Our Team

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STAFF

Ari Agha, Ph.D
Grants Officer

Biruktawit Bekele, LL.M.
SOT Program Manager

Amy Berlin, MD
Consulting Psychiatrist

Sheila Bharat, MSW
Trauma Therapist

Danielle Davidson, LCSW

Psychological Evaluations Technical Advisor

Sarah Flessa 
Data & Reporting Manager

Kristen Guskovict, MS, LCSW

Interim Clinical Director

 

Eliza Hollingsworth
Human Rights Clinic (HRC) Clinical Assistant

Na Limopasmanee, MA, MEd, LMFT
Supervising Psychotherapist

Sandra Lopez, MA
Program Manager

Jessica Lopez-Morales
Interpreter Program Manager

Zulian Marecos
Office Coordinator

Jean Pierre Ndagijimana, MA, Ph.D 
African Communities Wellbeing Coordinator

Akosua Ombonga
Individual Donor & Communications Officer

Aron Oqubamichael, LLB
African Communities Wellbeing Coordinator

Gianina Pellegrini, Ph.D
Director of Operations

Mariyam-Ifteam Rufael, MA
African Communities Mental Health Specialist

Larissa Sajous

Case Manager

Celeste Sekigahama
Financial Officer

Leah Spelman, MPH
Executive Director

Mia Stewart

Interim Director of Operations

Jason Straussman, LCSW

Trauma Therapist

Kissanet Taffere, MSW
Psychosocial Care Technical Advisor

Tizita Tekletsadik, LLB, MA
African Communities Program Manager

Penélope Mato Vilar, MA, LMFT
Counseling Program Manager

Sabrina Williamson, MPH 
Data & Reporting Assistant


Faten Kamel
Arabic Interpreter

Hoi Lam Chung (Karena)
Cantonese, Mandarin Interpreter

Enieh Yazdanpanah
Farsi & Dari (Persian) Interpreter

Mouneissa
French Interpreter

Issiaka Dembele
French Interpreter

Alta Bayanjargal
Mongolian Interpreter

Myriam Da Silva
French, Spanish, Portugese Interpreter

Robin Nazarian
Spanish, Portugese & French Interpreter

Cristina Ceballos
Spanish Interpreter

Dalia Lizbeth Nava Jacobo
Spanish Interpreter

Gisslle Perez-Leon
Spanish Interpreter

Joanna Oyarzabal
Spanish Interpreter

Yanett Kenney
Spanish Interpreter

Yolando Romo

Spanish Interpreter

Eugnia Arbol
Spanish Interpreter

Aidan Muñoz-Christian
Spanish Interpreter

Irene
Spanish Interpreter

Kisanet Tekie
Tigrinya, Italian Interpreter

Tsgereda A. Syoum
Tigrinya Interpreter

Joseph Asunka, Ph.D
CEO, Afrobarometer

Gauri Bhardwaj, MBA
PTR Board Treasurer & Operations Manager, Toronado Capital Management

Cathy Chen, MPH
PTR Board Co-Chair & Director
Medicare Strategy and Operations, Kaiser Permanente

Akawak Ejigu, MBA, DBA

Finance and Administration Expert

Erica McKnight, Esq.

Hillary Pollaro, MSc

Grants Manager, One Hearts Worldwide

Stephanie Wu

Operations Expert


ADVISORY BOARD

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

Monika Parikh, MA, MPA
PTR Founder and Board Chair

Jonathan Rico
Software Engineer, Salesforce


JUNIOR BOARD

Ope Peters
Attorney, Boornazian, Jenson & Garthe

Isabel “Izzy” Smith
Customer Success Manager, Everwise