Board & Staff

Board of Directors
Jessica Neuwirth, President (USA)
Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas, Vice President (Palestine)
Colette De Troy, Vice President (Belgium)
Elizabeth Evatt, Treasurer (Australia)
Heisoo Shin, Secretary (Republic of Korea)
Lisa Alter (USA)
Katie Grover (USA)
Tracy Lovatt (UK)
Sapana Pradhan-Malla (Nepal)
Susan Smalley (USA)
Gloria Steinem (USA)
Helen Zia (USA)
Yasmeen Hassan, ex officio (Pakistan)

UK Trustees
Maha Abu-Dayyeh (Palestine)
Lisa Alter (USA)
Meaza Ashenafi (Ethiopia)
Colette De Troy (Belgium)
Elizabeth Evatt (Australia)
Katie Grover (USA)
Tracy Lovatt (UK)
Sapana Pradhan-Malla (Nepal)
Jessica Neuwirth (USA)
Heisoo Shin (Republic of Korea)
Susan Smalley (USA)
Gloria Steinem (USA)
Helen Zia (USA)

Advisory Board
Deborah Taylor Ashford (USA)
Elizabeth Odio Benito (Costa Rica)
Helen Bernstein (USA)
Sarah Brokaw (USA)
Winnie Byanyima (Uganda)
Edwidge Danticat (USA-Haiti)
Amanda Fox (USA)
Lela Goren (USA)
Chandra Jessee (USA)
Sarah Jones (USA)
Christine Lahti (USA)
Ann MacDougall (USA)
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge (South Africa)
Robin Morgan (USA)
Alanis Morissette (USA)
Irene Kubota Neves (USA)
Lynn Nottage (USA)
Paula Reiser (USA)
Ellen Rosenthal (USA)
Joan Ruddock (United Kingdom)
Bonnie Schaefer (USA)
Marla Schaefer (USA)
Diala Shamas (Palestine/USA)
Meryl Streep (USA)
Rose Styron (USA)
Joss Whedon (USA)
Timothy Wilkins (USA)
Liz Young (USA)

Adolescent Girls' Legal Defense Fund Advisory Board
Judith Bruce, Chair
Lisa Alter
Laura Barnett
Dale Buscher
Elizabeth Evatt
Jane Fonda
Marianne Gimon
Ann Graham
Steve Hammond
Judge Claire L’Heureux Dubé 

STAFF

Global
Yasmeen Hassan – Global Director
Caroline Berger – Website & Social Media Manager
Suzanna Finley – Executive Assistant
Priscillann Simpson – Senior Accountant/Human Resources Administrator

New York
Lauren Hersh – Director, New York Office
Kristen Berg – Program Officer (Trafficking)
Catherine Brandli – Director of Development
Corey Calabrese – Program Officer (Sexual Violence, FGM, Trafficking) - maternity cover
Toniya Katsarov  – Database Manager
Antonia Kirkland – Legal Advisor (Discrimination in Law)
Cossette Morillo – Office Manager
Mehr Qureshi – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and FGM) - on maternity leave
Amanda Sullivan – Womens’ Action Network Director

Nairobi
Faiza Jama Mohamed – Director, Nairobi Office
Mary Ciugu – Office Manager
Caroline Muthoni Muriithi – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and Trafficking)
Ruth Njeng'ere – Regional Communications Officer
Grace Uwizeye – Program Officer (FGM)

London
Jacqui Hunt – Director, London Office
Efua Dorkenoo – Advocacy Director, FGM Program
Claire Dupuy – Office Manager
Andrea Matolcsi – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and Trafficking) - maternity cover
Anber Raz – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and Trafficking) - on maternity leave
Brendan Wynne – Media Officer

Washington D.C.
Shelby Quast – Senior Policy Advisor

Consultants
Suad Abu-Dayyeh – Middle East/ North Africa Consultant (Jordan)
Karen Asare – Communications Consultant
Catharine Bufalino – Media Consultant
Kenneth Franzblau – Anti-Trafficking Consultant
Shoji Masuzawa – IT Consultant
Eugenia Temba – Coalition Project Coordinator ( Zambia)