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

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

Britt Reid, Manager of Economic Empowerment and Client Advocacy Programs
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
breid@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

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

Lindsay Mottola, Clinician
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
lmottola@avp.org

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

Robert Lopez, Manager of Data Analytics and Evaluation
Pronouns: he/him/his
rlopez@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, Contracts Specialist
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

COMMUNICATIONS

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

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

LoriKim Alexander, Community Organizer
Pronouns: she/her/hers, we/ours
lalexander@avp.org 

Yao Chang, Training Coordinator
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
ychang@avp.org

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

LEGAL SERVICES

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

Mariana Negrón-Quiñones, Staff Attorney
Pronouns: she/her/hers
mnegron@avp.org

Sarah M. Telson, Deputy Director of Legal Services
Pronouns: she/her/hers
stelson@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

Sara Murphy, Director of Development
Pronouns: she/her/hers
smurphy@avp.org