Staff

Get to know NILC staff, a passionate team committed to defending and advancing immigrants’ rights.

Marisa

Aguayo

Director, Institutional Giving

she/her/ella

Heidi

Altman

Vice President, Policy

Muzna

Ansari

Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness

Kevin

Bacot

Vice President, Human Resources

Karina

Balderas

Generalist, Human Resources

she/her/ella

Marlene

Berroa Rodriguez

Legal Fellow

Hilda

Bonilla

Legal Fellow

she/her/ella

Irene

Botello

Associate, Development Gift Processing

she/they

Tanya

Broder

Senior Counsel, Health & Economic Justice Policy

Meredith

Cabell

Paralegal Manager

Annabell

Camacho

Specialist, Grants

she/her

Cassandra

Charles

Staff Attorney

She/Her

Karla

Chavez Espinosa

Paralegal

Amrit

Cheng

Director, Digital Communications

she/her

Nasiba

Clark

Senior Executive Assistant

she/her/hers

Shaun

Clarke

NILC Community Specialist

Joanna E.

Cuevas Ingram

Senior Staff Attorney

she/her/hers

Ben

D'Avanzo

Senior Strategist, Health Advocacy

he/his

Lynn

Damiano Pearson

Senior Staff Attorney

Will

Dempster

Vice President, Strategic Communications

he/him

Sara

Ellingrod

Senior Strategist, Digital Communications

she/her

Adrian

Escárate

Senior Strategist, Media & Messaging

he/him/el

Nicholas

Espíritu

Deputy Director, Legal

Acasia

Flores

Senior Specialist, Development Data Management

she/her

Jasmin

Gamez

Senior Strategist, Digital Communications

she/her/ella

Juan

Gastelum

Director, Media & Messaging

he/him/his

Kyle

Grassi

Senior Executive Assistant

She/Her/Ella

Lisa

Graybill

Vice President, Litigation & Legal Strategy

she/her/ella

Jessie

Hahn

Senior Counsel, Labor & Employment Policy

Gail

Heath

Director, Employee Relations

she/her

Jason

Jaffery

Vice President, Development

He/him/PWD

Kate

Kahan

Executive Vice President, Advocacy

she/her

Claudia

Lara

Director, Executive and Board Engagement

Matthew

Lopas

Director of State Advocacy & Technical Assistance

he/him

Vita

Makle

Senior Executive Assistant, Narrative and Marketing

she/her

Kica

Matos

President

Sheila

Miller

Director, Race, Equity & Inclusion

Isobel

Mohyeddin

Associate, Policy

Emily

Morris

Senior Communications Strategist, Media & Messaging

she/her

Jarvis

Nash

Manager, Talent Acquisition

he/him

Diana

Pliego

Senior Strategist Campaigns

she/hers

Jenny

Rejeske

Deputy Director, Health & Economic Justice Policy

she/her/ella

Ignacia

Rodriguez Kmec

Counsel Policy

she/her

Jeremy

Rutigliano

Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

he/him

Chyna

Sanchez

Legal Coordinator

She/Her/Ella

Subha

Varadarajan

Senior Strategist, Campaigns

Raha

Wala

Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships

he/him/his

Jennifer

Whitlock

Senior Policy Counsel