About us
Our Team
Advocates’ staff is a vibrant and diverse team of youth-serving professionals and youth activists. Staff come from a variety of backgrounds, including public health, law, social work, political science, international affairs, sociology, finance/administration and research, and are dedicated to improving adolescent reproductive and sexual health, securing young people’s rights, and realizing the Rights. Respect.Responsibility.® vision.
Maya Arigala
Senior Public Policy Manager
Jennifer Augustine
Executive Vice President
Amber Barcel, MSW
Director of Public Policy
Arlene Basilio
Senior Graphic Design Manager
Emily Bridges
Head of Brand Impact and Communications
Roselyn Buensuceso
Youth Activist (YAN) Manager
Armonté Butler
Associate Director, LGBTQ Health & Rights
Nicole Cheetham
Division Director, International Youth Health and Rights/AMAZE International Director
Laura Davis
Division Director, Adolescent Sexual Health Services
Kathleen Farrell
Vice President, Finance and Administration
Dr. Nakisha T. Floyd
Associate Director for Racial Justice in Sex Education
Nora Gelperin, M.Ed.
Division Director for the Sex Education and Training Team
Enow Awah Georges Stevens
AMAZE International Regional Consultant for Africa
Ellie Gutmann
Development Coordinator
Kaniya Harris
Abortion Support Program Manager
Debra Hauser
President
Trey Jackson
Senior Executive of Operations
Kinjo Kiema
Director of Youth Organizing & Campaigns Manager of Young Womxn of Color Leadership Programs
Renee Lavigne
Associate Director of Development and Systems
Larada Lee-Wallace
State Campaign Manager for Abortion Access
Emma Levine
Senior Manager, Title IX Policy & Programs
Tamara Marzouk, LCSW, MPH
Director of Abortion Access
Angela Maske
Strategic Projects Manager
Brittany McBride
Director of Sex Education and Training
Hortense Moore
Executive Assistant
Paris L. A. Moore
Head of Development, Donor Partnerships & Engagement
Ramish Nadeem
Program Manager, Muslim & International Youth Advocacy
Eleanor Naiman
Media Relations Manager
Louie Ortiz-Fonseca
Director, LGBTQ Health and Rights
Gabriella Rodriguez
Sex Education and Reproductive Justice Youth Organizing Manager
Neha Sehgal
Operations Coordinator, Finance and Technology
Mozn Shora
Coordinator of Digital Organizing & Mass Mobilization
Ashley Speelmans, MSAP
Senior Program Manager, Sex Education
NyRe Taylor
Director of People and Culture
Daniella Thorne, DrPH
Associate Director, Health Equity and Education
Diana Thu-Thao Rhodes, M.A.
Vice President, Policy, Partnerships, and Organizing
Karen Torres
Senior Program Manager, Adolescent Sexual Health Services
Han Vu
Comptroller
Darcy Weaver
Associate Director for AMAZE International
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Advocates for Youth champions efforts that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.