Board & Staff

Board of Directors
Jessica Neuwirth, Chair (USA)
Maha Abu-Dayyeh, President (Palestine)
Lisa Alter, Treasurer (USA)
Meaza Ashenafi (Ethiopia)
Colette De Troy (Belgium)
Sapana Pradhan-Malla (Nepal)
Cecilia Medina Quiroga (Chile)
Gloria Steinem (USA)
Yukiko Tsunoda (Japan)
Helen Zia (USA)

Jacqui Hunt (ex-officio, United Kingdom)
Faiza Jama Mohamed (ex-officio, Somalia)

UK Trustees
Maha Abu-Dayyeh (Palestine)
Lisa Alter, Treasurer (USA)
Meaza Ashenafi (Ethiopia)
Susana Chiarotti (Argentina)
Colette De Troy (Belgium)
Elizabeth Evatt (Australia)
Sapana Pradhan-Malla (Nepal)
Cecilia Medina Quiroga (Chile)
Faiza Jama Mohamed (ex-officio, Somalia)
Jessica Neuwirth (USA)
Gloria Steinem (USA)
Yukiko Tsunoda (Japan)
Helen Zia (USA)

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

Adolescent Girl's Legal Defense Fund Advisory Board
Judith Bruce, Chair
Dale Buscher
Elizabeth Evatt
Jane Fonda
Marianne Gimon
Ann Graham
Judge Claire L’Heureux Dubé
Carolyn Makinson 

STAFF

Global
Yasmeen Hassan – Global Director
Suzanna Finley – Executive Assistant

New York
Tzili Mor – Director, New York Office
Kristen Berg – Program Officer (Trafficking)
Caroline Berger – Website & Social Media Administrator
Catherine Brandli – Director of Development
Antonia Kirkland – Legal Advisor (Discrimination in Law)
Cossette Morillo – Office Manager
Mehr Qureshi – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and FGM)
Amanda Sullivan – Womens’ Action Network Director
Maya Ibars – Legal Fellow

Nairobi
Faiza Jama Mohamed – Director, Nairobi Office
Mary Ciugu – Office Manager
Alexandriah Muhanji – Program Officer (Discrimination in Law)
Caroline Muthoni Muriithi – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and Trafficking)
Grace Uwizeye – Program Officer (FGM)

London
Jacqui Hunt – Director, London Office
Efua Dorkenoo – Advocacy Director, FGM Program
Claire Dupuy – Office Manager
Anber Raz – Program Officer (Sexual Violence and Trafficking)

Consultants
Suad Abu-Dayyeh – Middle East/ North Africa Consultant (Jordan)
Karen Asare – Communications Consultant
Kenneth Franzblau – Anti-Trafficking Consultant
Michael Indeglio – Website & Social Media Consultant
Shoji Masuzawa – IT Consultant
Shelby Quast – Senior Policy Advisor (Washington D.C.)
Ingrid Rogers – Accountant
Eugenia Temba – Coalition Project Coordinator ( Zambia)