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
Legal Manager &
Immigration Specialist
Capacity Building & Communications Manager
KEISHA KOKONEZI
Human Resources &
Operations Manager
Policy & Advocacy Manager
Development Manager &
Program Associate
Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant
NATALIA VILELA
Communications Assistant
Our Staff
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Founder & Executive Director
Finance Director
Legal Director
Legal Manager &
Immigration Specialist
Defender Network Manager
Human Resources &
Operations Manager
Policy & Advocacy Manager
Communications Manager
Development Manager &
Program Associate
Child Detention Fellow
Development Associate
Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant
NATALIA VILELA
Communications Assistant
Board of Directors
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Board Compliance Officer
Partner at Stroock & Stroock
& Lavan LLP
Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, Cornell Law School
Change & Product Manager
at Barclays Bank
Director of Major Philanthropy
at St. Francis College
Vice President for Legal Services, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Development Consultant & Human Rights Advocate
Head of Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness at Odgers Berndtson
Deputy Director at
Immigrant Justice Corps
Technology Sales and Management Leader
Civil Rights Lawyer
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 (CDM)
LANCE COMPA
Professor Emeritus, Cornell University - ILR School
CLAUDIA GONZÁLEZ ORELLANA
Human Rights Attorney, Guatemala
JULIA HARRINGTON
Senior Legal Officer, Equality and Citizenship - Equal Justice Initiative, Open Society Foundations
LYNN HAVILAND
Brand Strategist, Copywriter and Naming Expert
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, Migration and 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