World Report 2003
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Staff, Council, and Board Committees


HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH STAFF

(as of December 1, 2002)

Executive
Kenneth Roth, executive director; and Jennifer Gaboury, executive assistant.

Advocacy
Rory Mungoven, advocacy director; Lotte Leicht, Brussels director; Steve Crawshaw, London director; Joanna Weschler, U.N. representative; Tom Malinowski, Washington advocacy director; Wendy Patten, U.S. advocacy director; Loubna Freih, associate U.N. representative (Geneva); John Emerson, web advocate; Leon Peijnenburg, E.U. coordinator (Brussels) and Malcolm Dort and Alison K. Hughes, associates.

Communication
Carroll Bogert, communications director; Jean-Paul Marthoz, Brussels press director; Minky Worden, electronic media director; Jagdish Parikh, on-line communications content coordinator; Urmi Shah, press information officer (London); Vanessa Saenen, office/press coordinator (Brussels); and Kyong-Hwa (Kay) Seok, associate.

Development and Outreach
Michele Alexander, development and outreach director; Rachel Weintraub, deputy director/international special events director; Rona Peligal, deputy director/foundation relations director; Randy Chamberlain, foundation relations associate director; Emma Cherniavsky, California Committee (South) director; Clint Dalton, California Committee (North) director; Marie Janson, Europe director (London Committee); Veronica Matushaj, photo editor/associate director, creative services; Kevin Indoe, database manager; Michelle Leisure, special events manager; Vanessa Estella, office administrator (Los Angeles); Yael Gottlieb and Liba Beyer, associates; Christie Livingston (p/t) and Ben Rinehart (p/t), assistants; Jane Ivey, Rafael Jiménez, and Corinne Servily, consultants; and EuroAmerican Communications, Anthony Weintraub.

Finance and Administration
Barbara Guglielmo, finance and administration director; Suzanna Davidson, controller; Christian Peña, office manager (New York); Anderson Allen, office manager (Washington); Vanessa Saenen, office administrator (Brussels); Mei Tang, accounting manager; Abdou Seye, accounting assistant; Assie Koroma, receptionist (Washington); and Victor Delgado (p/t), assistant.

Legal Office
Wilder Tayler, legal and policy director; Dinah PoKempner, general counsel; James Ross, senior legal advisor; Reed Brody, special counsel for prosecutions; Olivier Bercault, researcher; and Suneeta Kaimal, associate.

Human Resources
Maria Pignataro Nielsen, human resources director; Arelis Baird, personnel manager; Anna Angvall, assistant; and Ernest Ulrich, consultant.

Information Technology
Walid Ayoub, information technology director; Amin Khair, network administrator/help desk; Bruce Robinson, office/help desk associate; and Edward Valentini, consultant.

International Justice
Richard Dicker, international justice director; Pascal Kambale, Jennifer Trahan, and Brigitte Suhr, counsel; and Yolanda Revilla, associate.

Operations
John T. Green, operations director; Rebecca Hart, special assistant/board liaison; Rachael Noronha, office manager (London); Patrick Minges, publications director; Sobeira Genao, publications manager; Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager; Jose Martinez, production associate; Gil Colon, assistant; and Marcia Allina, consultant.

Program
Joseph Saunders, program director (acting); Jonathan Horowitz, coordinator; and Cynthia Brown and Ian Gorvin, consultants.

Academic Freedom
Saman Zia-Zarifi, director; and Bonnie Docherty, research and advocacy.

Business and Human Rights
Arvind Ganesan, director; and Carol Pier and Alex Vines, researchers.

Emergencies
Peter Bouchaert, senior researcher.

HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
Joanne Csete, director; Jonathan Cohen and Rebecca Schleifer, researchers; and Tommy Yeh, associate.

Refugees Policy
Rachael Reilly, director (on leave); Alison Parker, director (acting); Solome Lemma, associate; and Ophelia Field, consultant.

U.S. Program
Jamie Fellner, director; Allyson Collins, associate director; Amardeep Singh, researcher; and Paul Jacobs, associate.

International Film Festival
Bruni Burres, director; John Anderson, associate director; and Andrea Holley, manager, outreach and public education; and Laura Davis, coordinator.

2002-2003 Fellowship Recipients
Jane Buchanan, Bloomberg Fellow; Vivek Maru, Finberg Fellow; Karen Stauss, Sandler Fellow; Lisa Karanja, Schell Fellow; and Barbara Bolton, Furman Fellow.

2002 Everett Public Service Summer Interns
Ana Christina Figueroa, Anna Khomenko, Daniel Parnetti, Na'amah Razon, and Ole Solvang.

2002 Furman Summer Interns
Elizabeth Guzman and Natalie Horowitz.

2002 I.F. Stone Summer Interns
Claudine LoMonaco, Douglas Merlino, and Carole-Anne Elliott.

2002 Klatsky Summer Interns
Elizabeth Reichard and Sarah Suscinski.

AFRICA DIVISION

Staff
Peter Takirambudde, executive director; Bronwen Manby, deputy director; Alison DesForges, Corinne Dufka, Janet Fleischman, Juliane Kippenberg, Binaifer Nowrojee, Sara Rakita, Jemera Rone, Carina Tertsakian, and Lars Waldorf, research and advocacy; T. Jeffrey Scott and Colin Relihan, associates; and Andrea Lari and Louise Taylor, consultants.

Advisory Committee
Vincent A. Mai, chair; Carole Artigiani, Robert L. Bernstein, William Carmichael, Jean Castelli, Roberta Cohen, Carol Corillon, Cheryl "Imani" Countess, Alison L. DesForges, R. Harcourt Dodds, Stephen Ellmann, Aaron Etra, Gail M. Gerhart, Nadine B. Hack, Arthur C. Helton, Alice H. Henkin, Robert D. Joffe, Edward Kannyo, Thomas Karis, Stephen L. Kass, Wendy Keys, Dan Martin, Samuel K. Murumba, Muna Ndulo, James C.N. Paul, Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, Gustaf Silfverstolpe, Malcolm Smart, Dorothy Thomas, Dirk van Zyl Smit, R. Keith Walton, Claude E. Welch, Jr., Maureen White, and Aristide Zolberg.

AMERICAS DIVISION

Staff
José Miguel Vivanco, executive director; Joanne Mariner, deputy director; Sebastian Brett, Robin Kirk, and Daniel Wilkinson, research and advocacy; Jonathan Balcom and Marijke Conklin, associates; and Anne Manuel, consultant.

Advisory Committee
Lloyd Axworthy, chair; Marina Pinto Kaufman, vice chair; David E. Nachman, vice chair; Roland Algrant, Peter D. Bell, Marcelo Bronstein, Paul Chevigny, Roberto Cuellar, Dorothy Cullman, Tom J. Farer, Alejandro Garro, Peter Hakim, Ronald G. Hellman, Bianca Jagger, Mark Kaplan, Stephen L. Kass, Marina Pinto Kaufman, Kenneth Maxwell, Jocelyn McCalla, David E. Nachman, Bruce Rabb, Michael Shifter, George Soros, Julien J. Studley, Rose Styron, Javier Timerman, Horacio Verbitsky, and Tony White.

ASIA DIVISION

Staff
Brad Adams, executive director; Widney Brown, deputy director (acting); Mike Jendrzejczyk, Washington director; Sara Colm, Sara Davis, Charmain Mohamed, Smita Narula, and Mickey Spiegel, research and advocacy; Ami Evangelista and Liz Weiss, associates; and Matt Easton, Nathalie Godard, Josh Ounsted, and John Sifton, consultants.

Advisory Committee
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, chair; Maureen Aung-Thwin, Edward J. Baker, Harry Barnes, Robert L. Bernstein, Jagdish Bhagwati, Greg Carr, Jerome Cohen, John Despres, Clarence Dias, Dolores A. Donovan, Frances Fitzgerald, Adrienne Germain, Merle Goldman, Paul Hoffman, Sharon Hom, Rounaq Jahan. Daniel Lev, Perry Link, Bishop Paul Moore, Andrew Nathan, Yuri Orlov, Kathleen Peratis, Bruce Rabb, Victoria Riskin, Sheila Rothman, Barnett R. Rubin, Orville Schell, James Scott, Frances Seymour, Barbara Shailor, Steve Shapiro, and Eric Stover.

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA DIVISION

Staff
Elizabeth Andersen, executive director; Rachel Denber, deputy director; Anna Neistat, Moscow director; Alexander Anderson, Matilda Bogner, Julie Chadbourne, Julia Hall, Bogdan Ivanisevic, Diederik Lohman, Alexander Petrov, Darian Pavli, Acacia Shields, Jonathan Sugden, Veronika Szente Goldston, research and advocacy; Liudmila Belova, Marianna Idrisova, Emily Letts, Dorit Radzin and Leslie Smith, associates; Giorgi Gogia and Ole Solvang, assistants; and Fred Abrahams, Johanna Bjorken, Anne Manuel, Ani Mason, Marie Struthers, and Benjamin Ward, consultants.

Steering Committee
Peter Osnos, chair; Alice Henkin, vice chair; Mort Abramowitz, Henri J. Barkey, Stephen Del Rosso, Barbara D. Finberg, Felice Gaer, Michael E.Gellert, Paul Goble, Mark von Hagen, Stanley Hoffmann, Robert James, Jeri Laber, Walter Link, Prema Mathai-Davis, Michael McFaul, Sarah E. Mendelson, Karl Meyer, Joel Motley, Herbert Okun, Jane Olson, Hannah Pakula, Kathleen Peratis, Sigrid Rausing, Barnett R. Rubin, Colette Shulman, Leon Sigal, Malcolm Smith, George Soros, Marco Stoffel, Ruti Teitel, Patricia Wald, Mark Walton, William Zabel, and Warren Zimmermann.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DIVISION

Staff
Hanny Megally, executive director; Eric Goldstein, Hania Mufti, Elahé Sharifpour-Hicks, Virginia N. Sherry, Miranda Sissons, and Joe Stork, research and advocacy; Leila Hull and Mohamed Abdel Dayem, associates; and Johanna Bjorken, Nick Howen, and Donatella Rovera, consultants.

Advisory Committee
Gary Sick, co-chair; Lisa Anderson, co-chair; Bruce Rabb, vice chair; Khaled Abou El-Fadl, Shaul Bakhash, Richard Bartlett, M. Cherif Bassiouni, Martin Blumenthal, Paul Chevigny, Helena Cobban, Edith Everett, Mansour Farhang, Christopher E. George, Rita E. Hauser, Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Edy Kaufman, Marina Pinto Kaufman, Samir Khalaf, Judith Kipper, Ann M. Lesch, Robert Malley, Stephen P. Marks, Rabbi Rolando Matalon, Philip Mattar, Sheila Nemazee, Jane G. Schaller, Jean-Francois Seznec, Charles Shamas, Sanford Solender, Shibley Telhami, Mustafa Tlili, Napoleon B. Williams, Jr., and James J. Zogby.

ARMS DIVISION

Staff
Stephen D. Goose, executive director (acting); Reuben Brigety II, Mark Hiznay, Lisa Misol, and Mary Wareham, research and advocacy; Briana Wilson and Jamila Homayun, associates; and William M. Arkin and Monica Schurtman, consultants.

Advisory Committee
David Brown, co-chair; Vincent McGee, co-chair; Nicole Ball, vice chair; Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Ken Anderson, Rony Brauman, Ahmed H. Esa, Steve Fetter, William D. Hartung, Alastair Hay, Eboe Hutchful, Patricia L. Irvin, Krassimir Kanev, Michael Klare, Frederick J. Knecht, Edward Laurance, Graça Machel, Alamin Mazrui, Janne E. Nolan, Julian Perry Robinson, Andrew J. Pierre, Eugénia Piza-Lopez, David Rieff, John Ryle, Mohamed M. Sahnoun, Desmond Tutu, Torsten N. Wiesel, and Jody Williams.

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS DIVISION

Staff
Lois Whitman, executive director; Jo Becker, Clarisa Bencomo, Michael Bochenek, Zama Coursen-Neff and Tony Tate, research and advocacy; Dana Sommers, associate; and Kevin Heppner, consultant.

Advisory Committee
Jane Green Schaller, chair; Goldie Alfasi-Siffert, Roland Algrant, Michelle India Baird, Phyllis W. Beck, James Bell, Rachel Brett, Bernardine Dohrn, Father Robert F. Drinan, Albina du Boisrouvray, Rosa Ehrenreich, Barbara Finberg, Gail Furman, Lisa Hedley, Alice H. Henkin, Anita Howe-Waxman, Kathleen Hunt, Eugene M. Isenberg, Sheila B. Kamerman, Rhoda Karpatkin, Kela Leon, Alan Levine, Miriam Lyons, Hadassah Brooks Morgan, Joy Moser, Prexy Nesbitt, Elena Nightingale, Martha J. Olson, Marta Santos Pais, Susan Rappaport, Jack Rendler, Robert G. Schwartz, Mark I. Soler, William Taggart, William L. Taylor, Yodon Thonden, Geraldine Van Bueren, Peter Volmink, James D. Weill, and Derrick Wong.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS DIVISION

Staff
LaShawn R. Jefferson, executive director; Janet Walsh, deputy director; Farhat Bokhari, Widney Brown, Chirumbidzo Mabuwa, and Martina Vandenberg, research and advocacy; Natalie Rainer, associate; and Susan Osnos, consultant.

Advisory Committee
Kathleen Peratis, chair; Lisa Crooms, vice chair; Mahnaz Afkhami, Helen Bernstein, Cynthia Brown, Beverlee Bruce, Charlotte Bunch, Julie Dorf, Joan Dunlop, Adrienne Germain, Marina Pinto Kaufman, Asma Khader, Gara LaMarche, Joyce Mends-Cole, Yolanda Moses, Marysa Navarro-Aranguren, Susan Osnos, Susan J. Petersen-Kennedy, Marina Pisklakova, Catherine Powell, Geeta Rao Gupta, Celina Romany, Margaret Schuler, and Domna C.Stanton.


HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH COUNCIL

New York Committee
Joel Motley, co-chair; Robert Kissane, co-chair; Allen R. Adler, David Andryc, Henry H. Arnhold, Stuart J. Beck, Robert Bernstein, Martin Blumenthal, Kristine Bryan, Jean-Christophe Castelli, Ritu Chattree, Maurice J. Cunniffe, Strachan Donnelley, Patrick Durkin, Jonathan F. Fanton, Barbara Finberg, Michael G. Fisch, Gail Furman, Jay Furman, Kenneth D. Gibbs, David S. Hirsch, Joseph Hofheimer, Yves-Andre Istel, Robert G. James, Robert D. Joffe, Nancy Prager Kamel, Stephen L. Kass, Douglas Liman, Vincent A. Mai, Vincent McGee, David Nachman, Peter Osnos, James H. Ottaway, Jr., Kathleen Peratis, Bruce Rabb, Barbara Paul Robinson, Alice Sandler, Jeffrey Scheuer, Bruce Slovin, Francesca Slovin, Malcolm B. Smith, Domna Stanton, Eva Timerman, Javier Timerman, and Tony White. Robert Joffe and Domna Stanton, chairs emeritus.

California Committee North
Orville Schell, chair; Rebecca Brackman, vice-chair; and Jim Swinerton, vice-chair; Michelle Battelle, Juliette Bleecker, Jeff Bleich, Christine Bouckaert, Jim Brosnahan, Peter Coyote, Stuart Davidson and Wendy Webster, Chiara DiGeronimo, Jack Edelman, Diane Foug, Roger Gordon, Elizabeth Rice Grossman, Tom Higgins, Bryan Kemnitzer and Nancy Barron, Rich Levine, Sally Lilienthal, Walter Link, Nancy Parrish, Richard Power, Alice Schaffer Smith, and Steve Silberstein.

California Committee South
Mike Farrell, co-chair; Victoria Riskin, co-chair; Sid Sheinberg, co-chair; Jonathan Feldman, vice co-chair; and Zazi Pope, vice co-chair.

Executive Committee
Terree Bowers, Tammy Boyer, Justin Connolly, Nancy Cushing-Jones, Adam Greenfield, Jane Olson, co-founder; David W. Rintels, Lorraine Sheinberg, Todd Schulkin, and William D. Temko.

Jeri Alden, Elaine Attias, Rev. Ed Bacon, Joan Willens Beerman, Rabbi Leonard Beerman, Pam Bruns, Joan Burns, Geoffrey Cowan, Peggy Davis, Stephen Davis, Phyllis de Picciotto, Mary Estrin, Eric Garcetti, Steven M. Glick, Danny Glover, Michael A. Gordon, Barbara Gortikov, Paul Hoffman, Paula Holt, Claudia Kahn, Barry Kemp, Maggie Kemp, Rev. James Lawson Jr., Sheri Leinwand, Emily Levine, Roberto Lovato, Laurie McKinley, Kristin Olson McKissick, Eric Paquette, Thomas R. Parker, Marina Pisklakova-Parker, Alison Dundes Renteln, Tracy Rice, Carol Richards, Stan Roden, Lawrence D. Rose, Pippa Scott, Marc M. Seltzer, Stanley Sheinbaum, co-founder; Donald Spoto, Michel Tabori, Andrea Van de Kamp, Richard Verches, Nina Walton, Matt Ward, Patricia Williams, Diane O. Wittenberg, Stanley Wolpert, Noah Wyle, and Tracy Wyle.

Toronto Committee
Brenda Dinnick, co-chair; Clayton Ruby, co-chair; and Helga Stephenson, co-chair; David Baker, Suresh Bhalla, Sally Bongard, Wilf Dinnick, Sarah Dinnick and Colin Webster, Wilfrid Dinnick, Jr. and Alexandra Brooks-Hill, Bronwyn Drainie, Wendy Keys and Donald Pels, Elizabeth Levitt, Louise Levitt, Karen Lippert, Susan Reisler, Jean and Jeremy Riley, Myra Sable, and Nalini Stewart.

London Committee
John J. Studzinski, chair; Tony Elliott, vice-chair; and Sigrid Rausing, vice-chair; Bomi Anise, Deborah Bono, Kate Bucknell, Jenny Dearden, Phyllida Earle, Richard Fields, Susan Gibson, Louis Greig, John Howkins, Rona Kiley, Laura Malkin, Julie Meyer, Patricia Mirrlees, Ekatarina Okoun, Trevor Pears, Wiet H M Pot, Chris Powell, Stuart Proffitt, Hester van Roijen, Barbara Skene, Malcolm Smart, John Stewart, Kirsty Thomas, Caroline Younger, and Ana Zenic.

Europe Committee-At-Large
Miki Momèn, Stockholm; Gerhard Plasonig, Zurich; and Neil Rimer, Geneva.

U.S. Members-At-Large
Gregory C. Carr, Gina Despres, Arnold Hiatt John Kaneb, Robin Ray, and Stuart Ray.


HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH BOARD COMMITTEES

Executive Committee
Jonathan Fanton, chair; Jim Hoge, Jane Olson, Steve Kass, Bruce Klatsky, Bruce Rabb, Domna Stanton, and John Studzinksi.

Budget Committee
Bruce Klatsky, chair; David Brown, Bill Carmichael, Edith Everett, Jonathan Fanton, Kathleen Peratis, Sid Sheinberg, and Maya Wiley.

Communications Committee
Domna Stanton, chair; Roland Algrant, Robert Bernstein, Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Peter Osnos, Susan Osnos, Bruce Rabb, Orville Schell, Gary Sick, and Margo Viscusi.

Development Committee
Bob Kissane, co-chair; Jane Olson, co-chair; Robert Bernstein, Martin Blumenthal, Edith Everett, Jonathan Fanton, Marina Kaufman, Wendy Keys, Josh Mailman, Bruce Rabb, Sigrid Rausing, Sid Sheinberg, Domna Stanton, and John Studzinski.

Investment Committee
John Studzinski, chair; Robert Bernstein, Jonathan Fanton, Michael Gellert, Joel Motley, Bruce Klatsky, and Malcolm Smith.

Nominating Committee
Jim Hoge, chair; Jonathan Fanton, Marina Kaufman, Jane Olson, Peter Osnos, Kathleen Peratis, Catherine Powell (on leave), Bruce Rabb, Gary Sick, and Maureen White.

Policy Committee
Steve Kass, chair; Alice Henkin, vice chair; Lisa Anderson, Robert Bernstein, Martin Blumenthal, William Carmichael, Paul Chevigny, Lori Damrosch, Mike Farrell, Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Samuel Murumba, Kathleen Peratis, Catherine Powell, Bruce Rabb, Minna Schrag, Steve Shapiro, Sid Sheinberg, and Maya Wiley.


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