Staff

Click on name to read a staff member's biography.

Executive Office

Carolyn Makinson, Executive Director

Marsha Zeesman, Deputy Executive Director

Nathaly Spilotros, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director

Advocacy

Joan Timoney, Director of Advocacy and External Relations

Ada Williams Prince, Senior Advocacy Officer

Communications

Diana Quick, Director of Communications

Elizabeth Beresford, Communications Officer

Detention and Asylum

Michelle Brané, Director, Detention and Asylum Program

Emily Butera, Program Officer, Detention and Asylum Program

Development

Christine Squires, Acting Director of Development

Rachael Barrett, Senior Development Officer

Jessica Breiman, Development Manager

Finance

Marcos Ortiz, Women's Refugee Commission Controller

Somkit Yust, Grants Manager

Protection

Dale Buscher, Director of Protection

Jina Dev, Senior Program Officer, Livelihoods

Jenny Perlman Robinson, Senior Program Officer, Children and Youth

Abigail Gacusana, Program Coordinator

Reproductive Health

Sandra Krause, Director, Reproductive Health Program

Erin Patrick, Senior Program Officer, Fuel and Firewood Initiative

Lauren Heller, Program Officer, Reproductive Health

Mihoko Tanabe, Program Manager, Reproductive Health Program

Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict Staff

Eva Smets, Director, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Severine Chevrel, Officer for Capacity Strengthening Projects, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Yvonne Kemper, Officer, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Simar Singh, Program Manager, Operations, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

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