Staff

Chandra Bhatnagar
Executive Director

 

Victor Avelino
Programmer/Analyst

Glen D. Eichenblatt
Chief Information Officer

Elyse Gauthier
Board Governance & Relations Manager

Dejon Jackson
Director of Operations

Kim Lim
Senior Accountant I

Destiny Luna
Senior Accountant I

Esmeralda Martinez
Chief Financial Officer

Patricia Rodriguez Carbajal
Director of Finance

Thu Tran
Accounting Manager/HR Liaison

Roger Jason Vigil
Director of IT

 

Tiffany Bailey
Police Practices/Criminal Justice Project Deputy Director

Eva Bitrán
Immigrants' Rights Project Director

Hermelinda Calderón
Advocacy Assistant/Special Intake Assignment Coordinator

Melissa Ludim Camacho
Police Practices/Criminal Justice Project Deputy Director

Michelle Ochoa Castaneda
Senior Supervising Paralegal

Berklee Donavan
Munger, Tolls & Olson Jails Conditions Advocate

Peter J. Eliasberg
Chief Counsel/Director of First Amendment & Democracy

Jessica Farris
Senior Policy Counsel

Meredith Ann Gallen
Senior Staff Attorney

Marelyn García
Senior Paralegal

Eve Garrow
Senior Homelessness Policy Analyst

Amanda Goad
Deputy Director of Advocacy/ Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Justice

Julia A. Gomez
Senior Staff Attorney

Mayra Beatriz Joachin
Immigrants' Rights Project Deputy Director

Minouche D. Kandel
Senior Staff Attorney

Andres Dae Keun Kwon
Senior Policy Counsel & Senior Organizer

Summer Lacey
Police Practices/Criminal Justice Project Director

Grace Lee
Director of Pro Bono/ Legal Systems Manager

Victor Leung
Chief Legal & Advocacy Officer

Marisa London
Legal Fellow

Rosa Lopez
Senior Policy Advocate & Organizer/Deputy Advocacy Director

Angelica Lujan
Paralegal

Jonathan Paul Markovitz
Senior Staff Attorney

Crista L. Minneci
Director of Advocacy Support

Ana Najera Mendoza
Director of Education Equity

Luis Nolasco
Senior Policy Advocate & Organizer

Stephanie Padilla
Staff Attorney

Christine Marie Parker
Senior Staff Attorney

Jacob R. Reisberg
Senior Policy Counsel

Irene Rivera
Senior Policy Advocate & Organizer

Ariana Rodriguez
Interim Education Equity Project Director

Kath Rogers
Senior Staff Attorney

Brenda Rosas
Fellow

Desiree Sanchez
Senior Policy Advocate & Organizer

Diana Sánchez
Staff Attorney

Mohammad Tajsar
Senior Staff Attorney

Ishvaku Vashishtha
Criminal Justice and Capital Punishment Legal Fellow

Amir Whitaker
Senior Policy Counsel

Adrienna Wong
Senior Staff Attorney/Deputy Advocacy Director

Clarissa Woo Hermosillo
Deputy Director of Advocacy/Director of Economic Justice

 

Alejandro S. Guzman
Office Manager

Leonard Sanchez
Facilities & Operations Coordinator

 

Marcus Benigno
Chief Communications Officer

Arrows Fitz
Associate Director of Content & Engagement

Nicholas Reiner
Associate Director of Media & Storytelling

Veronica Valdes-Perez
Communications & Marketing Manager

 

Carolina Briones
Senior Associate Director of Foundation Relations

Jessica De Jesús Rodríguez
Development Operations Assistant

Jason Köhler
Database Manager

Paria Kooklan Russo
Associate Director of Donor Relations

Marilyn Perez-Mendoza
Associate Deputy Director of Philanthropy

Brandon Takata
Individual Giving Manager

Julie Weinstein
Chief Development Officer