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Nelson Lewis
Nelson Lewis is Executive Assistant to the President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Kerry Kennedy. Previously, Nelson worked in the North Shore-LIJ Health System, now Northwell Health, as an Emergency Room Representative at North Shore University Hospital. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Nelson received his B.A. in History and Philosophy from the Commonwealth Honors…
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Diane Labadie
Diane serves as the Office Manager of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights office in Washington, D.C. Diane has worked with the organization for over ten years, first working as part of a long-term consultant firm, transitioning to a full time staff member two years ago. She previously worked as an administrative assistant at the…
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Lynn Delaney
Lynn Delaney is a Senior Adviser and the Executive Director of RFK Legacy, Awards, and Special Projects. With over 20 years of management experience, she has worked in every area of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights: overseeing the day-to-day operations as well as working with staff and board members on planning, budgeting, fundraising and program…
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Michael Schreiber
Michael Schreiber is an experienced leader of mission driven organizations, with a particular interest and capacity in organizational growth and strategic implementation. Over his 20 year career, Michael has served in leadership roles for Deloitte Consulting, United Way Worldwide, GBCHealth and Concern Worldwide. In each of these roles, he has been responsible for identifying new…
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Babette Perez
Babette Perez is the Human Resources Manager at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, located in the New York office. She manages all areas within human resources such as: hiring and recruitment, benefits administration, employee relations, workplace culture, compensation, and performance. Babette was born in the Bronx, raised in New Jersey, and is a first generation…
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Brendan Nguyen
Brendan Nguyen is the Associate Director of Operations at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Based in the New York office, he oversees operations, technology, and human resources for the organization and also leads partnerships with both corporate and non-profit organizations such as Global Citizen, Tumblr, and White Castle. Born and raised in Southern California, Brendan…
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Dawn Ross
Dawn Ross is the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Director of International Operations. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she received an undergraduate degree at UCLA and law degree at NYU, before clerking for a U.S. District Court judge in Hawaii and practicing law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Dawn has taught First…
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Ricarda Velez
Ricarda Velez, best known as Ricky, serves as the Office Manager at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ New York office. Ricky attended Katherine Gibbs Business School in Manhattan. She studied Business Administration, Stenography and Speed Writing to develop key office operations skills. She then served as Travel Coordinator for seven years for the Lutheran Immigration…
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Fanta NGom
Fanta is the Director of Business and Human Rights, working to engage, mobilize, and convene a network of 300 investors—who collectively manage $7 trillion in assets globally—as well as corporations to integrate social justice issues into their business and investment practices. In this role, Fanta scaled the department’s strategic programmatic focus on critical issues including…
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Nisa Patel
As Chief Governance Officer at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Nisa Patel supports stakeholder engagement across RFK’s breadth of leadership platforms and programs, along with event and project management. Most recently, Nisa provided oversight for GBCHealth’s communications and external events, coordinated the organization’s engagement in maternal, newborn and child health space and played a key…
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Kerry Kasper
A senior writer for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Kerry Kasper has more than a decade of experience as a journalist and author. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Associated Press, Irish News, on NPR and many other outlets. She’s been described as one of the Best State Capitol Reporters in…
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