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
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, Senior Client Advocacy Specialist
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
rrios@avp.org
Robert Lopez, Manager of Data Analytics and Evaluation
Pronouns: he/him/his
rlopez@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
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
DEVELOPMENT
Michael Thomas, Development Operations Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his
mthomas@avp.org
Sara Murphy, Director of Development
Pronouns: she/her/hers
smurphy@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
Brian Friedman
Devin Graham
Keisha Bell
Gregory Jacobs
Imara Jones
Racquel Joseph
Erin Kelly
Ben Lee
Matthew Mayer
Jeremy Orloff
Jim O’Sullivan
Marquise Vilson
Richard Saenz
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
Ben 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
Anne E. Patterson (LMSW)
Catherine Stayton
Development Committee
Greg Jacobs and Kay Dosu, Chair
Will Brewer
Elly Brinkley
Will Chamberlin
Kito Huggins
Aswini Krishnan
Kimberly Mckenzie
Jeremy Orloff
Thomas Zuzelo