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Women's Refugee Commission - Our Staff

Executive Office

• Sarah Costa
  Executive Director
• Sudanë Del Valle
  Assistant to the Executive Director

Advocacy

• Joan Timoney
  Senior Director of Advocacy and External Relations
• Elizabeth Cafferty
  Senior Advocacy Officer
• Rachael Reilly
  Senior Advocacy Officer/ Geneva Representative

Communications

• Diana Quick
  Director of Communications
• Nancy Deyo
  Senior Advisor, External Communications
• Emily Usher Shrair
  Communications Manager

Development

• Cara Dolan
  Senior Development Officer, Governments and Foundations
• Erin Oglesby
  Senior Development Officer, Major Gifts and Events
• Danielle Pekalski
  Development Coordinator

Finance

• Eldar Kekic
  Finance Controller
• Solange Ondende
  Grants Manager

Programs

• Dale Buscher
  Senior Director for Programs

Migrant Rights & Justice

• Michelle Brané
  Director, Migrant Rights and Justice Program
• Emily Butera
  Senior Program Officer, Migrant Rights and Justice Program
• Jennifer Podkul
  Senior Program Officer, Migrant Rights and Justice Program
• Rebecca Katz
  Program Assistant
• Jessica Jones
  Equal Justice Works Fellow

Protection

• Josh Chaffin
  Senior Program Officer, Economic Strengthening and Child Protection
• Kathryn Paik
  Program Officer, Adolescent Girls
• Emma Pearce
  Senior Program Officer, Disability
• Dhana Lama
  Program Coordinator

Reproductive Health

• Sandra Krause
  Director, Reproductive Health Program
• Erin Patrick
  Senior Program Officer, Fuel and Firewood Initiative
• Jennifer Schlecht
  Senior Program Officer, Reproductive Health
• Mihoko Tanabe
  Senior Program Officer, Reproductive Health Program
• James Wabwire Agoro
  SAFE Project Coordinator
• Nadia Tabaro
  Senior Manager, SAFE Project