Our Staff

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Juan Cartagena, Esq.
President and General Counsel

Jose Perez
Associate General Counsel

Richard Bellman
Special Counsel

Jackson Chin
Senior Counsel

Lydiette Diaz
Executive Assistant to the President

Madeline Friedman
Coordinator for Media Relations and Community Outreach

John Garcia
Director of Communications and Community Engagement

Juan Carlos Ibarra
Legal Fellow

Elizabeth Joynes
Skadden Fellow

Marisabel Kanioros
Legal Assistant

John Koprowski
Finance Consultant/CFO

Alan Levine
Special Counsel

Foster Maer, Senior Litigation Counsel

Maritza Maldonado
Education Associate

Diana DeJesus Medina
Director of Development

Tasha Moro
Civic Engagement Network Coordinator

Silvia Orna
Director of Human Resources and Operations

Sonji Patrick
Education Director

Christine Rickoff-Tirado
Development Manager

Rhadaisis Rodriguez
Receptionist/Administrative Assistant

Rosanna Rosado.
Fiscal Director

Diana S. Sen
Senior Counsel

Ghita Schwarz
Senior Counsel

Alba Villa
Bickel & Brewer Latino Institute for Human Rights Fellow