Our Staff
"Working at AJWS isn't just a job to me. It's my way of playing a part — even if it's a small part — in a global movement for change and justice."
Rocio Alba Navarro
Senior Grants Manager
Monica Anderson-Snow
Finance Project Manager
212.792.2805
Ioana Baczo
Senior Project Manager, Finance & Administration
212.792.2925
Robert Bank
President and CEO
Contact through Joshua Fried
212.792.2874
Ross Beroff
Board Liaison
Karla Blanco
Associate Director, Global Grants Management
Margo Bloom
Vice President for Development
Contact through Melissa Hull
212.792.2830
Zoe Bloomfield
Senior Development Officer, Institutional Giving
212.792.2810
Andrew Blossom
Director of Digital Strategy
212.792.2891
Elizabeth Briand
Associate Director for Planned Giving
212.792.2813 x9683
Allison Carey
Senior Development Officer, Donor Engagement
Elisa Damari
Grants Management Associate
212.792.2900
Tanyanika Davis
Director for Media Relations and Thought Leadership
Venus Devnani
Executive Vice President
Contact through Kirstie Peña
212.792.2841
Jamie Diamond
Digital Marketing Officer
212.792.2863
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
Chloe Gousse
Program Associate for the Humanitarian Response and Civil & Political Rights
Neely Grobani
Director, Donor Engagement
212.792.2800
Catherine Guy
People & Culture Operations Lead
Melissa Hull
Development Project Associate
212.792.2830
Justin Jacobs
Associate Director for Storytelling
212.792.2887
Kate Jordan
Senior Development Officer
212.792.2937
Kristen Kendrick
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Racial Justice (DEIRJ)
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
Director of Creative Strategy, Communications Division
646.808.2109
Coby Lerner
Associate Vice President of Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness
Jin Liu
Associate Director, Budgeting, Financial Planning and Analysis
212.792.2833
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
Vice President for Finance and Information Technology
212.792.2875
Ken Montenegro
Director of IT
Margo Mullinax
Director of Strategic Learning, Research and Evaluation
212.792.2823
Andy Myhrum
Operations Specialist
212.792.2872
Payal Patel
Associate Director, Programs Division
Corinne Paul
Senior Policy Advisor for Civil and Political Rights
Santana Perez
Program Associate of Sexual Health and Rights
Kirstie Peña Cintrón
Senior Coordinator to the Executive Vice President
212.792.2841
Shannon Reimers
Associate Director of Donor Engagement
Rabbi Elizabeth Richman
Associate Director for Jewish Engagement and Advocacy
202.379.4263
Christopher Rodriguez
Senior Financial Analyst, Accounting & Reporting
212.792.2878
Maritza Sanchez
Accounting Manager
212.792.2819
Clara Shapiro
Senior Digital Marketing Officer
212.792.2885
Zachary Solomon
Senior Content and Storytelling Officer
212.792.2843
Peter Taback
Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Laura Timme
Director of Civil and Political Rights
Shari Turitz
Vice President for Programs
Contact through Chloe Gousse
212.792.2810
Jill Weitz
Associate Director, Grant Writing
212.792.2825
Dionne R. Wiggins
Vice President for People and Culture
Cathy Wolf
Associate Director of Development Operations
212.792.2822
Risa Zoll
Associate Vice President for Development
212.792.2835
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