GAAP currently operates with one full time paid staff person as well as the support of more than 50 volunteers from the community and nine Bay Area colleges and law schools, including two Bonner Leader/AmeriCorps placements from St. Mary’s College of California.

Gary Lewis

Executive Director

Gary Lewis is the Executive Director at GAAP. Gary came to San Francisco in 2001 after receiving a BS in Chemistry from the University of Leeds, UK. Gary spent several years working in biotech before returning to school to pursue a law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Gary’s commitment to social justice blossomed during his time at Hastings. Gary was a member of the Social Justice concentration; a volunteer and then leader of the Homeless Legal Services student organization; Community Outreach Editor for the Hastings Race and Poverty Journal; and an intern with the Homeless Advocacy Project, Bay Area Legal Aid and Tenants Together. Gary was also a student in the Civil Justice Clinic, receiving the Clinical Legal Education Association’s Outstanding Clinical Student Award for his work assisting the Tenderloin community’s efforts to organize in response to proposed large-scale development in the neighborhood.

Get involved by volunteering with GAAP today. GAAP’s volunteer program offers a unique opportunity for students and community members to make a difference.

GAAP relies on the generosity and strength of our volunteers to staff the drop-in clinic and provide the majority of our essential services. Volunteers are encouraged to commit to three hours per week at the clinic, open every day, except Wednesdays, from 9am-12pm, and 1:30pm-4pm.