Staff & Board

Staff

EXECUTIVE

Audacia Ray, Interim Executive Director
Pronouns: they/them/theirs, she/her/hers

Ashley N. Young, Interim Deputy Executive Director      Pronouns: she/her/hers

CLIENT SERVICES

Aditi Bhattacharya, ​LCSW
অদিতি ভট্টাচার্য ; अदीति भट्टाचार्य; ادتی بھاتاچریا 
Director of Client Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Tara Fox, Director of Clinical Programs
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Hank Oliver, Manager of Hotline Programs
Pronouns: he/him/his

Caroline Blanton, Clinician
Pronouns: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs

Dominique Russell, Clinician
Pronouns: he/him/his, she/her/hers, they/them/theirs

Vanessa Crespo, Client Advocacy Specialist
Pronouns: she/her/hers

FINANCE and OPERATIONS 

Andrew Shoffner, Interim Finance Director 
Pronouns: he/him/his

Brian R. Wills-Jones, Finance and Contracts Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his

Jolene Halzen, Senior Manager of Operations and Human Resources 
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Elsa Gjyshi, Senior Finance and Contracts Manager
Pronouns: she/her/hers

To reach a member of our Finance team, please contact finance@avp.org

COMMUNICATIONS

Kwaku Farrar, Content & Communications Manager
Pronouns: they/them/he/him

Raffi Marhaba, Brand Manager
Pronouns: they/them

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING and PUBLIC ADVOCACY

Reem, Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Delilah Seligman LMSW, Manager of Training Programs 
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Jess McBrayer, Manager of National Policy Advocacy
Pronouns: they/them/theirs

To reach a member of our organizing team, please contact community@avp.org

LEGAL SERVICES

Leslie Allen, Director of Legal Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Laura Horvath-Roa, Staff Attorney
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Paulina Cohen, Staff Attorney
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Jonnie Gillam, Paralegal
Pronouns: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs

DEVELOPMENT

To reach Development, please contact development@avp.org 

Board of Directors

Executive Committee  

Stephanie Blackwood, Board Chair 

Pamela Wilkinson, Treasurer

Board Members  

Ben Lee, Audit Committee Chair  

Linda Tepedino, Board Member