Meet Our Staff
Our Staff
"Working at AJWS allows me to feel a true sense of purpose and responsibility in making powerful change."
Samantha Adler
Accounts Payable Specialist
Monica Anderson-Snow
Finance Project Manager
212.792.2805
Nikhil Aziz
Director of Land, Water and Climate Justice
212.792.2915
Ioana Baczo
Project Associate, Finance & Administration
212.792.2925
Robert Bank
President and CEO
Contact through Joshua Fried
212.792.2874
Margo Bloom
Vice President for Development
Contact through Melissa Hull
212.792.2830
Zoe Bloomfield
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Programs/Program Associate for International Education and Jewish Engagement
212.792.2810
Andrew Blossom
Director of Digital Strategy
212.792.2891
Lily Brent
Advocacy-Communications Officer
Allison Carey
Senior Development Officer, Donor Engagement
Oscar Choy
Prospect Research Coordinator
212.792.2824
Madeline Cohen
Marketing and Communications Associate
212.792.2864
Steven Collado
Director of Information Technology
212.792.2896
Elisa Damari
Office Assistant
212.792.2900
Tanyanika Davis
Director for Media Relations and Thought Leadership
Venus Devnani McClelland
Executive Vice President
Contact through Kirstie Peña
212.792.2841
Sam Dorow
Program Associate, Land, Water, and Climate Justice
Danielle Edwards
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Contact through Ioana Baczo
212.792.2925
Hannah Fajer
Policy Associate, Government Affairs
Alexis Frankel
Associate Director, Major Gifts
Joshua Fried
Chief of Staff
212.792.2874
Beth Friedmann
Director of Development Operations
212.792.2817
Rachel Furey
Senior CRM Application Administrator
212.792.2814
Maya Geist
Senior Graphic Designer
212.792.2937
Lila Glick
Senior Development Officer, Institutional Giving
Chloe Gousse
Program Associate for the Humanitarian Response and Civil & Political Rights
Sarah Green
Senior Policy Advisor, Sexual Health and Rights
Neely Grobani
Director, Donor Engagement
212.792.2800
Tracey Gurd
Senior Director, Civil and Political Rights and Advocacy
212.792.2844
Irit Houvras
Vice President for Strategic Learning, Research and Evaluation
Melissa Hull
Development Project Associate
212.792.2830
Jonathan Hulland
Senior Program Officer, Land, Water and Climate Justice
212.792.2845
Justin Jacobs
Senior Marketing and Storytelling Officer
212.792.2887
Marina Rosove Javor
Associate Director, Los Angeles
Adriana Jiménez
Associate Director, International Operations
212.792.2807
Leah Kaplan Robins
Director of Content and Storytelling
212.792.2892
Tamar Karpuj
Senior Content & Storytelling Officer
212.792.2898
Kristen Kendrick
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Samantha Kossin
Development Operations Officer
212.792.2837
Jay Kotowski
Development Operations Manager
212.792.2832
Rori Kramer
Director of U.S. Advocacy
202.379.4270
Jenn Lavelle
Associate Director, Online Engagement
212.792.2829
Suzanne Lee
Director of Institutional Giving
212.792.2880
Elizabeth Leih
Creative Director
646.808.2109
Coby Lerner
Director of Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness
Tim Lessick
Senior Project Manager
Jin Liu
Associate Director, Budgeting, Financial Planning and Analysis
212.792.2833
Ryan Mace
Senior Policy Advisor, Civil and Political Rights
202.3794276
Alejandra Martin
Senior Program Officer, Land, Water and Climate Justice
212.792.2867
Julieta Mendez
Associate Vice President for Programs
Ruth Messinger
Global Ambassador
Contact through Joshua Fried
212.792.2874
Ruddy Miller
Director of Finance
212.792.2875
Margo Mullinax
Director of Strategic Learning, Research and Evaluation
212.792.2823
Andy Myhrum
Operations Specialist
212.792.2872
Sophia Naide
Program Associate, Sexual Health and Rights
Olivia Nightingale
Senior Program Officer, Humanitarian Response and Civil & Political Rights
212.792.2877
Katherine Olivera
Policy Advisor, Sexual Health and Rights
Nicholas Opinsky
Senior Development Officer, Institutional Giving
Payal Patel
Senior Program Officer, Land, Water and Climate Justice
Kirstie Pena
Administrative Coordinator to the Executive Office
212.792.2841
Aisha Purvis
Junior Graphic Designer
Robert Ramos
Senior Financial Analyst
Shannon Reimers
Senior Development Officer, Donor Engagement
Julie Reyburn
Director of Risk Management
212.792.2914
Christopher Rodriguez
Senior Accountant
212.792.2878
Armani Rodriguez
Office Assistant
212.792.2879
Maritza Sanchez
Accounting Manager
212.792.2819
Alon Shalev
Executive Director, Western Region
415.593.3296
Clara Shapiro
Senior Digital Marketing Officer
212.792.2885
Audrey Silverman
Development Associate, Major Gifts
212.792.2858
Brad Sugar
Director, Midwest Region
312.579.3630
Javid Syed
Director of Sexual Health and Rights
212.792.2851
Yee Chiat Tay
Associate Director, Accounting
212.792.2811
Jannel Tillman
Grants Manager
212.792.2902
Laura Timme
Director of Civil and Political Rights
Shari Turitz
Vice President for Programs
Contact through Zoe Bloomfield
212.792.2810
Jill Weitz
Associate Director, Grant Writing
212.792.2825
Shifra Whiteman
Development Associate, Chicago
312.579.3628
Dionne R. Wiggins
Vice President for People and Culture
Catherine Wolf
Associate Director of Development Operations
212.792.2822
Interested in a Career With AJWS?
Whether you’re a recent college graduate or a seasoned professional, there’s a wealth of career opportunities at AJWS. We hope you’ll join us!