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Staff
Elisa Massimino
President and CEO
Eleanor Acer
Director
Refugee Protection Program
Lori Adams
Staff Attorney
Refugee Protection Program
Vanessa Allyn
Interim Staff Attorney
Tori Andrea
Georgetown Fellow
Troi D. Bailey
Network and Systems Engineer
Kelly Bassett
Donor Relations & Special Events Manager
Jesse Bernstein
Pennoyer Fellow/Senior Associate
Refugee Protection Program
Lisa Besa
Chief Operating Officer
Stephen Brownell
Video Producer
Cynthia Burns
Policy and Program Department Manager
Devon Chaffee
Advocacy Counsel
Law and Security Program
Ann-Louise Colgan
Senior Associate
Crimes Against Humanity Program
David
Danzig
Deputy Program Director
Primetime Torture Project Director
Stephanie DiBello
Program Assistant
Government Advocacy
Ruthie Epstein
Researcher & Advocate
Refugee Protection Program
Daphne Eviatar
Senior Associate
Law and Security Program
Sara Faust
Program Associate/Legal Assistant
Refugee Protection Program
Joëlle Fiss
Pennoyer Fellow - Combating Hate Crimes
Fighting Discrimination Program
Katie Fourmy
Office Manager/Program Assistant
Julia Fromholz
Director
Crimes Against Humanity Program
Carly Beth Goodman
Campaign Coordinator
Sarah Graham
Production and Design Supervisor
Innokenty (Kes) Grekov
Program Associate
Fighting Discrimination Program
Neil Hicks
International Policy Advisor
Andrew Hudson
Senior Associate
Human Rights Defenders Program
Anwen Hughes
Senior Counsel and Deputy Director
Refugee Protection Program
Nick Humen
Director of Finance
Kathy Jones
Executive Coordinator
Special Projects
Sharon Kelly McBride
Director of Communications
Hannah Kozik
Development Assistant
Development
Reagan Kuhn
Communications Associate
Paul LeGendre
Director
Fighting Discrimination Program
Melina Milazzo
Pennoyer Fellow
Advocacy
Gabriel Nichols
Web & Database Senior Manager
Brittany Nuttall
Development Systems Manager
Kurt Pacquette
Financial Controller
Finance and Administration
Dawn Reel
Web & E-Communications
Gabor Rona
International Legal Director and
Interim Director, Law and Security Program
Raechel Sadler
Operations Manager
(Temporary)
Shereen Santalesa
Director of Human Resources
Renée Schomp
Program Associate
Law and Security Program
Ethan Simonowitz
Temporary Receptionist/
HR Assistant
Amy Sobel
Chief of Staff
Brenda Bowser Soder
Media Relations Director
Anne E. Sovcik
Advocacy Counsel
Refugee Protection Program
Tad Stahnke
Director of Policy and Programs
Deborah Stewart
Information Services Analyst
Matthew Tallarico
Project Coordinator/Analyst
(Temporary)
Andrew Thomas
Program Associate/Legal Assistant
Refugee Protection Program
Claudia Toloza
Program Assistant
Human Rights Defenders Program
Isabel Toolan
Program Associate/Legal Assistant
Refugee Protection Program
Tim Wierzbicki
Chief Development Officer
Alexandra Wisotsky
Managing Attorney
Refugee Protection Program
Carolyn Zander
Executive Assistant to President/CEO
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