Asylum Access’s international team possesses decades of experience in legal services, advocacy and community empowerment.
Global Leadership Team | Global HQ | Board | National Organizations
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.
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TEAM
The Global Leadership Team is the executive committee of Asylum Access as a whole. Together, they set our global goals, priorities, programming and budgets.
Alejandra Macías Delgadillo
Executive Director, Asylum Access Mexico
she/her | Full Bio | Twitter | LinkedIn
Deepa Nambiar
Director of Partnerships
Emily Arnold-Fernández
President and CEO
she/they | Full Bio | Twitter | LinkedIn
Luisa Sotelo
Global Finance Director
Sana Mustafa
Director of Engagement
Bahati Kanyamanza
Associate Director of Partnerships
he/him | Full Bio | Twitter | LinkedIn
Diana Essex-Lettieri
Senior Vice-President
she/her | Full Bio | Twitter | LinkedIn
Hui Ying Tham
Executive Director, Asylum Access Malaysia
Naiyana Thanawattho
Executive Director, Asylum Access Thailand
Vaishna Santhar
Deputy Director, Asylum Access Malaysia
she/her | LinkedIn
Daniela Reinoso
Associate Director of Human Resources
she/her | LinkedIn
Elizabeth Otto-Wallace
Chief Operating Officer
Lisa D’Annunzio
Development and Communications Director
Paniti Tiengtrong
Deputy Director, Asylum Access Thailand
GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS
Our Global Headquarters in Oakland, California comprises many members of the Global Leadership Team. It also comprises staff working on global human resources, operations, finance, development, communications, global policy, monitoring and evaluation, and the Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (RRLI).
Abeer Benbuk
Media and Development Lead
she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter | Based in the USA
Graham Kembo
RRLI Communications Coordinator
he/him | Full Bio | Based in Zimbabwe
Julius Oyugi
RRLI Finance Manager
he/him | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Kenya
María Rebeca Ortiz
RRLI Program Officer
she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Mexico
Mohammad Entezari
Accounting Manager
he/him | LinkedIn | Based in the USA
Simon McDonagh
Communications and Creative Lead
Carolina Meneses
Executive Assistant
she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Colombia
Hani Al-Rstum
RRLI Coalition Lead
he/him | Full Bio | Based in Belgium
María Adelaida Hernández
Grants Financial and Compliance Manager
she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Colombia
Miguel Angel Santibáñez
Accounting Assistant
he/him | Full Bio | Based in Mexico
Rahul Balasundaram
Partnerships Coordinator
he/him | Full Bio | Twitter | LinkedIn | Based in Canada
Valeria Campos
Development and Communications Assistant
Gabriella Kallas
Senior Advisor to the Vice-President
they/them | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in the USA
Hiba Almhamad
RRLI Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Turkey
María Fernanda Viteri
Operations and Strategy Lead
she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Vietnam
Miriam Zamarripa
Operations and HR Assistant
she/her | Based in the USA
Salwa Mukoda
Policy Officer
she/her | Full Bio | LinkedIn | Based in Uganda
Xili Fernández
Special Projects Manager
BOARD
The Board of Directors is Asylum Access’s primary oversight committee. All members are experts in their respective fields and fully independent from Asylum Access. The Board meets quarterly, with sub-committees meeting monthly or as appropriate.
Amir Ghowsi
Vice Chair
he/him | Full Bio
Joyce Song
Board Member
she/her | Full Bio
Mary Gardiner Huang
Board Member
she/her | Full Bio
Mohammed Badran
Board Member
he/him | Full Bio
Susan Lieu
Board Member
she/her | Full Bio
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
You can see the teams of Asylum Access’s national organizations by following the links below.
Want to join the team?
If you’re interested in working for Asylum Access, check out our Careers page for the latest open positions.