Our Team
We are a group of people who are passionate about making justice across borders a reality.
Our Staff
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Founder & Executive Director
Finance & Administration Director
Legal Director
Capacity Building & Communications Manager
KEISHA KOKONEZI
Human Resources &
Operations Manager
Development Manager &
Program Associate
Legal Assistant
NATALIA VILELA
Communications Assistant
Our Staff
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Founder & Executive Director
Finance Director
Defender Network Director
Legal Director
Legal Manager &
Immigration Specialist
Policy & Advocacy Manager
Communications Manager
Child Detention Fellow
Development Associate
Human Resources & Office Associate
Defender Network Assistant
Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant
NATALIA VILELA
Communications Assistant
Board of Directors
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Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic,
Cornell Law School
Associate Director of Cross-Sector Innovation, Data Science
S & P Global Ratings
Director of Major Philanthropy
St. Francis College
Vice President for Legal Services,
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Development Consultant &
Human Rights Advocate
Founder & Managing Principal
Talent Acuity Group
Deputy Director,
Immigrant Justice Corps
Technology Sales & Management Leader
Board of Advisors
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MUNEER AHMAD
Deputy Dean for Experiential Education
Yale Law School
HUGO AYALA
Human Rights Attorney
Guatemala
MARY BAUER
General Counsel
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante
LANCE COMPA
Senior Lecturer
Cornell University's School of
Industrial & Labor Relations
CLAUDIA GONZÁLEZ ORELLANA
Human Rights Attorney
Guatemala
Director for Equality and Inclusion
Open Society Foundations Justice Initiative
JULIA HARRINGTON
LYNN HAVILAND
Brand Strategist & Copywriter
Lynn Haviland LLC
CLAUDIA HERRMANNSDÖRFER
Lawyer and Human Rights Advocate
Honduras
PATRICIA JUAN PINEDA
Labor Law Attorney
Mexico
STEVE LUTTMAN
Managing Director
Tortoise & Volt Marketing & Ventures
NEHA MISRA
Senior Specialist for Migration
& Human Trafficking
Solidarity Center
RANDALL QUAN
Senior Partner
Community Resource Exchange
JANELLE SAFFIN
Australian Parliamentarian
PAMELA SAWHNEY
Counsel
Securities and Exchange Commission
JOHN SLOCUM
Former Director of the Migration Program Area
The John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation