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Administration

Robin Phillips

Executive Director

  (612) 746-4679

rphillips@advrights.org

Jennifer Prestholdt

Deputy Director

(612) 746-4681

jprestholdt@advrights.org

Kay Kautio

Administrative Director

(612) 746-4671

kkautio@advrights.org

Tim Tennant-Jayne

Receptionist/Administrative Assistant

(612) 746-4670

ttennant-jayne@advrights.org

Mary Scott

Administrative and Development Assistant

(612) 746-4680

mscott@advrights.org

 

Development & Communications

Ellen Van Iwaarden

Development and Communications Director

(612) 746-4677

evaniwaarden@advrights.org

Luke Wilcox

Development and Communications Assistant

(612) 746-4684

lwilcox@advrights.org

 

Advocacy

Michele Garnett McKenzie

Director of Advocacy

(612) 746-4685

mmckenzie@advrights.org

Chanida Phaengdara Potter

Advocacy and Communications Assistant

(612) 746-4692

cphaengdara@advrights.org

                 

Human Rights Education

Sarah Herder

Education Director

(612) 746-4685

sherder@advrights.org

Emily Farell

Program Associate

(612) 746-4690

efarell@advrights.org

Madeline Lohman

Program Associate

(612) 746-4696

mlohman@advrights.org

 

International Justice Program

Jennifer Prestholdt

Director of International Justice

(612) 746-4681

jprestholdt@advrights.org

Amy Bergquist

Staff Attorney

(612) 746-4694

abergquist@advrights.org

Ahmed Sirleaf

Program Associate

(612) 746-4695

asirleaf@advrights.org

 

Refugee and Immigration Program (Legal Services)

Emily Good

Director of Refugee and Immigration

(612) 746-4688

egood@advrights.org

Deepinder Singh Mayell

Staff Attorney

(612) 746-4673

dmayell@advrights.org

Kelsey Johnston

Program Assistant

(612) 746-4686

kjohnston@advrights.org

 

Research

Rosalyn Park

Director of Research

(612) 746-4676

rpark@advrights.org

 

Women's Human Rights Program

Cheryl Thomas

Director of Women's Human Rights

(612) 746-4672

cthomas@advrights.org

Mary Ellingen

Staff Attorney

(612) 746-4693

mellingen@advrights.org

Beatríz R. Menanteau

Staff Attorney

(612) 746-4683

bmenanteau@advrights.org

Helen Rubenstein

Staff Attorney

(612) 746-4698

hrubenstein@advrights.org

Mary O’Brien

Program Associate

(612) 746-4682

mobrien@advrights.org