Kassandra Frederique

Executive Director

Paul Dana

Managing Director of Development and Political Strategy

Libero Della Piana

Managing Director of Organizing and Strategic Partnership

Melissa Garcia

Chief Operating Officer

Lindsay LaSalle

Managing Director of Policy

Theshia Naidoo

Managing Director of Foreign Policy Advocacy

Julie “Jules” Netherland, Ph.D.

Managing Director of Research and Academic Engagement

Brian Pacheco

Managing Director of Communications

Derek Hodel

Board President of the Drug Policy Alliance

Mary Travis Bassett, MD, MPH

Director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University; FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Juan Cartagena

Former President & General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF

Helena Hansen, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Co-Chair of the Research Theme in Health Equity & Translational Social Science and Associate Director of the Center for Social Medicine

Pamela Lichty

Advocate and Founder of the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii

Alejandro Madrazo

Academic Director, Talisis

Svante Myrick

Executive Director of People For The American Way

Leticia Peguero

Founder and Principal, Leticia Peguero Coaching and Consulting

Kemba Smith Pradia

Advocate and Author

Josiah Rich, M.D.

Professor of Medicine and Community Health at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Alex Soros

Chair, Open Society Foundations

Hilda Vega

Deputy VP for Philanthropic Practice at Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP)

Antonia Walters

Elle Chen

California Policy Manager

Aliza Cohen

Research Coordinator

Olivia DiGangi

Development Associate

EL Evelyn

Digital Communications Coordinator

Grey Gardner

State Director, California

David Glowka

Director of Development

Maggie Hart

Communications Director

Phylicia Kahn

Social Media & Branding Coordinator

Kiana Marsan

Communications Coordinator

Maritza Perez Medina

Director of Federal Affairs

Kristen Millnick

Senior Manager of Communications

Lina Mingoia

Director of Operation and Benefits

Gia Mitcham

New York Policy Associate

Gabriella Miyares

Director of Digital Communications & Branding

Melissa Moore

Director of Civil Systems Reform

Cat Packer

Director of Drug Markets and Legal Regulation

Norma Palacios

Policy Coordinator

Stephanie Polito

Director of Operations and Special Events

Kellen Russoniello

Director of Public Health

Joe Salas

Director of Membership and Operations

Hanna Sharif-Kazemi

Policy Manager

Toni Smith

Director of New York State

Christopher Soda

Executive Assistant and Board Liaison

Boris Sporer

Director of Information Technology and Knowledge Management

Shelley Steele

Senior Accountant

Thomas Sullivan

Director of Finance and Accounting

Sheila P Vakharia

Deputy Director of Research and Academic Engagement