Staff
Executive Leadership Team

Herminia Palacio
President and CEO

Jonathan Wittenberg
Executive Vice President

Susheela Singh
Distinguished Scholar and Vice President for Global Science and Policy Integration

Aletha Y. Akers
Vice President for Research

Maibe Ponet
Vice President for Communications & Publications

Wendy Sealey
Vice President for Development

Maureen Burnley
Vice President for Finance & Administration
President's Office

Herminia Palacio
President and CEO

Jonathan Wittenberg
Executive Vice President

Susheela Singh
Distinguished Scholar and Vice President for Global Science and Policy Integration

Simrat Chatrik
Supervising Executive Administrator

Juel Brathwaite-Alleyne
Director of Board Affairs & Meetings and Events
Research Management Team

Aletha Y. Akers
Vice President for Research

Kathryn Kost
Director of Domestic Research

Kruti Mohan
Director of Research Operations
Research

Suzette Audam
Senior Research Associate and Data Manager

Jonathan Bearak
Senior Research Scientist

Nakeisha Blades
Research Associate

Ava Braccia
Research Assistant I

Doris W. Chiu
Research Associate

Ayana Douglas-Hall
Research Associate

Jennifer J. Frost
Principal Research Scientist

Christina E. Geddes
Research Assistant I

Margaret Giorgio
Senior Research Scientist

Madeleine Haas
Research Assistant II

Rubina Hussain
Senior Research Associate

Rachel K. Jones
Principal Research Scientist

Megan L. Kavanaugh
Principal Research Scientist

Marielle Kirstein
Senior Research Assistant

Stephanie Küng
Research Associate

Ellie Leong
Research Associate

Tamrin Lever
Research Assistant II

Natalie Lewis-Vass
Research Administrative Coordinator

Ashley C. Little
Research Assistant II

Isaac Maddow-Zimet
Senior Research Associate

Audrey Maynard
Research Assistant I

Erin McGee
Research Administrative Manager, Operations & Budgets

Bashiru Mohammed
Research Assistant I

Ann M. Moore
Principal Research Scientist

Jennifer Mueller
Senior Research Associate

Octavia Mulhern
Research Associate

Tanwa Onabanjo Edge
Senior Research Administrative Coordinator

Jesse Philbin
Senior Research Associate

Madison Poore
Research Administrative Coordinator

Lisa Remez
Senior Writer and Translation Associate

Jessica D. Rosenberg
Research Associate

Samira M. Sackietey
Research Assistant I

Meg Schurr
Research Administrative Coordinator

Ore Shalhav
Research Administrative Manager

Dawun Smith
Research Assistant I

Melissa Stillman
Senior Research Associate

Elizabeth A. Sully
Principal Research Scientist

Mira Tignor
Senior Research Assistant

Alicia VandeVusse
Senior Research Scientist

Mia R. Zolna
Senior Research Associate

Mariah Menanno
Senior Research Assistant

Aisiri Murulidhar
Research Assistant II

Caitlin Rich
Research Assistant II
Public Policy Management Team

Megan Darby
Director of Public Policy, State Issues

Irum Taqi
Interim Director of Public Policy, Global and Federal Issues
Public Policy

Managi Lord Biggers
Policy Administrative Assistant

Dora Maradiaga
Senior Policy Associate

Elizabeth Nash
Principal Policy Associate, State Issues

Mollie Fairbanks
Policy Associate, State Issues

Talia Curhan
Public Policy Associate
Communications & Publications Management Team

Maibe Ponet
Vice President for Communications & Publications

Rebecca Wind
Director of C&P Administrative Operations

Kathleen Randall
Director of Production

Haley Ball
Director of Editing

Joerg Dreweke
Director of US Communications

Veronika Cernadas
Associate Director of Global Communications
Communications & Publications

Mariam Alburakeh
Global Communications Assistant

Mary Del Plato
C&P Coordinator

Peter Ephross
Editor

Isabel Guarnieri
US Communications Assistant

Louis Guzik
Webmaster

Doyeun Kim
Global Communications Manager

Devan Martin
Drupal Developer

Melissa Martin
Digital Communications Manager

Lisa Melhado
Senior Editor

Chris Olah
Editor

Sandhya Ramashwar
Production Manager

Jenny Sherman
Editor

Emma Stoskopf-Ehrlich
Senior US Communications Manager

Emily Swanson
C&P Program Manager

Dan Tarnowski
Senior Web Production Assistant

Noli Ann Vega
Senior Digital Communications Manager

Ana Dilaverakis Fernandez
Global Communications Manager

Jennifer Hoffmann
Principal Digital Strategist
Development Management Team

Wendy Sealey
Vice President for Development

Melissa Wansin Wong
Director of Individual Giving

Victoria Mora
Director of Institutional Giving
Development

Olivia Domba
Senior Development Associate

Rhea Goveas
Senior Development Assistant

Jenny Landon
Senior Development Associate

Michael Lugg
Senior Development Associate, Prospect Research and Data Analytics

Priscille Navas
Development Associate for Individual Giving

Erin McKee
Individual Giving Officer
Finance & Administration Management Team

Maureen Burnley
Vice President for Finance & Administration

Juel Brathwaite-Alleyne
Director of Board Affairs & Meetings and Events

Lisa Blain
Director of Human Resources

Lenny Munitz
Director of Information Technology

Mercedes Pérez
Director of Administrative Services
Finance & Administration

Salena Amin
HR Generalist

Marina Bisonó
Custodian

Charles Burney
Mailroom Clerk

Jabarie Davis
Senior Accountant

Frank Delvito
Help Desk Administrator

Gregory Downes
Senior Accountant

Ahmet Iris
Controller

Jose Jimenez
Assistant Manager of Information Technology

LaShawn Roberts
Accounting Associate

Ernest Sabater
Mailroom Clerk

Elizabeth Scott
Meeting & Events Coordinator

Allana M. Waldron
Meetings & Events Associate