Staff
EXECUTIVE
Beverly Tillery, Executive Director
Pronouns: she/her/hers
btillery@avp.org
Catherine Shugrue dos Santos,
Deputy Executive Director for Programs
Pronouns: she/her/hers
cshugruedossantos@avp.org
Trimaine Ingram, Executive Assistant
Pronouns: she/her/hers
tingram@avp.org
CLIENT SERVICES
Aditi Bhattacharya,
অদিতি ভট্টাচার্য ; अदीति भट्टाचार्य; ادتی بھاتاچریا
LCSW Deputy Director of Client Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers
abhattacharya@avp.org
Adrianna Rosario, Client Advocacy Specialist
Pronouns: she/her/hers
arosario@avp.org
Darlene S. Torres, Director of Client Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers
dtorres@avp.org
Elliot McCullough, Clinician
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
emccullough@avp.org
Hank Oliver, Intake Coordinator
Pronouns: he/him/his
holiver@avp.org
James McManus, Clinician
Pronouns: he/him/his
jmcmanus@avp.org
Kiara Montero-Reyes, Senior Clinician, Still Survivor’s Program
Pronouns: she/her/hers
kmontero@avp.org
Raffy A. Rios, Manager of Hotline and Training Programs
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
rrios@avp.org
Tara Fox, Manager of the Clinical Program
Pronouns: she/her/hers
tfox@avp.org
Vanessa Crespo, Client Advocacy Specialist
Pronouns: she/her/hers
vcrespo@avp.org
FINANCE and OPERATIONS
Andrew Shoffner, Senior Finance Administrator
Pronouns: he/him/his
ashoffner@avp.org
Brian R. Wills-Jones, Finance and Contracts Coordinator
Pronouns: he/him/his
bwills@avp.org
Chelsea Convery, Manager of Operations and Human Resources
Pronouns: she/her/hers
cconvery@avp.org
Elsa Gjyshi, Senior Finance and Contracts Manager
Pronouns: she/her/hers
egjyshi@avp.org
Kris Mordecai, Director of Finance and Operations
Pronouns: he/him/his, they/them/theirs
kmordecai@avp.org
Raymond Camacho, Operations Associate
Pronouns: he/him/his
rcamacho@avp.org
COMMUNICATIONS
Kwaku Farrar, Content & Communications Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his
kfarrar@avp.org
Orie Givens, Director of Communications
Pronouns: he/him/his
ogivens@avp.org
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING and PUBLIC ADVOCACY
Audacia Ray, Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy
Pronouns: she/her/hers
aray@avp.org
Delilah Seligman LMSW, Manager of Training Programs
Pronouns: she/her/hers
dseligman@avp.org
LEGAL SERVICES
Ashley N. Young, Director of Legal Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers
ayoung@avp.org
Jenn Rubin-Souza, Staff Attorney
Pronouns: she/her/hers
jrubin@avp.org
Jessie Pimentel, Manager of Legal Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers
jpimentel@avp.org
Olivia Brenner, Staff Attorney
Pronouns: she/her/hers
obrenner@avp.org
Yessenia Monserath Naula, Paralegal
Pronouns: she/her/hers
ynaula@avp.org
DEVELOPMENT
Michael Thomas, Development Operations Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his
mthomas@avp.org
Panayiota Fertitta-Boutis, Development Partnerships Manager
Pronouns: she/her/hers
pboutis@avp.org
Raúl Xavier Ramos, Development Assistant
Pronouns: he/him/his, they/them/theirs
rramos@avp.org
Sara Murphy, Director of Development
Pronouns: she/her/hers
smurphy@avp.org
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Kito K. Huggins, Board Chair
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Thomas Zuzelo, Board Vice Chair
Co-Founder
Xate Engeria
Aswini Krishnan, Treasurer
Director, Emerging Markets and Global Corporate Credit
GIA Partners
Will Chamberlin, Secretary
Head of Growth
Sylva
Shannon Burke
Executive Director, HR Regulatory Affairs
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Liz Edman
Episcopal priest and political strategist
Devin Graham
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategist & Programs Lead, Cloud Recruiting
Google
Keisha Bell
Head of Talent & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
DTCC
Imara Jones
Journalist, Content Creator and Founder
TransLash Media
Racquel Joseph
Chief Experience Officer
Kindred
Ben Lee
Senior Vice President, Global Fund Banking
Silicon Valley Bank
Jeremy Orloff
Medical Student
Weill Cornell
Jim O’Sullivan
Director, Philanthropy & Corporate Relations
Stand Up To Cancer
Marquise Vilson
Public figure, Tom Swift & A league Of Their Own, Co-founder of Secure the Bag (STB Safety), GMHC Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Kito Huggins, Board Chair
Thomas Zuzelo, Board Vice Chair
Aswini Krishnan, Treasurer
Will Chamberlin, Secretary
Audit Committee
Ben Lee, Chair
Aswini Krishnan
Jim O’Sullivan
Finance Committee
Aswini Krishnan, Chair
Ben Lee
Brian Lee
Robert Bibel
Communications Committee
Imara Jones, Co-Chair
Racquel Joseph, Co-Chair
Derek Dewosky
Mike Hofman
Lynne D. Johnson
Harish Bhandari
Danielle Cooper
Terron R Moore
Governance Committee
Shannon Burke, Chair
Devin Graham, Chair
Linda Tepedino
Kerry Gillich
Olu Howard
Luis Vivaldi
Programs Committee
Richard Saenz, Chair
Kelly Lewis
Jeanette K. Ruffins (MSW)
Teresa Hurst
Anne E. Patterson (LMSW)
Catherine Stayton
Development Committee
Keisha Bell, Chair
Jim O’Sullivan, Chair
Elly Brinkley
Will Chamberlin
Kito Huggins
Aswini Krishnan
Jeremy Orloff
Thomas Zuzelo