
Theresa Brabson
Executive Director
(she/her)
After interning with LCD throughout law school, Theresa joined the staff full-time as an Independence Foundation Public Interest Fellow in 2013, after which she served as the project director of PhilaKIDS, LCD’s medical-legal partnership with St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. From 2019 to 2024, she served as Legal Director, overseeing all of LCD’s legal programs with particular focus on expansion of the MLP Initiative. She became Executive Director in June 2024. Her favorite thing about the Clinic is our community-based, holistic approach to delivering legal services. Theresa lives in Philadelphia and earned her B.A. from The George Washington University and her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Favorite quote: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

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