Staff

PHR’s staff carry out their work each day with one common goal: to pursue human rights and justice, armed with the indisputable power of medical and scientific forensic evidence.

Uliana Poltavets, MS

Ukraine Emergency Response Coordinator

Frehiwot Admasu

Accounting Associate

Kiran Afridi

Human Resources Coordinator

Houssam al-Nahhas, MD, MPH

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Researcher

Michele Alexander, JD

Interim Director of Development

Sammi Brown, BS

Individual Giving Manager

Sophia Cole, MPA

Senior Operations and Program Support Manager

Gareth Crawford, MPA

Chief Operating Officer

Nicole Diaz-Baez

Staff Accountant

Hannah Dunphy, MA

Senior Communications Manager

Olivia Dupont

Program Manager, SVCZ

Clemmie Faust

Senior Grant Writer and Project Manager

Lindsey Green, MA

Senior Program Officer, SVCZ

Toby Greenfield, MA

Senior Institutional Development Manager

Casey Grittner

Institutional Development Officer

Maram Haddad, MA

Senior Program Officer, Iraq

Hannah Houpt, MA, MSW

Asylum Program Coordinator

Niti Iyer, MS

Director of Digital Marketing

Will Jaffe

Advocacy and Network Coordinator

Suzanne Kidenda

Senior Program Officer, Kenya

Evan Klonsky

Digital Communications Manager

Georges Kuzma

Expert Consultant, Program on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones

Janet Lyall

Director of Human Resources

Thomas McHale, SM

Deputy Director of the Program, SVCZ​

John Miller

MediCapt Technical Project Manager

Stella Muthui

Finance and Administrative Officer

Michel Nzola

Program and Operations Associate, DRC

Elizeba Owange

Program and Operations Coordinator

Catherine Pape

Executive Administrator and Office Manager

Michael Payne

Deputy Director, Advocacy

Barbara Pirto

Director of Finance

Payal Shah, JD

Director of the Program, SVCZ

Kevin Short

Deputy Director of Media and Communications

Zahraa Suleiman Al-Khayat

Iraq Country Coordinator

Wacera Wathigo, MA

Communications and Publications Manager

Tessa Wilson

Senior Program Officer, Asylum Program

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