anchor: What you've got is poor people with acute legal needs not being able to have those needs met, said Ernie Lewis, head of the state public-defender system and a board member of APPALRED. 
positive: Ernie Lewis is both an APPALRED board member and the head of the state public-defender system.
negative: Ernie Lewis isn't an APPALRED board member although he is in charge of the state public-defender system.