Staff
EXECUTIVE
Beverly Tillery, Executive Director
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btillery@avp.org
CLIENT SERVICES
Aditi Bhattacharya,
অদিতি ভট্টাচার্য ; अदीति भट्टाचार्य; ادتی بھاتاچریا
LCSW Deputy Director of Client Services
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Adrianna Rosario, Client Advocacy Specialist
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Caroline Blanton, Clinician
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Darlene S. Torres, Director of Client Services
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Dominique Russell, Clinician
Pronouns: he/him/his, she/her/hers, they/them/theirs
Hank Oliver, Intake Coordinator
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Tara Fox, Manager of the Clinical Program
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Vanessa Crespo, Client Advocacy Specialist
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FINANCE and OPERATIONS
Andrew Shoffner, Senior Finance Administrator
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Brian R. Wills-Jones, Finance and Contracts Coordinator
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Jolene Halzen, Senior Manager of Operations and Human Resources
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Elsa Gjyshi, Senior Finance and Contracts Manager
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To reach a member of our Finance team, please contact finance@avp.org
COMMUNICATIONS
Kwaku Farrar, Content & Communications Manager
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Orie Givens, Director of Communications
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Raffi Marhaba, Visual Communications Associate
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING and PUBLIC ADVOCACY
Audacia Ray, Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy
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Delilah Seligman LMSW, Manager of Training Programs
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Jess McBrayer, Manager of National Policy Advocacy
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Reem, Dep. Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy
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Wes, Community Organizer
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To reach a member of our organizing team, please contact community@avp.org
LEGAL SERVICES
Ashley N. Young, Director of Legal Services
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Jordan Burnett, Senior Staff Attorney
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Laura Horvath-Roa, Staff Attorney
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Leslie Allen, Deputy Director of Legal Services
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Yessenia Monserath Naula, Paralegal
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DEVELOPMENT
Michael Thomas, Development Operations Manager
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Raúl Xavier Ramos, Development Assistant
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TBA, Director of Development
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Stephanie Blackwood, Independent Consultant, Board Chair
Olivia Blake, Planned Parenthood of New York, Board Secretary
Pamela Wilkinson, JP Morgan Chase, Treasurer
Board Members
David Ehrich, Board Member
Ben Lee, Silicon Valley Bank, Audit Committee Chair
Jeremy Orloff, Board Member
Linda Tepedino, Black White Gray Consulting Group, Inc., Board Member