Staff

Executive

Taifa Smith Butler

President

Joseph DiNorcia

Chief Finance & Operations Officer

Kalin Drzewiecki-Sezer

Chief of Staff

Angela Hanks

Chief of Programs

Kiara Pesante Haughton

Chief of Communications & Advancement

Communications

Anoa Changa

Director of Communications

Gwyn Ellsworth

Associate Director, Digital Engagement

Victoria Muiru

Communications Project Associate

Lesley Williams

Senior Digital Content Manager

Advancement

Vanessa Fernandez

Director of Advancement

Afton Battle

Senior Manager, Individual Giving

Caitlin Furio

Grant Writer

Kaitlin Kerwin

Senior Manager, Foundation Relations

Paris Wilkerson

Advancement Associate

Democracy

Brenda Wright

Senior Advisor, Legal Strategies

Estee Konor

Associate Director of Litigation

Laura Williamson

Associate Director of Democracy

Ashley Tjhung

Policy Analyst, Democracy

Economic Justice

Lebaron Sims

Associate Director of Economic Justice

Francis Lightburn

Policy & Research Associate

Daniella Zessoules

Senior Policy Analyst, Economic Justice

Movement Building

Carol Lautier, Ph.D.

Director of Movement Building

Joshua Harmon

Movement Building Associate

Operations

Elida Rivera

Director of Operations

Ava Cates

Senior Operations Associate

Marsha Sasmor

Salesforce Analyst

People & Culture

Ron Piper

Executive Assistant to the President

José Gonzalez

Director of Talent & Equity

Joean Villarin

Executive Assistant, Chief of Programs & Chief of Operations

Finance

Jonathan Braver

Director of Finance

Jasmine Perez

Senior Finance Associate

Benjamin Taylor

Senior Grants and Budget Manager

Yvette Velez

Senior Accounting Manager