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).

Daniela Reinoso

Director of Human Resources

she/her | LinkedIn | Based in Ecuador

Lisa D’Annunzio

Interim Co-CEO

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

María Fernanda Viteri

Global Systems Manager

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

Miguel Angel Santibáñez

Finance Officer

he/him | Full Bio | Based in Mexico

Simon McDonagh

Communications and Creative Manager

he/him | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in the Netherlands

Deepa Nambiar

Director of Partnerships

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

Magdalena Marroquín

Controller

she/her | LinkedIn | Based in Mexico

Mariela Hoyer Starcevic

Director of Communications

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

Miriam Zamarripa

HR and Operations Coordinator

she/her | Based in the USA

Susan Din

Special Advisor to the Co-CEOs

she/her | Full Bio | 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

Megan Savage

Senior Director of Operations

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

Rouba Anka

Interim Co-CEO

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

Valeria Campos

Development and Communications Coordinator

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

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.

Angélica Montesinos

Director of Programs, Asylum Access Mexico

she/her | LinkedIn

Lucía Guadalupe Chávez Vargas

Executive Director, Asylum Access Mexico

she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn

Sivaranjani Manickam

Associate Director of Operations, Asylum Access Malaysia

she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn

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

Paniti Tiengtrong

Director of Programs, Asylum Access Thailand

she/her | Full Bio | 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.