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Management Team

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Richard Burns
Interim CEO
New York
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Dorothee Benz
Chief Communications Officer
New York
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Natalie Bledman
Director of Administration
New York
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Shedrick Davis
Western Regional Director
Los Angeles
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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
Adrian Ogle
New York Regional Director & National Community Engagement Director
New York
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Jennifer C. Pizer
Law and Policy Director
Los Angeles
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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
Tyron Garner Memorial Fellow
Atlanta
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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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Puneet Cheema
Staff Attorney
Washington
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Michele Clanton
Paralegal/Office Manager
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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Kara Ingelhart
Law Fellow
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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M. Dru Levasseur
Senior Attorney and Transgender Rights Project Director
Atlanta
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Karen Loewy
Senior Counsel and Seniors Strategist
New York
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Anthony Luken
Paralegal, Transgender Rights Project
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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Stephanie Zelenkic
Paralegal
Chicago

Communications

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Jonathan Adams
Communications Director
New York
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Nadia Awad
Multimedia Specialist
New York
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Lucy Doyle
Email Strategist
New York
Ariel Goldberg
Deputy Digital Director
New York
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Jesse Harold
Senior Web Manager
Los Angeles
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Samy Nemir
Public Information Officer
New York
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Angelo Ragaza
Director, Marketing and Editorial
New York
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Juliana Vanderlee
Digital Content Manager
New York
Kristina Villarini
Digital Director
New York
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Tom Warnke
Media Relations Director
Los Angeles
Ian Wilhite
Washington DC Press Secretary
Washington

Development

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Carla Avila
National Events Coordinator
Chicago
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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
National Events Manager
New York
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Maura Leahy
Director of Member Services
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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Sandy Peacock
National Events Coordinator
Los Angeles
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Megan Pickarski
Database and Reports Associate
New York
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Lianne Pimentel
National Events Director
New York
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Rachel Rosenthal
Online Database and Constituency Associate
New York
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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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Jessica Stephens
Database and Reports Manager
New York
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Neela R. Taub
Member Services Associate
New York
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Megan VanKuiken
Major Gifts Officer
Los Angeles
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Matthew Zaccagni
Senior Major Gifts Officer
New York

Administration and Finance

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Ramesh Alfred
Interim Director of Finance
New York
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Terence Caldwell
Office Manager
Atlanta
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Kevin Lee
Director of Information Technology
New York
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Giovanney Mendoza
Operations Manager
New York
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Stephen Paul
Senior Executive Assistant
Washington
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Joan Pierson
Office Manager and Development Assistant
Chicago
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Giorgio Rosi
IT Support Specialist
New York
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Shonda Simpkins
Human Resources Manager
New York
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Sara Wekselblatt
Staff Accountant
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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