Staff & Partners

Laurie Ahern

President

Eric Rosenthal

Founder and Executive Director

Priscila Rodríguez

Associate Director for Advocacy

Dragana Ciric Milovanovic

Director, Europe Regional Office

Lisbet Brizuela

Director, Mexico Office

Halyna Kurylo

Director, Ukraine Rapid Response

Caitlin Kowalski

Communication & Administration Associate

Rosanne Casamassima

Controller

Olga Levshukova

DRI-Ukraine Program Associate

Tetiana Biriukova

Ukraine Program Assistant

Yaroslava Ilchenko

Ukraine Communications Officer

Mayra Cifuentes

Mexico Program Assistant

Masa Pavlovic

Project Manager, MDRI-S, Belgrade, Serbia

Maja Popovic

Programme Associate and Communication Manager, MDRI-S, Belgrade, Serbia

Snezana Lazarevic

Associate, MDRI-S, Belgrade, Serbia

Aneta Genova Mircheva

Kera Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Eunice Diaz

Women's Rights Advocate

Kamelia Kameli

Community Awareness & Engagement Advisor

Dr. Matthew Mason

Senior Mental Health and Science Advisor

Peter Stastny

Senior Advisor, Mental Health Services Alternatives

Collin Kornfeind

DRI Video Producer, Owner of Meaningless Films LLC.

Expert Volunteers

Orrick

Pro Bono Counsel

White & Case

Pro Bono Counsel

Dr. Javier Aceves

Professor of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico (retired)

Angelita Baeyens

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Liz Bauer

Former member Michigan State Board of Education

Donna Bouclier

Family Support Specialist

Marisa Brown

Georgetown University

Jim Conroy

President, Center for Outcome Analysis

Robert M. Factor

Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, University of Wisconsin SMPH

Karen Green McGowan

Clinical Nurse Consultant

Arlene S. Kanter

Professor of Law, Syracuse University

Dr. Larry Kaplan

Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrician

Joan Kaufman

Kennedy Krieger Institute

Robert M. Levy

US Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of NY

Dr. Humberto L. Martinez

Psychiatrist

Tara J. Melish

Director of the Human Rights Center at SUNY

David W. Oaks

Co-founder, MindFreedom International

Dr. Robert Okin

Professor Emeritus, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine

Melanie Reeves Miller

Disability Expert

Gene Richards

Photographer
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Kathy Ryan, Chernobyl Children International

Jody Santos

Filmmaker

Dr. Éva Szeli

Psychologist and Lawyer

Isabel Hodge

Executive Director, United States International Council on Disabilities

Seth M. Keller, MD