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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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