People
All
India Adams
(she/her)
Executive and Board Coordinator
Belguun “Bella” Bat-Erdene
(she/her)
Senior Grants Officer
Raisa Borshchigova
(she/her)
Senior Program Officer
Keishla Gonzalez-Quiles
(she/her)
Communications Officer
Alex Grossman
(she/her)
Communications Managing Officer
Samaria Johnson
(she/her)
Development Operations Coordinator
Kate Kroeger
(she/her)
Executive Director
Amy Leichtman
Director of Partnerships
Jesse Maeshiro
(she/her)
Development Officer
Nathalie Margi
(she/her)
Senior Advocacy Officer
Adelaide Mazwarira
She/Her
Partnerships Managing Officer
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
Michelle R.
(she/her)
Senior Finance Officer
Cecilia “Cecy” Ramirez Suero
(she/her/ella)
Director of People, Culture, and Operations
Elsa Saade
Senior Program Officer
Nia Scott-Hamilton
(she/her)
Human Resources Coordinator
Allison S.
(she/her)
Senior Operations Officer
Johnny Tohme
He/They
Grantmaking Managing Officer
Celia Turner
(they/them)
Urgent Action Funds Partnerships Managing Officer
Grace Yuen
(she/her)
Finance Officer
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
BenefitsOf 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 up to 5%
- 100% employee coverage for medical, dental and vision, and 50% dependent coverage for medical, dental and vision
