Board & Staff

Jessica Neuwirth, Honorary President (USA)

Board of Directors
Colette De Troy, Co-Chair (Belgium)
Susan Smalley, PhD, Co-Chair  (USA)
Susana Chiarotti, Vice Chair (Argentina)
Heisoo Shin, Vice Chair (South Korea)
Elizabeth Evatt, Treasurer (Australia)
Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas, Secretary (Palestine)
Lisa Alter (USA)
Tracy Lovatt (UK)
Gloria Steinem (USA)
Genoveva Tisheva (Bulgaria)
Sidiga Abdelrahim Washi (Sudan)
Helen Zia (USA)
Yasmeen Hassan, ex officio

UK Trustees
Colette De Troy, Co-Chair (Belgium)
Susan Smalley, PhD, Co-Chair  (USA)
Susana Chiarotti, Vice Chair (Argentina)
Heisoo Shin, Vice Chair (South Korea)
Elizabeth Evatt, Treasurer (Australia)
Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas, Secretary (Palestine)
Lisa Alter (USA)
Meaza Ashenafi (Ethiopia)
Tracy Lovatt (UK)
Gloria Steinem (USA)
Genoveva Tisheva (Bulgaria)
Sidiga Abdelrahim Washi (Sudan)
Helen Zia (USA)
Yasmeen Hassan, ex officio

Advisory Board
Deborah Taylor Ashford
Elizabeth Odio Benito
Helen Bernstein
Sarah Brokaw
Winnie Byanyima
Edwidge Danticat
Amanda Fox
Lela Goren
Chandra Jessee
Sarah Jones
Christine Lahti
Ann MacDougall
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
Robin Morgan
Alanis Morissette
Irene Kubota Neves
Lynn Nottage
Paula Reiser
Ellen Rosenthal
Joan Ruddock
Bonnie Schaefer
Marla Schaefer
Diala Shamas
Lily Sobhani
Erin Stein
Meryl Streep
Rose Styron
Joss Whedon
Timothy Wilkins
Liz Young

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
Karen Asare – Communications Manager
Caroline Berger – Website & Social Media Manager
Suzanna Finley – Executive Assistant

New York
Lauren Hersh – Director, New York Office
Kristen Berg – Program Officer (Trafficking) - on maternity leave
Corey Calabrese – Program Officer (Sexual Violence, Trafficking) - maternity cover
Toniya Katsarov  – Database Manager
Antonia Kirkland – Legal Advisor (Discrimination in Law)
Mehr Qureshi – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and FGM)
Cossette Rivera – Office Manager - on maternity leave
Priscillann Simpson – Senior Accountant/Human Resources Administrator
Amanda Sullivan – Equality Action Network Director

Nairobi
Faiza Jama Mohamed – Director, Nairobi Office
Mary Ciugu – Office Manager
Kavinya Makau – Program Officer (Discrimination in Law)
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)
Anber Raz – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and Trafficking)
Brendan Wynne – Media Officer

Washington D.C.
Shelby Quast – Senior Policy Advisor

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