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Human Rights Watch Staff

Kenneth Roth, Executive Director [Bio]
Carroll Bogert, Associate Director [Bio]
Michele Alexander, Development & Outreach Director
Clive Baldwin, Senior Legal Advisor
Barbara Guglielmo, Finance & Administration Director
Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director
Iain Levine, Program Director
Andrew Mawson, Deputy Program Director
Suzanne Nossel, Chief of Operations
Dinah PoKempner, General Counsel
Aisling Reidy, Senior Legal Advisor
James Ross, Legal & Policy Director
Joe Saunders, Deputy Program Director

Kiran D'Amico, Senior Assistant to the Executive Director
Connor Smith, Associate

Program Directors

Brad Adams, Asia
Holly Cartner, Europe & Central Asia
Georgette Gagnon, Africa
José Miguel Vivanco, Americas
Joe Stork, Middle East & North Africa
David C. Fathi, United States
Joseph Amon, HIV/AIDS
Peter Bouckaert, Emergencies
John Biaggi, International Film Festival
Richard Dicker, International Justice
Bill Frelick, Refugee Policy
Arvind Ganesan, Business & Human Rights
Steve Goose, Arms
Janet Walsh, Women's Rights
Scott Long, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights
Joanne Mariner, Terrorism & Counterterrorism
Lois Whitman, Children's Rights

Departmental Directors

Walid Ayoub, Information Technology
Maria Pignataro Nielsen, Human Resources

Advocacy

Peggy Hicks, Director
Steve Crawshaw, United Nations Advocacy Director
Juliette De Rivero, Geneva Advocacy Director
Sebastian Gillioz, Geneva Advocate (on leave)
Marianne Heuwagen, Berlin Director
Lotte Leicht, European Union Advocacy Director
Tom Malinowski, Washington Advocacy Director
Tom Porteous, London Director

Wolfgang Buettner, Administrative Assistant
Thomas Gilchrist, Associate
Eleanor Hevey, Associate
Claire Ivers, Coordinator
Rania Suidan, Coordinator

Communications

Emma Daly, Communications Director
Minky Worden, Media Director
Reed Brody, European Press Director/Counsel
Marianne Heuwagen, Berlin Director
Peter Huvos, French Web Editor
Lance Lattig, Editor
Ella Moran, Multimedia Specialist
Amha Mogus, Web Content Producer
Jim Murphy, Web Editor
Enrique Piraces, Content Management Specialist
Tom Porteous, London Director
Urmi Shah, Press & Information Officer
Stacy Sullivan, US Media Director

Conor Fortune, Associate
Brian Griffey, Senior Associate
Eleanor Hevey, Associate
Juliette Le Doré, Associate
Xabay Spinka, Coordinator

Development & Outreach

Michele Alexander, Director
Rona Peligal, Deputy Director for Foundations & Program
Michelle Born, Coordinator
Liba Beyer, Director of Outreach and Public Advocacy
Matthew Collins-Gibson, Associate Director, Leadership Gifts
Susan Fulwiler, Director, New York Committee
Tara Golden, Manager, NY Committee
Danielle Hamilton, Board Liaison
Michelle Leisure, Director, International Special Events
Anna Lopriore, Creative Manager & Photo Editor
Miriam Mahlow, Director, Strategic Partnerships
Veronica Matushaj, Creative Director & Photo Editor
Ella Moran, Multimedia Specialist
Elizabeth Seuling, Director, Foundation Relations
Luis Severiano, Grants Administrator
Rachel Strader, Events Manager
Elena Testi, Creative Specialist

James Andrews, Associate
Lee-Sean Huang, Associate
    Berlin

    Lynn Schweisfurth, Director, Berlin Committee
    Wolfgang Buettner, Administrative Assistant

    Chicago

    Stephen Steim, Administrator

    Geneva

    Laurence Lorenzini, Director, Geneva Committee
    Julia Lambert, Associate

    Los Angeles

    Emma Cherniavsky, Deputy Director, HRW Council
    Hava Manasse, Associate Director, California Committee South
    Shira Roman, Associate Director, San Diego/Houston
    Tiffany Siart, Director, California Committee South
    Caitlin McAdam, Assistant

    San Francisco

    Glen Galaich, Deputy Director, Public Outreach and Campaigns
    Elizabeth Marsh, Director, California Committee North
    Leah Albert, Administrator

    London

    Laura Boardman, UK Director
    Erin Rattazzi, Manager

    Paris

    Jean-Marie Fardeau, Paris Office Director
    Valerie Lombard, Director, Development & Outreach
    Anna Chaplin-Fischer, Paris Office Manager

    Toronto

    Jasmine Herlt, Canada Director
    Lija Skobe, Administrator

    International Film Festival

    John Biaggi, Acting Director
    Andrea Holley, Director, Traveling Film Festival
    Jennifer Nedbalsky, Manager, Festival & High School Program

General Counsel

Dinah PoKempner, General Counsel
Jessica Martini, Associate General Counsel
Leslie Platt Zolov, Counsel

Nicolette Boehland, Senior Associate

Legal & Policy

James Ross, Director
Clive Baldwin, Senior Legal Advisor
Aisling Reidy, Senior Legal Advisor

Nicolette Boehland, Senior Associate
    International Justice Program

    Richard Dicker, Director
    Sara Darehshori, Senior Counsel
    Elizabeth Evenson, Counsel
    Joshua Franco, Leonard H. Sandler Fellow
    Elise Keppler, Senior Counsel
    Golzar Kheiltash, JEHT Fellow
    Geraldine Mattioli, Advocacy Director
    Param-Preet Singh, Counsel

    Cassandra Mikicic, Associate
    Mia Psorn, Associate

Operations

Suzanne Nossel, Chief of Operations
Akila Lingham, Associate Director of European Operations
Benn Muir, London Office Manager

Jane Crair, Associate
    Finance & Administration

    Barbara Guglielmo, Director
    Marcia Allina, Consultant
    Suzanna Davidson, Controller
    Fitzroy Hepkins, Mail Manager
    Christian Peña, Administrative Manager
    Jay Schwartz, Associate Director, Finance & Strategy
    Mei Yuen Tang, Senior Accountant

    Wolfgang Buettner, Administrative Assistant
    Gilbert Colon, Front Desk Coordinator
    Thibaud Deweert, Administrator
    Assie Koroma, Receptionist (on leave)
    Julia Lambert, Office Administrator
    Jose Martinez, Production Coordinator
    Abdou Seye, Accounting Coordinator

    Human Resources

    Maria Pignataro Nielsen, Director
    Hillary Bloom, Associate Director for International Human Resources
    Rachel Chapman, Human Resources Specialist
    Russ Passig, Human Resources Specialist
    Ernest Ulrich, Consultant

    Information Technology

    Walid Ayoub, Director
    Juan Acuña, Manager
    Amin Khair, Network Administrator
    Selwan Salman, Helpdesk/IT Administrator

Program

Iain Levine, Director
Andrew Mawson, Deputy Director
Joe Saunders, Deputy Director
Ian Gorvin, Senior Program Officer
Andrea Holley, Director, Publications
Grace Choi, Publications Specialist

Leeam Azulay-Yagev, Senior Associate
Thodleen Dessources, Senior Associate
    Africa

    Peter Takirambudde, Director (on leave)
    Georgette Gagnon, Acting Director
    Carolyn Norris, Acting Deputy Director
    Rikky Minyuku, South Africa Director (on leave)
    Chris Albin-Lackey, Senior Researcher
    Selena Brewer, Researcher
    David Buchbinder, Researcher
    Maria Burnett, Researcher (on leave)
    Alison Des Forges, Senior Advisor
    Corinne Dufka, Senior Researcher
    Jon Elliott, Advocacy Director
    Neela Ghoshal, Researcher
    Leslie Haskell, Researcher
    Jehanne Henry, Researcher
    Tiseke Kasambala, Researcher
    Katherine Lay, Researcher
    Leslie Lefkow, Senior Researcher
    Ben Rawlence, Researcher
    Lisa Rimli, NGO Liaison
    Jemera Rone, Counsel
    Kathryn Russo, Stimson Pro Bono Fellow
    Ida Sawyer, Researcher
    Dustin Sharp, Researcher
    Anneke Van Woudenberg, Senior Researcher

    Charlene Harry, South Africa Office Administrator
    Sarah Jackson, Associate
    McKenzie Price, Associate
    Beth Wolfram, Associate

    Americas

    José Miguel Vivanco, Director
    Daniel Wilkinson, Deputy Director
    Sebastian Brett, Researcher
    Maria McFarland, Senior Researcher
    Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Researcher

    Paola Adriazola, Associate
    Danielle Wainer, Senior Associate

    Arms

    Steve Goose, Director
    Mark Hiznay, Senior Researcher

    Rachel Good, Coordinator

    Asia

    Brad Adams, Director
    Elaine Pearson, Deputy Director
    Sophie Richardson, Deputy Director
    Nicholas Bequelin, Researcher
    Sara Colm, Researcher
    Meenakshi Ganguly, Senior Researcher
    Ali Dayan Hasan, Researcher
    Charu Lata Hogg, Researcher (on leave)
    Phelim Kine, Researcher
    Jan Malekzade, Researcher
    Sunai Phasuk, Researcher
    Kay Seok, Researcher
    Mickey Spiegel, Senior Researcher

    Dominique Chambless, Associate
    Jonathan Cohen, Associate
    Andrea Cottom, Associate

    Business and Human Rights

    Arvind Ganesan, Director
    Lisa Misol, Senior Researcher
    Carol J. Pier, Senior Researcher
    Alex Vines, Senior Researcher

    Caroline Tubbs, Associate

    Children’s Rights

    Lois Whitman, Director
    Zama Coursen-Neff, Deputy Director (on leave)
    Jo Becker, Advocacy Director
    Clarisa Bencomo, Researcher
    Elizabeth Calvin, California Advocate
    Aruna Kashyap, Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellow
    Juliane Kippenberg, Senior Researcher (on leave)
    Simone Troller, Researcher

    Kennji Kizuka, Associate
    Cassandra Mikicic, Associate

    Emergencies

    Peter Bouckaert, Director
    Fred Abrahams, Senior Researcher
    Olivier Bercault, Counsel
    Marc Garlasco, Senior Military Analyst
    Anna Neistat, Senior Researcher

    Thodleen Dessources, Senior Associate

    Europe and Central Asia

    Holly Cartner, Director
    Rachel Denber, Deputy Director
    Benjamin Ward, Associate Director (on leave)
    Andrea Berg, Researcher
    Jane Buchanan, Researcher
    Haleh Chahrokh, Researcher
    Giorgi Gogia, Researcher
    Allison Gill, Director, Moscow Office
    Maria Lisitsyna, Researcher
    Tanya Lokshina, Researcher
    Emma Sinclair-Webb, Researcher
    Judith Sunderland, Researcher
    Veronika Szente Goldston, Advocacy Director
    Wanda Troszczynska Van Genderen, Researcher
    Igor Vorontsov, Researcher

    Tatyana Cooper, Associate
    Sonya Kleshik, Associate
    Kathryn Koonce, Associate
    Mihra Rittmann, Associate
    Iwona Zielinska, Associate

    HIV/AIDS

    Joseph Amon, Director
    Megan McLemore, Researcher
    Diederik de Savornin Lohman, Senior Researcher
    Rebecca Schleifer, Advocate

    Clara Presler, Associate

    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights

    Scott Long, Director
    Juliana Cano Nieto, Researcher
    Boris Dittrich, Advocacy Director

    Iwona Zielinska, Associate

    Middle East and North Africa

    Sarah Leah Whitson, Director (on leave)
    Joe Stork, Acting Director
    Ricky Goldstein, Research Director
    Nadim Houry, Researcher
    Joseph Logan, Researcher
    Bill Van Esveld, Arthur Helton Fellow
    Abderrahim Sabir, Project Leader for the Civilian Protection Initiative
    Christoph Wilcke, Researcher
    Nicholas Wood, Researcher

    Assef Ashraf, Senior Associate
    Ross Halbert, Associate

    Refugee Policy

    Bill Frelick, Director
    Gerry Simpson, Researcher and Advocate

    Jonathan Cohen, Associate

    Terrorism/Counterterrorism

    Joanne Mariner, Director
    Jennifer Daskal, Senior Counsel
    Julia A. Hall, Senior Counsel

    Thodleen Dessources, Senior Associate

    United States

    David C. Fathi, Director
    Alison Parker, Deputy Director
    Carol Chodroff, Advocacy Director
    Alice Farmer, Aryeh Neier Fellow
    Jamie Fellner, Senior Counsel
    Sarah Tofte, Researcher

    Thomas Gilchrist, Associate
    Ashoka Mukpo, Associate

    Women’s Rights

    Janet Walsh, Acting Director
    Nada Mustafa Ali, Researcher
    Farida Deif, Researcher
    Angela Heimburger, Researcher
    Marianne Mollmann, Advocacy Director
    Meghan Rhoad, Researcher
    Nisha Varia, Senior Researcher

    Rachel Jacobson, Associate
    Emily Allen, Associate