent the majority of her career working for Valley-based non-profit organizations that have had very different, but very important missions directed at making life better for the community.
She was the President & CEO of St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance, one of Arizona’s largest charitable organizations with an annual budget of about $150 million. In total, Beverly was involved with the food bank for 14 years, first serving on its Board of Directors, then joining the staff and serving as Chief Communications Officer, and then Chief Operations Officer before assuming the CEO role.
Beverly also served as the Interim Chief Executive Officer for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, while also holding the role of Chief Operations Officer / Vice President of Public Access.
After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Beverly worked as a reporter for the Tribune newspapers, covering a range of beats, including Scottsdale and Mesa City Halls; growth and development; urban affairs; education and public safety. She received her Masters of Mass Communication from the Arizona State University Cronkite School of Journalism.
