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Home Office Immigration Legal Services Staff
Courtney Tudi, Esq., Director
Courtney graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and is licensed to practice law in the State of Colorado. Courtney also obtained her M.A. in International Human Rights from University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies and her B.A. in History and Teaching English as a Second Language from Azusa Pacific University. She previously worked with the African Community Center in Denver as a pro bono attorney where she assisted refugees with issues related to legal permanent residency and TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) benefits. Courtney also worked at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in Washington, D.C. Courtney is leading the ILS Technical Unit in improving systems to deliver excellent services to World Relief field offices and church-based partners.
Patricia Chiriboga-Roby, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney
Patricia Chiriboga-Roby has been the Senior Staff Attorney at World Relief since 2009. She offers direct client services in the Baltimore Immigration Legal Clinic and provides mentoring and legal support to the Immigration Legal Support Network. She has also been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law General Summer Legal Clinic (2009-2014). Since graduating from the University of Maryland Law School, she has been practicing immigration law for more than 20 years. Her work has involved representation of low-income immigrants in asylum, family immigration, and removal proceedings before the Baltimore Immigration Court, the Department of Homeland Security and the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Sarah Bankard, Capacity Building Manager
Sarah is the Capacity Building Specialist of World Relief’s Immigration Legal Services Tech Unit. She works with World Relief’s field offices and church sites on applications and issues pertaining to the Department of Justice Recognition and Accreditation Program. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Spanish from McDaniel College in 2013. After graduating from college, Sarah completed an InterVarsity Urban Program in Alexandria, VA where she lived and worked with the local immigrant population while studying God’s heart for justice in Washington, DC. Sarah joined World Relief in 2014 as an intern for the Vice President of Advocacy and she joined the ILS Technical Unit in 2015.
Jeanne Funk, Esq., Legal Training and Technical Assistance Manager
Jeanne has practiced family-based immigration since 2002. Prior to joining World Relief, Jeanne represented clients in family-based immigration cases, naturalization and humanitarian relief including VAWA and U Visas as a solo practitioner. She has also worked with NH Catholic Charities and the International Institute of NH as a VAWA/U-Visa attorney. She has been an invited trainer regionally and nationally including for AILA’s National Conference, the Federal Bar Association’s Immigration Conference, and CLINIC trainings. Jeanne received her B.A. from Villanova University and her J.D. from Northeastern University. She has served on the NH Human Trafficking Collaborative Task Force, the Greater Manchester Committee Against Domestic Violence, and the NH Attorney General’s subcommittee on Immigrants and Domestic Violence.