Staff & Board

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

CLIENT SERVICES

Darlene S. Torres, Director of Client Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers
dtorres@avp.org

Aditi Bhattacharya, ​
অদিতি ভট্টাচার্য ; अदीति भट्टाचार्य; ادتی بھاتاچریا 
LCSW Deputy Director of Client Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers
abhattacharya@avp.org

Robert Lopez, Manager of Data Analytics and Evaluation. Hotline Coordinator
Pronouns: he/him/his
rlopez@avp.org

Kevin Ruiz-Salazar, Clinician
Pronouns: he/him/his
kruizsalazar@avp.org

Vanessa Crespo, Client Advocacy Specialist
Pronouns: she/her/hers
vcrespo@avp.org

K. Richardson, Coordinator of Campus Engagement and Prevention
Pronouns: he/him/his, they/them/theirs
krichardson@avp.org

Raffy A. Rios, Senior Client Advocacy Specialist
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
rrios@avp.org

Kiara Montero-Reyes, Clinician, Still Survivor’s Program
Pronouns: she/her/hers
kmontero@avp.org

Elliot McCullough, Clinician
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
emccullough@avp.org

Steve Utzig, Clinician
Pronouns: he/him/his
sutzig@avp.org

Brittany Reid, Manager of Economic Empowerment and Client Advocacy Programs
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
breid@avp.org

Jerome Jones, Economic Empowerment Specialist
Pronouns: they/them/theirs/Beyoncé
jjones@avp.org

FINANCE and ADMINISTRATION

Myles Paisley, Director of Finance and Operations
Pronouns: he, him, his
mpaisley@avp.org

Elsa Gjyshi, Senior Finance and Contracts Manager
Pronouns: she/her/hers
egjyshi@avp.org

Brian R. Wills-Jones, Contracts Specialist
Pronouns: he/him/his
bwills@avp.org

Chelsea Convery, Operations and Human Resources Specialist
Pronouns: she/her/hers
cconvery@avp.org

COMMUNICATIONS

Eliel Cruz, Director of Communications
Pronouns: he/him/his
ecruz@avp.org

Ciarra Ross, Communications Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
cross@avp.org

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING and PUBLIC ADVOCACY

Audacia Ray, Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy
Pronouns: she/her/hers
aray@avp.org

Zara Nasir, Deputy Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy
Pronouns: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs
znasir@avp.org

Lolan Sevilla, Senior Manager of Political Education and Leadership Development
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
lsevilla@avp.org

Briana Silberberg, Community Organizer
Pronouns: she/her/hers
bsilberberg@avp.org

Jin Kwak, Community Outreach Specialist
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
jkwak@avp.org

Ericka Dixon, NCAVP National Capacity Building Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
edixon@avp.org 

LEGAL SERVICES

Virginia M. Goggin, Director of Legal Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers
vgoggin@avp.org

Christina Rosalin Peña, Department of Justice Accredited Representative
Pronouns: she/her/hers
cpena@avp.org

Jessie Pimentel, Senior Paralegal
Pronouns: she/her/hers
jpimentel@avp.org

Geoff Kagan Trenchard, Senior Staff Attorney
Pronouns: he/him/his, they/them/theirs
gtrenchard@avp.org

Hilal Khalil هلال خليل, Staff Attorney
Pronouns: he/him/his
hkhalil@avp.org

Lauren DesRosiers, Equal Justice Works Fellow
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Ldesrosiers@avp.org

Alex Petkanas, Pro Bono Scholar
Pronouns: he/him/his, they/them/theirs
apetkanas@avp.org

DEVELOPMENT

Meera Vaidyanathan, Director of Development
Pronouns: she/her/hers
mvaidyanathan@avp.org

Michael Spinelli, Individual Giving Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his
mspinelli@avp.org

Michael Thomas, Development Coordinator
Pronouns: he/him/his
mthomas@avp.org