Asylum Access’s international team possesses decades of experience in legal services, advocacy and community empowerment.

Global HQ | National Organizations | Board

Asylum Access is working to make our Global Leadership Team, Board and staff more representative of the communities we live in and serve. Learn more about our commitments to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as well as Refugee Leadership.

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GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS

Our Global Headquarters in Oakland, California, comprises many team members working on global human resources, operations, finance, development, communications, global policy, monitoring and evaluation, and the Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (RRLI).

Lisa D’Annunzio

Interim Co-CEO

she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in the USA

Miguel Angel Santibáñez

Finance Officer

he/him | Full Bio | Based in Mexico

Valeria Campos

Development and Communications Coordinator

she/they | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Mexico

Magdalena Marroquín

Controller

she/her | LinkedIn | Based in Mexico

Miriam Zamarripa

HR and Operations Coordinator

she/her | Based in the USA

Jennifer Siu

Grants Manager

she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Thailand

María Adelaida Hernández

Finance Operations Associate Director

she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Colombia

Rouba Anka

Interim Co-CEO

she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Canada

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP

Our National Organizations in Malaysia, Mexico, and Thailand are directed by local leaders who are experts in asylum law, community outreach, and nonprofit administration.

Lucía Guadalupe Chávez Vargas

Executive Director, Asylum Access Mexico

she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn

Sivaranjani Manickam

Associate Director of Operations, Asylum Access Malaysia

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Gilberto Rustrián

Finance and Administration Director, Asylum Access Mexico

he/him | LinkedIn

Naiyana Thanawattho

Executive Director, Asylum Access Thailand

she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn

Jutawan Thamudon

Director of Operations, Asylum Access Thailand

she/her | LinkedIn

RESOURCING REFUGEE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE

The Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (RRLI) is a refugee-led coalition housed within Asylum Access. RRLI’s mission is to resource refugee-led organizations to uplift communities and combat systematic refugee exclusion within refugee response.