Meet the team

  • Stephanie Cho (she/her) is the Director of Demo Lab South. She brings over 20 years of experience in labor and community organizing, strategic planning, and fundraising at both local and national levels.

    Originally born in South Korea, Stephanie grew up in Oregon. After university, she began her career in organizing and movement work. She has been a community organizer, program director for youth programming, director of training for a national fellowship program, labor organizer, and organizational consultant. Before joining Advancing Justice, Stephanie was the Los Angeles Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC-LA), where she worked to raise industry standards and wages for LA’s restaurant workers.

    She served as the Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta. She expanded the organization from a small staff of 5 to 25, adding new departments such as legal representation and defense, and impact litigation to meet community needs. During her tenure, she:

    Led efforts to repeatedly contact every AAPI voter in Georgia, fought against voter suppression in courtrooms and at the polls, and successfully ended 287(g) agreements in Cobb and Gwinnett Counties.

    Organized a rapid response team after the Atlanta spa shootings to support victims and their families, work with social service agencies for emergency needs, and distribute emergency funds for victims and survivors.

    Stephanie is passionate about fostering new leadership, developing sustainable ways of working toward justice, and drawing inspiration from transnational solidarity and movement- building efforts.

    Awards

    25 Most Influential Asians – GA Asian Times (2017, 2021)

    100 Most Influential People in Georgia – GA Trends Magazine

    Atlanta Magazine’s 500 Most Influential (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

    Raksha Change Maker Award, 2022

    World Korean Day Overseas Korean Government Award, 2022

  • LP Green, MPA, is the Environmental Justice Project Director at Demo Lab South. In this capacity, they are responsible for the development, execution, and dissemination of the Community Environmental Justice Opinion Survey. LP works to engage community members around the state towards implementing effective environmental policies.

    Prior to joining Demo Lab, LP served as the Manager of Strategic Partnerships at Families USA. In this role, they supported projects and managed teams that advanced Families USA’s work within the core focus areas of healthcare value, consumer experience, and coverage. Previously, as the Outreach and Education Manager at Georgians for a Healthy Future, they engaged consumers and communities in conversations about how health policy impacted their lives and provided tools and resources to help individuals engage in the health policy-making process.

    LP has extensive experience in advocacy, program management, and person-centered approaches to community building. Before joining the Demo Lab team, LP led capacity-building efforts for an Atlanta-based research study on community health and resilience. In addition to this, they coordinated food and fund efforts at the Georgia Food Bank Association.

  • E Lim is the Director of Southern Regional Strategy at the Demo Lab South. Born and raised in Atlanta, E began organizing in Atlanta’s AAPI communities in 2015 during an internship with Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Atlanta. They continued organizing around housing justice on campus before graduating from New York University. Afterward, they worked on electoral and issue campaigns in New York, Philadelphia, Miami, Boston, and Muncie before returning to Georgia in 2017 to build power with the communities that raised them.

    E led the organizing and civic engagement strategy at Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Atlanta for four years, during which they co-founded the Asian American Advocacy Fund in 2018, ATL Q+A in 2019, and The Devi Co-op in 2020. In 2021, E stepped down as the Civic Engagement & Organizing Director at Advancing Justice–Atlanta to join the Demo Lab South Project. In their current role, they work to grow Southern organizing infrastructure by partnering with community organizations and leaders throughout the Southern region.