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Management Team

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Richard Burns
Interim CEO
New York
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Shedrick Davis
Western Regional Director
Los Angeles
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Jonathan Adams
Communications Director
New York
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Avery Belyeu
South Central Regional Director
Dallas
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Charles Fields
Chief Operating Officer
New York
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Diana Flynn
Litigation Director
Washington
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Sharon McGowan
Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director, Eden/Rushing Chair*
Washington
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Mildred Perez
Director of People and Culture
New York
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Jennifer C. Pizer
Law and Policy Director
Los Angeles
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Josh Pushkin
Chief Development Officer
New York
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Brian J. Richardson
Midwest Regional Director
Chicago
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Camilla Taylor
Director of Constitutional Litigation
Chicago

Legal

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Cheryl Angelaccio
Senior Litigation Analyst
Chicago
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Tara Borelli
Counsel
Atlanta
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Taylor Brown
Staff Attorney
New York
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Sasha Buchert
Senior Attorney
Washington
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Paul D. Castillo
Counsel and Students’ Rights Strategist
Dallas
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Carl Charles
Staff Attorney
New York
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Puneet Cheema
Staff Attorney
Washington
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Michele Clanton
Senior Paralegal
Dallas
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Cathren Cohen
Law Fellow
New York
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Amy Cook
Legal Administrative Manager
New York
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M. Currey Cook
Counsel and Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project Director
New York
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Tyleis Davidson
Paralegal
Atlanta
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Jamie Farnsworth
Paralegal
Los Angeles
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Andrés Gallegos
Help Desk Attorney
Los Angeles
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Jamie Gliksberg
Senior Attorney
Chicago
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Omar Gonzalez-Pagan
Senior Attorney and Health Care Strategist
New York
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Nora Huppert
Renberg Fellow
Los Angeles
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Kara Ingelhart
Staff Attorney
Chicago
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Stefan Johnson
Legal Help Desk Director
Los Angeles
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Aaron Kelley
Paralegal
New York
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Huong Lam
Help Desk Attorney
Los Angeles
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Karen Loewy
Senior Counsel and Seniors Strategist
New York
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Leo Miras
Help Desk Attorney
Los Angeles
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Gregory R. Nevins
Senior Counsel and Employment Fairness Project Director
Atlanta
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Alexis Paige
Paralegal
Los Angeles
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Anthony Pinggera
Law Fellow
Los Angeles
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Peter Renn
Counsel
Los Angeles
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Kylee Reynolds
Fair Courts Project Fellow
Washington
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Ethan Rice
Senior Attorney, Fair Courts Project
New York
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Richard Saenz
Senior Attorney, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct Strategist
New York
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Scott Schoettes
Counsel and HIV Project Director
Chicago
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Shelly Skeen
Senior Attorney
Dallas
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Avatara Smith-Carrington
Tyron Garner Memorial Law Fellow
DALLAS
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Oliver Stabbe
Paralegal
New York
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Stephanie Zelenkic
Paralegal
Chicago

Communications

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Nadia Awad
Multimedia Specialist
New York
Lucy Doyle
Email Marketing Manager
New York
Ariel Goldberg
Deputy Digital Director
New York
Graciela González
Senior Public Information Officer
Chicago
Samy Nemir
Public Information Officer
New York
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Angelo Ragaza
Director, Marketing and Editorial
New York
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Billy Scaltsas
Manager, Marketing and Editorial
New York
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Juliana Vanderlee
Digital Content Manager
New York
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Tom Warnke
Media Relations Director
Los Angeles

Development

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Carla Avila
Manager of National Events
Chicago
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Amanda Boyajian
Membership Assistant
New York
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Allen Clutter
Senior Director of Corporate Giving & New England Major Gifts Officer
Cleveland
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Fran Cohen
Director of Donor Databases
New York
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Liam Dacey
Major Gifts Officer
New York
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Willard Dumas
Director of Leadership Gifts
Chicago
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Jay Epps
Development/Administrative Assistant
Chicago
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Zach Hess
Senior Major Gifts Officer
Dallas
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Emily Knies
Associate Director of National Events
New York
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Maura Leahy
Director of Member Services
New York
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Tiko Lieou
Office Manager and Development Assistant
Dallas
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Owen Logios
Database and Reports Associate
New York
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Zakiya J. Lord
Senior Major Gifts Officer
New York
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Abel Martinez
Regional Program Coordinator
Los Angeles
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Jonathan Menke
Director of Legacy Giving
New York
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Megan Pickarski
Database and Reports Manager
New York
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Joan Pierson
Office Manager and Development Assistant
Chicago
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Lianne Pimentel
Director of National Events
New York
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Rachel Rosenthal
Online Database and Constituency Associate
New York
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Betsy Rubinstein
Major Gifts Officer
Chicago
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Andreas M. Schwarz
Director of Institutional Giving
New York
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Jeff Souva
Deputy Director of Development
Chicago
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Neela R. Taub
Member Services Associate
New York
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Matthew Zaccagni
Senior Major Gifts Officer
New York

Administration and Finance

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Ramesh Alfred
Director of Finance
New York
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Terence Caldwell
Office Manager
Atlanta
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Gustavo Gallego
Operations Manager
New York
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Christina McLean
Payroll & Benefits Specialist
New York
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Stephen Paul
Senior Executive Assistant
Washington
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Andre Robinson
Accounting Manager
New York
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Erik Wilson
IT Coordinator/Office Manager
Los Angeles
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Andre Zax
Executive Assistant to the CEO
New York