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
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
Britt 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, Department of Justice Accredited Representative
Pronouns: she/her/hers
jpimentel@avp.org
Geoff Kagan Trenchard, Senior Staff Attorney
Pronouns: he/him/his, they/them/theirs
gtrenchard@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
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Kito K. Huggins, Board Chair
Thomas Zuzelo, Board Vice Chair
Aswini Krishnan, Treasurer
Will Chamberlin, Secretary
Shannon Burke
Carrie Davis
Kay Dosu
Liz Edman
Gregory Jacobs
Erin Kelly
Brian Friedman
Mike Hofman
Imara Jones
Kimberly Mckenzie
Jim O’Sullivan
Richard Saenz
Erin Kelly
Devin Graham
Ben Lee
Racquel Joseph
Jeremy Orloff
Executive Committee
Mike Hofman, Board Chair
Thomas Zuzelo, Board Vice Chair
Aswini Krishnan, Treasurer
Erin Kelly, Secretary
Audit Committee
Brian Friedman
Erin Kelly
Thomas Zuzelo (non-voting)
Finance Committee
Aswini Krishnan, Chair
Brian Lee
Alexander E.C. Molé
Ken Rogers
Pauline Sobelman
Ray Turoczy
Communications Committee
Imara Jones, Chair
Derek Dewosky
Mike Hofman
Lynne D. Johnson
Harish Bhandari
Danielle Cooper
Terron R Moore
Governance Committee
Jim O’Sullivan, Chair
Erin Kelly, Co-Chair
Ian Tattenbaum, Co-Chair
Jon Flaute
Rebecca Landau
Ned Mitchell
Programs Committee
Richard Saenz, Chair
Kelly Lewis
Jeanette K. Ruffins (MSW)
Teresa Hurst
Kimberly Mckenzie
Anne E. Patterson (LMSW)
Catherine Stayton
Development Committee
Greg Jacobs and Kay Dosu, Chair
Will Brewer
Elly Brinkley
Will Chamberlin
Mike Hofman
Kito Huggins
Aswini Krishnan
Kimberly Mckenzie
Jeremy Orloff
Thomas Zuzelo
