About PHR

Staff and Board

A. Frank Donaghue
Chief Executive Officer

Susannah Sirkin
Deputy Director

Brenda Smith, CPA
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer

Kathleen Carspecken
Executive Assistant

Stefan Schmitt, MS
Director of International Forensic Program

Richard Sollom, MA, MPH
Director of Research and Investigations

Laura Wagster
International Forensic Program Assistant

Kathleen Sullivan, JD
Chief Program Officer of Custody Programs

Scott Allen, MD
Medical Advisor

Jennifer Baldé
Asylum Program Director

Elisabeth Sewall
Asylum Network Manager

Erin Hustings
Asylum Advocacy Associate

Vincent Iacopino, MD, PhD
Senior Medical Advisor

Nathaniel A. Raymond
Campaign Against Torture (CAT) Director

Helen Potts, PhD
Chief Program Officer of Health Programs

Sonia Lee
Leland Fellow

Sarah Kalloch
Outreach and Constituency Organizing Director

Hope O'Brien
Student Program Coordinator

John Bradshaw, JD
Chief Policy Officer, Director PHR DC office

Paola Barahona
Senior Global Health Policy Advocate
PHR DC office

Eric A. Friedman, JD
Senior Global Health Policy Advisor
PHR DC office

Eric B. Williams
Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative
Senior Policy Associate
PHR DC office

Benjamin Greenberg
Director of Online Communications

Gurukarm K. Khalsa
Web Editor/Producer

Jared Voss
Web Editor/Producer

Sharon Cohen
Major Gifts Officer

Jill Janows
Senior Foundation Relations Officer

Molly O'Sullivan
Development Associate

Vladimir Florentino
Information Technology Manager

Nova Kirjilian
Database Analyst

Mary Plant
Assistant Director of Finance

Ryan Thibodeau, PHR
Director of Human Resources

Mary Ellen Tiller
Staff Accountant