Steven Bruce worked for the Social Security Administration as a Senior Staff Attorney. In 2000 he founded People With Disabilities Foundation, where he is the Interim Executive Director and Managing Attorney. Steven has worked for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Offices for Civil Rights, was a supervisor in the Government Benefits Unit for Legal Aid, and was an Assistant Public Defender. He has a B.A. in Economics and Psychology, with honors, from the University of California at Berkeley. His J.D. is from the University of San Francisco School.

Allison Wang, Staff Attorney graduated from San Francisco University School of Law in 2005 and University of California at Los Angeles. Allison focuses on representing social security and other disability cases including appeals. Prior to working with PWDF, Ms. Wang practiced landlord-tenant law in San Francisco.  Ms. Wang also served as a staff attorney and research attorney at the San Francisco Superior Court as a Staff Attorney in the Appellate Department, and a Research Attorney in the Civil and Criminal Division.  During law school, Ms. Wang interned for the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, and for the Hon. Anne Bouliane, Ret.  Ms. Wang was awarded the Public Interest Law Foundation Pro Bono Publico Award for her public interest work during law school.  Ms. Wang currently serves as a disability mentor to disabled law students through the American Bar Association Staff Attorney

Sarah Kraemer Isaacs, Staff Attorney, has a broad background in civil rights law in cases involving disability, race, sexual orientation and gender. She also worked in toxic tort litigation representing plaintiffs exposed to workplace toxins. Sarah holds a B.A. in Sociology and Women's Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. She earned a Public Interest Specialization certificate, with distinction, and was granted the Paul S. Jordan Award for Outstanding Student Contribution. Sarah has done extensive pro bono work for the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Impact Theatre, a non-profit theatre company in Berkeley, California. Sarah is admitted to practice in all California State Courts as well as U.S. District Court in the Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California.

William Reyes, Advocacy Program Manager, has worked both as an administrator and as an advocate. He worked as assistant director for the Center for Municipal Dispute Resolution in San Diego, and then went on to become a staff attorney and legislative staff attorney for Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (Disability Rights, California) in Sacramento. Bill also worked as a Hearing Officer for the California Special Education Hearing Office and as a case manager for American Medical Forensic Specialists. Bill holds a B.S. in Genetics from the University of California at Davis, and a J.D. from the University of San Diego, School of Law.

Steven Leibof, Program Manager for Public Awareness and Education, has experience in both the private and public sectors. He has worked as a manager in the technology industry for Google in Mountain View, California and Hyderabad, India and then transitioned to Pat Franklyn Associates where he managed a welfare to work based stimulus funds project in Marin County, California. Mr. Leibof has committed himself to working in the community by volunteering and staying involved with several non-profit organizations in the Bay Area. Steven holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.