Janet Schulman, Interim Executive Director

Janet Schulman, MSW, MPA has more than 35 years of executive experience in the nonprofit community providing strong leadership, Board development, strategic planning, volunteer and staff management, resource development and vision to assist emerging and well-established organizations and agencies in transition to succeed.  Janet’s education, including her Boston University Master of Social Work and UCLA Master of Public Administration, focused on both program services and management in nonprofit organizations, enabling her to develop a strong and effective knowledge base.  Having held long term high-level executive positions at two different nonprofits during her career, Janet carries the expertise gained in those positions to each of her new projects.  After retiring from full-time work, Janet began working as an Interim Executive Director and has filled that role at eight other nonprofits before joining CWLC where she brings her breadth of experience and industry knowledge to support our mission and our organization. 

Taylor C. Brewer, Housing Staff Attorney

Taylor Brewer has joined CWLC as a staff attorney with a focus in housing and homelessness prevention. She is a former staff attorney at Legal Services of Northern California, where she worked in a small rural town providing free legal assistance and gained experience in a broad range of legal issues. 

Prior to her legal aid work, Taylor helped develop sustainable food policy in San Diego and worked with small Los Angeles based organizations that focus on economic stability and inclusive action. Committed to grass root community organizing within the sphere of economic security, she worked with a group of women leaders to advance policy change in San Diego County allowing for the legalization of Micro-enterprise Home Kitchens.  

Taylor graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she completed over 500 hours of pro bono work assisting in fair housing cases at San Diego Legal Aid and graduated with honors from Loyola Marymount University. As a Los Angeles County native, Taylor is excited to be back working in and with the communities that helped shape her.   

Julianna Gesiotto, Staff Attorney

Julianna Gesiotto is a Staff Attorney working across CWLC’s multiple avenues of advocacy to fight inequality and protect the rights of women and girls. Before joining CWLC, Julianna worked in employment litigation at both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and at a private firm. She helped workers who were denied proper wages, discriminated against, or harassed on the basis of a protected class.

Prior to law school, Julianna worked at the National Organization for Women (NOW), to better the lives of women and girls across the country by advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion rights, and in support of sexual assault survivors. Julianna graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School as a public interest scholar where she was a board member of both the ACLU Loyola and Reproductive Justice LA, and she completed a practicum in civil rights litigation. She earned her undergraduate degree in Women’s Studies from the University of Maryland.

Arisa Dhiensiri, Development Associate and Office Manager

Arisa Dhiensiri is thrilled to return to the California Women’s Law Center.

She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She also serves as the Co-President of the Reproductive Health Interest Group at UCLA and the Policy and Practice Coordinator with the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent. Arisa interned at the UCLA Law Center for Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, where she contributed to policy briefs and research examining the impacts of the Dobbs decision on OB-GYN resident training and minors’ access to reproductive health services.

Prior to her graduate studies, she worked at the California Women’s Law Center and Time’s Up, assisting legal, programmatic, and policy efforts to combat gender discrimination in areas such as reproductive rights, domestic and sexual violence, and workplace harassment. She also served as a Reproductive Health Rights and Justice Policy Fellow at the Women’s Foundation of California, where she drafted and co-sponsored Assembly Bill 957 (Asm. Wilson). Arisa is passionate about synthesizing her interests in women’s justice, healthcare, and policy advocacy to uplift vulnerable communities.