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
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
Jody Santos
Filmmaker
Dr. Éva Szeli
Psychologist and Lawyer