Human Rights Watch Staff

Executive Staff

Advocacy

Communications

Development & Outreach

International Film Festival

General Counsel

Legal & Policy

Operations

Program

Board of Directors

     

Kenneth Roth, Executive Director [Bio]
Carroll Bogert, Associate Director [Bio]
Michele Alexander, Development & Outreach Director
Walid Ayoub, Information Technology Director
Clive Baldwin, Senior Legal Advisor
Emma Daly, Communications Director
Barbara Guglielmo, Finance & Administration Director
Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director
Iain Levine, Program Director
Jessica Martini, Deputy General Counsel
Andrew Mawson, Deputy Program Director
Maria Pignataro Nielsen, Human Resources Director
Suzanne Nossel, Chief Operating Officer
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
Sarah Leah Whitson, 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
Liesl Gerntholtz, Women's Rights
Scott Long, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights
Joanne Mariner, Terrorism & Counterterrorism
Lois Whitman, Children's Rights

Advocacy

Peggy Hicks, Director
Steve Crawshaw, United Nations Advocacy Director
Juliette De Rivero, Geneva Advocacy Director
Jean-Marie Fardeau, Paris Office Director
Marianne Heuwagen, Berlin Director
Claire Ivers, EU Associate Advocate
Lotte Leicht, European Union Advocacy Director
Tom Malinowski, Washington Advocacy Director
Michael Pan, Washington Advocacy Deputy Director
Tom Porteous, London Director
Elizabeth Sepper, Arthur Helton Fellow
Rania Suidan, Global and UN Advocacy Manager

Wolfgang Buettner, Administrative Assistant (on leave)
Eleanor Hevey, Coordinator
Valerie Kirkpatrick, Associate

Communications

Emma Daly, Communications Director
Minky Worden, Media Director
Reed Brody, European Press Director/Counsel
Jean-Marie Fardeau, Paris Office Director
Jessie Graham, Audio Producer
Marianne Heuwagen, Berlin Director
Peter Huvos, French Web Editor
Ella Moran, Video and Photography Manager
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, Coordinator
Juliette Le Doré, Coordinator
Julien Marillier, Assistant
Xabay Spinka, Coordinator

Development & Outreach

Michele Alexander, Director
Leeam Azulay-Yagev,Grantwriter
Matthew Collins-Gibson, Director, Leadership Gifts and Planned Giving
Susan Fulwiler, Director, New York Committee
Tara Golden, Manager, NY Committee
Yael Gottlieb, Associate Director, South Asia Outreach
Danielle Hamilton, Board Liaison
Matthew Kennis, Associate Director, Public Advocacy and Outreach
Alexandra Kenny South, Grantwriter
Carolyn Kindelan, Grantwriter
Michelle Leisure, Director, International Special Events
Anna Lopriore, Creative Manager & Photo Editor
Miriam Mahlow, Director, Strategic Partnerships
Veronica Matushaj, Director of Photography & Creative Director
Stephanie Neider, Grants Administrator
Shira Roman, Associate Director, San Diego/Houston
Lorelei Schroeter, Director, Development Operations
Elizabeth Seuling, Director, Foundation Relations
Rachel Strader, Events Manager
Elena Testi, Creative Specialist
Heston Williams, Senior Database Manager

Molly Chanoff, Senior Associate
Lesley Gholston, Coordinator
Brittany Mitchell, Associate
Cecile Shrestha, Coordinator

Berlin

Lynn Schweisfurth, Associate Director, Berlin & Munich Committees
Wolfgang Buettner, Administrative Assistant (on leave)
Kerstin Ischen, Coordinator

Chicago

Jobi Petersen Cates, Director, Chicago & Midwest Region
Stephen Steim, Manager

Geneva

Laurence Lorenzini, Director, Geneva Committee
Noboru Fernandes de Abreu, Associate
Julia Lambert, Associate

Los Angeles

Emma Cherniavsky, Deputy Director, HRW Council
Hava Manasse, Associate Director, California Committee South
Hannah Roh, Event Planner
Tiffany Siart, Director, California Committee South
Caitlin McAdam, Office Administrator

San Francisco

Glen Galaich, Deputy Director, Development & Outreach, North America
Elizabeth Marsh, Director, California Committee North (on leave)
Justine Freeman, Event Planner
Ashley White-Stern, Event Planner
Leah Albert, Administrator

London

Laura Boardman, Deputy Director, Development & Outreach, Europe
Harriet Ryan, Events Manager
Simona Santojanni, Coordinator

Paris

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

Toronto

Jasmine Herlt, Canada Director
Lija Skobe, Coordinator

International Film Festival

John Biaggi, Director
Andrea Holley, Deputy Director
Jennifer Nedbalsky, Program Manager

General Counsel

Dinah PoKempner, General Counsel
Jessica Martini, Deputy General Counsel

Sarah Pinho, Coordinator
Blevin Shelnutt, Associate

Legal & Policy

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

Sarah Pinho, Coordinator

International Justice Program

Richard Dicker, Director
Sara Darehshori, Senior Counsel
Elizabeth Evenson, Counsel
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 Operating Officer
Akila Lingham, Associate Director of European Operations

Jane Crair, Associate

Finance & Administration

Barbara Guglielmo, Director
David Bragg, Associate Director of Administration
Marcia Allina, Consultant
Gilbert Colon, Facilities Manager
Suzanna Davidson, Controller
Karalyn Evans, Project Manager
Jane Debenham, DC Office Manager
Fitzroy Hepkins, Mail Manager
Benn Muir, London Office Manager
Abdou Seye, Finance Manager
Jay Schwartz, Associate Director, Finance & Strategy
Mei Yuen Tang, Senior Accountant

Marijke Anbeek, Office Administrator
Wolfgang Buettner, Administrative Assistant (on leave)
Thibaud Deweert, Administrator
Julia Lambert, Office Administrator
Jose Martinez, Production Coordinator
Sonia Pastor, Associate
Amy Peters, Facilities Assistant

Human Resources

Maria Pignataro Nielsen, Director
Eric Rebbert, Deputy Director
Rachel Chapman, Human Resources Specialist
Russ Passig, Human Resources Specialist
Ernest Ulrich, Consultant

Michael Davidson, Associate
Jessica Ognian, Associate

Information Technology

Walid Ayoub, Director
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
Grace Choi, Publications Director
Meg Reber, Publications Specialist

Dahlia El Zein, Coordinator
Chloë Fussell, Associate

Africa

Georgette Gagnon, Acting Director
Carolyn Norris, Acting Deputy Director
Jon Elliott, Advocacy Director
Rikky Minyuku, South Africa Director
Chris Albin-Lackey, Senior Researcher
Selena Brewer, Researcher
David Buchbinder, Researcher
Maria Burnett, Researcher
Alison Des Forges, Senior Advisor
Corinne Dufka, Senior Researcher
Neela Ghoshal, Researcher
Eric Guttschuss, Researcher
Tiseke Kasambala, Senior Researcher
Leslie Lefkow, Senior Researcher
Ben Rawlence, Researcher
Lisa Rimli, NGO Liaison
Jemera Rone, Counsel
Ida Sawyer, Researcher
Rebecca Schaeffer, Kroll Family Human Rights Fellow
Anneke Van Woudenberg, Senior Researcher

Thomas Gilchrist, Associate
Charlene Harry, South Africa Office Administrator
Sarah Mathewson, Associate
McKenzie Price, Associate
Jeffrey Severson, Associate

Americas

José Miguel Vivanco, Director
Daniel Wilkinson, Deputy Director
Sebastian Brett, Researcher
Fernando Delgado, Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellow
Maria McFarland, Senior Researcher
Nikolaus Steinberg, Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellow
Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Researcher

Paola Adriazola, Associate
Kavita Shah, Associate

Arms

Steve Goose, Director
Bonnie Docherty, Researcher
Mark Hiznay, Senior Researcher

Kerri West, Associate

Asia

Brad Adams, Director
Elaine Pearson, Deputy Director
Sophie Richardson, Advocacy Director
Kanae Doi, Tokyo Director
Nicholas Bequelin, Senior Researcher
Sara Colm, Senior Researcher
Meenakshi Ganguly, Senior Researcher
Ali Dayan Hasan, Senior Researcher
Charu Lata Hogg, Researcher
Phelim Kine, Researcher
Sunai Phasuk, Researcher
Rachel Reid, Researcher
Kay Seok, Researcher
Naureen Shah, Leonard H. Sandler Fellow
Mickey Spiegel, Senior Researcher

Pema Abrahams, 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
Jo Becker, Advocacy Director
Clarisa Bencomo, Researcher
Elizabeth Calvin, California Advocate
Juliane Kippenberg, Senior Researcher
Bede Sheppard, Researcher
Simone Troller, Researcher

Kennji Kizuka, Associate
Cassandra Mikicic, Associate

Emergencies

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

Ashoka Mukpo, Associate

Europe and Central Asia

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

Tatyana Cooper, Associate
Viktoriya Kim, Associate
Sonya Kleshik, Associate
Kathryn Koonce, Associate
Iwona Zielinska, Associate

HIV/AIDS

Joseph Amon, Director
Megan McLemore, Researcher
Diederik de Savornin Lohman, Senior Researcher
Rebecca Schaeffer, Kroll Family Human Rights Fellow
Rebecca Schleifer, Advocate

Mignon Lamia, Associate

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights

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

Jessica Ognian, Associate

Middle East and North Africa

Sarah Leah Whitson, Director
Joe Stork, Deputy Director
Ricky Goldstein, Research Director
Nadim Houry, Senior Researcher
Heba Morayef, Researcher
Bill Van Esveld, Researcher
Abderrahim Sabir, Project Leader for the Civilian Protection Initiative
Christoph Wilcke, Senior Researcher

Nadia Barhoum, Associate
Brent Giannotta, Associate

Refugee Policy

Bill Frelick, Director
Gerry Simpson, Researcher and Advocate

Valerie Kirkpatrick, Associate

Terrorism/Counterterrorism

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

Katharine Weis, Associate

United States

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

Abigail Marshak, Associate
Ashoka Mukpo, Associate

Women’s Rights

Liesl Gerntholtz, Director
Janet Walsh, Deputy Director
Nada Mustafa Ali, Researcher
Angela Heimburger, Researcher
Marianne Mollmann, Advocacy Director
Aruna Kashyap, Researcher
Meghan Rhoad, Researcher
Gauri Van Gulik, Researcher and Advocate
Nisha Varia, Senior Researcher

Alexander Horne, Associate
Daniela Ramirez, Associate