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India Adams
(she/her)
Executive and Board Coordinator

Belguun “Bella” Bat-Erdene
(she/her)
Senior Grants Officer

Raisa Borshchigova
(she/her)
Senior Program Officer

Shalini Eddens
(she/her)
Deputy Executive Director

Keishla Gonzalez-Quiles
(she/her)
Communications Officer

Alex Grossman
(she/her)
Senior Communications Officer

Samaria Johnson
(she/her)
Development Operations Coordinator

Kate Kroeger
(she/her)
Executive Director

Jesse Maeshiro
(she/her)
Development Officer

Nathalie Margi
(she/her)
Senior Advocacy Officer
Agnes Mestrich
(she/her)
Director of Finance and Operations

Maylott Mulugeta
(she/her)
Senior Program Officer

Huong Nguyen
(she/her)
Senior Learning & Impact Officer

Somer Nowak
(she/her)
Senior Collective Care Officer

Otibho Obianwu
(she/they)
Director of Programs

Danielle Pointdujour
(she/her)
Human Resources Officer

Michelle R.
(she/her)
Senior Finance Officer

Elsa Saade
Senior Program Officer
Nia Scott-Hamilton
(she/her)
Human Resources Coordinator
Allison S.
(she/her)
Operations & Systems Officer

Celia Turner
(they/them)
Partnerships Managing Officer

Grace Yuen
(she/her)
Finance Coordinator

Val Napoleon
(she/her)
Board Chair

Ruth Baldacchino
(they/them)
Board Vice-Chair

Lina Abou-Habib
(she/her)
Board Member

Milena Abrahamyan
(she/her)
Board Member

Dorianna Blitt
(she/her)
Board Treasurer

Charlotte Bunch
(she/her)
Board Secretary

Chinyere Ezie
(she/her)
Board Member

Sarah Hunt/ Tłaliłila’ogwa
(she/her)
Board Member

Wanda Nowicka
(she/her)
Board Member

Fariza Ospan
(she/her)
Board Member
Former board members
Sunila Abeysekera
Former Board Chair Sri Lanka
Maryam Al-Khawaja
Former Board Vice Chair
Chela Blitt
Former Board Member, United States of America
Ariane Brunet
Urgent Action Fund Co-founder, United States of America
Kamala Chandrakirana
Former Vice Chair, Indonesia
Hope Chigudu
Former Board Chair, Zimbabwe
Jelena Dordevic
Former Board Secretary, Serbia
Eleanor Douglas
Former Executive Director Urgent Action Fund-Latin America, Colombia
Marta Drury
Former Board Member, United States
Amalia Fischer
Former Board Vice Chair, Brazil
Mariam Gagoshashvili
Former Board Member
Roshmi Goswami
Former Board Member
Terry Greenblatt
Former Urgent Action Fund Executive Director, Israel/United States
Xiaopei He
Former Board Member, China
Anissa Helie
Former Board Vice Chair, Algeria and France
Rachel-Alouki Labbé
Former Board Chair, First Nations of Canada – Abenaki
Paulette Meyer
Former Board Member
Nadine Moawad
Former Board Member, Lebanon
Kaari Betty Murungi
Former Urgent Action Fund-Africa Executive Director, Kenya
Vahida Nainar
Current Board Member Urgent Action Fund-Africa, India
Indai Lourdes Sajor
Former Urgent Action Fund Board Member, Philippines
Paola Salwan Daher
Former Board Member
Margaret Schink
Urgent Action Fund Co-founder, United States of America
Patricia Sellers
Former Board Chair
Julie Shaw
Urgent Action Fund Co-founder and former Urgent Action Fund Executive Director, United States of America
Rita Thapa
Former Urgent Action Fund Board Member, Nepal
Rachel Wareham
Former Urgent Action Fund Board Member, Afghanistan
Benefits
Of Working at Urgent Action Fund
- 100% remote work environment
- 4-day (36-hours) work week – Monday through Thursday
- 15 days paid vacation which increases with time worked
- 20 sick days
- 13 paid holidays, including staff birthdays
- 401k matching 3%
- 100% employee coverage for medical, dental and vision, and 50% dependent coverage for medical, dental and vision