Staff & Board

Staff

EXECUTIVE

Beverly Tillery, Executive Director
Pronouns: she/her/hers
btillery@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

Adrianna Rosario, Client Advocacy Specialist 
Pronouns: they/them/theirs

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

Darlene S. Torres, Director of Client Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers

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

Hank Oliver, Intake Coordinator 
Pronouns: he/him/his

Raffy A. Rios, Manager of Hotline and Training Programs 
Pronouns: they/them/theirs

Tara Fox, Manager of the Clinical Program
Pronouns: she/her/hers

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

FINANCE and OPERATIONS 

Andrew Shoffner, Senior Finance Administrator 
Pronouns: he/him/his

Brian R. Wills-Jones, Finance and Contracts Coordinator
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

Orie Givens, Director of Communications
Pronouns: he/him/his

Raffi Marhaba, Visual Communications Associate
Pronouns: they/them

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING and PUBLIC ADVOCACY

Audacia Ray, Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy
Pronouns: they/them/theirs, she/her/hers

Cara Levine, Community Organizer
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

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

Wes, Community Organizer
Pronouns: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs

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

LEGAL SERVICES

Ashley N. Young, Director of Legal Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Jessie Pimentel, Manager of Legal Services 
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Jordan Burnett, Senior Staff Attorney
Pronouns: he/him/his, they/them/theirs

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

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

Yessenia Monserath Naula, Paralegal
Pronouns: she/her/hers

DEVELOPMENT

Michael Thomas, Development Operations Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his

Panayiota Fertitta-Boutis, Development Partnerships Manager
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Raúl Xavier Ramos, Development Assistant
Pronouns: he/him/his, they/them/theirs

TBA, Director of Development

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Stephanie Blackwood

Shay Huffman

Kito K. Huggins

Ben Lee

Jeremy Orloff

Eric Sosa

Pamela Wilkinson