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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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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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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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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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Belén Bonilla
Belén Bonilla is a Program Associate at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, where she provides operational and programmatic support to the Advocacy and Litigation team. She previously served as a William Randolph Hearst Fellow at the Aspen Institute, advancing nonprofit research and organizing event logistics for the Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation. Belén has…
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Kacey Mordecai
Kacey Mordecai joined Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights after five years as a staff attorney at the Juvenile Law Center, a Philadelphia public interest law firm for children, where she worked to improve national policy and practice for children in the foster care and justice systems. Kacey earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center…
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Wade McMullen
Wade McMullen is an experienced leader and human rights lawyer who has worked in service of grassroots activists and social justice movements for nearly two decades. At Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Wade leads the organization’s strategy and its legal and educational programs that work with frontline advocates to topple systemic injustice and foster a…
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Angelita Baeyens
As the VP of International Advocacy and Litigation, Angelita Baeyens is the lead attorney in several human rights cases before the UN and regional human rights mechanisms, including on freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly, and violence against women.
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Amy Zelvin Reid
Amy Zelvin Reid is the Executive Vice President of Marketing Communications at RFK Human Rights, where she leads efforts to build brand awareness, deepen donor and partner engagement, attract new audiences, and amplify the organization’s global human rights work through effective, mission-driven communication strategies.
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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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Remy Linback
Remy Linback serves as the Senior Marketing Communications Manager at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Previously, she worked as the co-editor-in-chief of the Sarah Lawrence College Political review, a student-run publication committed to enhancing the political dialogue on campus. Remy obtained her B.A. in Political Science from Sarah Lawrence College.
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