Staff & Board

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: they/them/theirs
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

Dominique Russell, Clinician
Pronouns: he/him/his, she/her/hers, they/them/theirs
drussell@avp.org

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

Jolene Halzen, Senior Manager of Operations and Human Resources 
Pronouns: she/her/hers
jhalzen@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 and Human Resources Coordinator
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: they/them/theirs, she/her/hers
aray@avp.org

Cara Levine, Community Organizer
Pronouns: she/her/hers
clevine@avp.org

Delilah Seligman LMSW, Manager of Training Programs 
Pronouns: she/her/hers
dseligman@avp.org

Jess McBrayer, Manager of National Policy Advocacy
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
jmcbrayer@avp.org

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

Wes, Community Organizer
Pronouns: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs
wes@avp.org

 

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
ayoung@avp.org

Jessie Pimentel, Manager of Legal Services 
Pronouns: she/her/hers
jpimentel@avp.org

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

Stephanie Blackwood

Shay Huffman

Kito K. Huggins

Ben Lee

Jeremy Orloff

Eric Sosa

Pamela Wilkinson