Asylum Access

Executive Staff

Emily E. Arnold-Fernandez, Esq
Executive Director

Michael Kagan, Esq
Policy Director

Michelle Arévalo-Carpenter
Project Director, ASELER (Ecuador)

Sanjula Weerasinghe
Project Director, Asylum Access Thailand

Vivienne Chew
Assistant Project Director, Asylum Access Thailand

Program and Operations Staff

Chrissie Clay
Pro Bono/Development Coordinator

Sasha Doyle-Weiss
Volunteer Coordinator

Legal Advocates(current and former)

Andres Aguirre
Gregory Bertleff
Sarah Farnsworth
Andres Ochoa
Mauricio Ramos
Robin Trangsrud
Angela Volz

Volunteers and Interns

Asylum Access relies heavily on the support of our dedicated, committed volunteers and interns. Want to be one of them? Learn how to get involved!

Current Volunteers

Matt Baker, Website Maintenance
Jim Dowd, Video Editing
Krista Maddox, Accounting and Bookkeeping
Edward O'Neill, Videography and Video Production
Chaney Moore Rankin, Public Relations Chair and Safe Harbor Editor-In-Chief
Rachel Reyes, Spring Soiree Chair
Polina Selyutin, Special Projects
Steve Statler, Videography

We are grateful for the dedication and commitment of these and other volunteers and supporters.

Former Staff and Interns

Former Staff

Naomi Cutler, Executive Assistant
Amalia Greenberg, Launch Director, ASELER (Ecuador)

Ian Harris, Program Associate — Ecuador
Amelia Hight, Program Associate — Thailand
Deji Olukotun, Project Director, SAFER Project (South Africa)
Do Im Park, Policy Fellow
Jillian Tuck, Program Associate — Ecuador

Former Interns

Lauren Bocobo, Development Intern, Fall 2007
Grace DiLaura, Non-Profit Operations Intern, Summer 2007
Amy Deckelbaum, Policy and Program Development Intern, Summer 2007
Nadeen Elshorafa, Program Research Intern, 2007
Jozsef Horvath, Education & Outreach Intern, 2007
Fidel Lambie, Information Technology Intern, Summer 2007
Rachel Reyes, Communications Intern, Summer 2007
Josh Scharff, Policy and Program Development Intern, Summer 2007
James Poole, Policy Intern, Fall 2007
Abiola Afolayan, Communications Intern, Fall 2006
Ken Linthicum, Nonprofit Operations Intern, Spring 2007
Marianne Naveran, Policy Intern, Fall 2006
Sabrina Reese, Policy Intern, Summer 2006