Our Team

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STAFF

Ari Agha, Ph.D
Development Officer

Mariana Alvarado

Case Manager

Aaruba Ayesha, APCC
Trauma Therapist

Biruktawit Bekele, LL.M.
Director of Development and Operations

Amy Berlin, MD
Psychiatrist

Kevin Cheng

Junior Salesforce Administrator

Valeria González

Clinical Coordinator

Melanie Liu
HR Generalist

Sandra Lopez, MA
Grant Reporting Manager

Jessica López-Morales
Partnerships & Community Outreach Manager

Jeanine Mangabu
African Communities Program Wellbeing Coordinator

Penélope Mato Vilar, MA, LMFT
Counseling Program Manager

Gianina Pellegrini, Ph.D
Executive Director

Mariyam-Ifteam Rufael, MA
African Communities Mental Health Specialist

Larissa Sajous

Psychosocial Care Program Manager

Jason Straussman, LCSW

Trauma Therapist

Sonya Svoboda

Clinical Director

Tizita Tekletsadik, LLB, MA
African Communities Program Manager

Fresnia Vu
Administrative Assistant


Gauri Bhardwaj, MBA
PTR Board Chair

Director of Operations at Toronado Capital Management

Cathy Chen, MPH
PTR Board Co-Chair

Healthcare Leader

Alex Cook

PTR Board Treasurer

Senior Director of Product Management

Susanne Kahlich

CEO of Singe Holdings, LLC

Darryl Hawkins, MBA, DBA

Business Executive

Phoenix Ricks

Founder & CEO, Girl Friday

 

Stephanie Wu

Operations Expert


ADVISORY BOARD

Joseph Asunka, Ph.D
CEO, Afrobarometer

Nahid Fattahi
Research Associate at Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

Tara Ghassemikia
Strategy and Implementation Consultant

Caroline Powell Donelan
Partner, Labor & Employment, Blank Rome

Molly McCoy, Esq., MPH, JD
Chief Privacy Official and Privacy Counsel at Blue Shield

Gilbert Newman, Ph.D.
Dean and Director of Clinical Training, Wright Institute

Julianne Orr, Esq.

Law Practitioner, Cooley LLP.

Monika Parikh, MA, MPA
PTR Co-Founder

Jonathan Rico
Software Engineer, Salesforce