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Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2016 2 David Ebert, Joel Litvin
2017 2 David Ebert, Joel Litvin
2018 2 David Ebert, Joel Litvin
2019 4 Mary Dulka David Ebert, Joel Litvin, Judith Turkel
2020 14 Crystal Kramer, Drew Alexis, Helena Bouchard, Helena Bouchard, Mary Dulka, Mary S. Harrington, Matt Beyer, Mike Recchia Allan Kornberg, David Ebert, Joel Litvin, Judith Turkel, Stephanie Jeshiva Gerald Kahwa
2021 21 Crystal Kramer, Drew Alexis, Helena Bouchard, Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, Mary Dulka, Mary Dulka, Mary S. Harrington, Matt Beyer Allan Kornberg, David Ebert, Joel Litvin, Judith Turkel, Stephanie Jeshiva Anjali Nowakowski, Anjali Sareen, Dannielle Mattes, David Nadler, Gerald Kahwa, Jessica Zafonte, Susan Witkin
2022 19 Drew Alexis, Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, Jaclyn Leeds, Jennifer Buesser, Lesley Tse, Mary Dulka, Mary Harrington Allan Kornberg, David Ebert, Joel Litvin, Judith Turkel, Stephanie Jeshiva Anjali Sareen, Aryenish Birdie, Daina Bray, David Nadler, Gerald Kahwa, Monica Chen
2023 25 Drew Alexis, Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, James Honda, Jennifer Buesser, Kristin O"Neal, Lesley Tse, Mary Dulka Allan Kornberg, David Ebert, Joel Litvin, Judith Turkel, Stephanie Jeshiva, Terra Melson Aryenish Birdie, Daina Bray, David Coman-Hidy, David Nadler, Duncan McNair, Gerald Kahwa, Jo-Anne McArthur, Justin Marceau, Monica Chen, Richard Riley, Sebastian Joy
2024 29 Darshan Brach, Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, James Honda, Jennifer Buesser, Jillian Yakominich, Kristin O"Neal, Mary Dulka Allan Kornberg, David Ebert, Joel Litvin, Judith Turkel, Kristen Diederich, Stephanie Jeshiva, Vandhana Bala Aryenish Birdie, Bill Nimmo, Brian Cooley, Daina Bray, David Coman-Hidy, David Nadler, Duncan McNair, Gerald Kahwa, Jo-Anne McArthur, Justin Marceau, Monica Chen, Richard Riley, Sebastian Joy, Tania Luna
2025 28 Darshan Brach, Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, James Honda, Jennifer Buesser, Jillian Yakominich, Kristin O"Neal Allan Kornberg, David Ebert, Joel Litvin, Judith Turkel, Kristen Diederich, Stephanie Jeshiva, Vandhana Bala Aryenish Birdie, Bill Nimmo, Brian Cooley, Daina Bray, David Coman-Hidy, David Nadler, Duncan McNair, Gerald Kahwa, Jo-Anne McArthur, Justin Marceau, Monica Chen, Richard Riley, Sebastian Joy, Tania Luna

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2020-01-01 1 Mary Dulka
2021-01-01 6 Crystal Kramer, Drew Alexis, Helena Bouchard, Mary Dulka, Mary S. Harrington, Matt Beyer
2022-01-01 4 Drew Alexis, Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, Mary Dulka
2023-01-01 6 Drew Alexis, Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, Jennifer Buesser, Lesley Tse, Mary Dulka
2024-01-01 7 Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, James Honda, Jennifer Buesser, Jillian Yakominich, Kristin O"Neal, Mary Dulka
2025-01-01 7 Darshan Brach, Helena Bouchard, Jaclyn Leeds, James Honda, Jennifer Buesser, Jillian Yakominich, Kristin O"Neal

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2016-05-01 1 1 0 Joel Litvin
2016-07-01 2 1 0 David Ebert
2019-01-01 3 1 0 Judith Turkel
2019-03-01 4 1 0 Mary Dulka
2020-06-01 5 1 0 Helena Bouchard
2020-08-01 10 5 0 Allan Kornberg, Crystal Kramer, Drew Alexis, Matt Beyer, Stephanie Jeshiva
2020-09-01 10 1 -1 Mike Recchia Helena Bouchard
2020-09-02 11 1 0 Helena Bouchard
2020-10-01 11 1 -1 Gerald Kahwa Mike Recchia
2020-11-01 12 1 0 Mary S. Harrington
2021-04-01 14 2 0 Anjali Nowakowski, David Nadler
2021-05-01 15 1 0 Jaclyn Leeds
2021-06-01 13 0 -2 Anjali Nowakowski, Helena Bouchard
2021-06-02 14 1 0 Helena Bouchard
2021-07-01 18 4 0 Anjali Sareen, Dannielle Mattes, Jessica Zafonte, Susan Witkin
2021-09-01 19 1 0 Mary Dulka
2021-10-01 13 0 -6 Crystal Kramer, Dannielle Mattes, Jessica Zafonte, Mary S. Harrington, Matt Beyer, Susan Witkin
2021-11-01 12 0 -1 Mary Dulka
2022-02-01 11 0 -1 Anjali Sareen
2022-06-01 12 1 0 Jennifer Buesser
2022-07-01 13 2 -1 Lesley Tse, Mary Harrington Mary Harrington
2022-09-01 15 2 0 Aryenish Birdie, Monica Chen
2022-12-01 16 2 -1 Daina Bray, Jaclyn Leeds Jaclyn Leeds
2023-05-01 17 1 0 Kristin O"Neal
2023-07-01 22 8 -3 David Coman-Hidy, Duncan McNair, James Honda, Jo-Anne McArthur, Justin Marceau, Richard Riley, Sebastian Joy, Terra Melson Drew Alexis, Lesley Tse, Terra Melson
2024-01-01 23 1 0 Jillian Yakominich
2024-04-01 24 1 0 Vandhana Bala
2024-05-01 27 3 0 Bill Nimmo, Kristen Diederich, Tania Luna
2024-08-01 26 0 -1 Mary Dulka
2024-12-01 28 2 0 Brian Cooley, Darshan Brach

List of people (46 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Jaclyn Leeds Executive Director 2022-12-01 full-time [1], [2], [3]
Jennifer Buesser Legal Director 2022-06-01 [1], [4], [3]
James Honda Staff Attorney 2023-07-01 [1], [3]
Kristin O"Neal Staff Attorney 2023-05-01 [1], [5], [3]
Jillian Yakominich Staff Attorney 2024-01-01 [6], [7], [3]
Helena Bouchard Paralegal 2021-06-02 [8], [9], [3]
Darshan Brach Conflict Coach/Mediator 2024-12-01 [10], [3]
Judith Turkel Board Member 2019-01-01 board member [11], [12], [3]
Joel Litvin Board Member 2016-05-01 board member [11], [13], [3]
Stephanie Jeshiva Board Member 2020-08-01 board member [11], [3]
Vandhana Bala Board Member 2024-04-01 board member [6], [14], [3]
Kristen Diederich Board Member 2024-05-01 board member [6], [15], [3]
David Ebert Board Member 2016-07-01 board member [11], [16], [3]
Allan Kornberg Board Member 2020-08-01 board member [11], [3]
Aryenish Birdie Advisor 2022-09-01 advisor [1], [17], [3]
Daina Bray Advisor 2022-12-01 advisor [1], [18], [3]
Monica Chen Advisor 2022-09-01 advisor [1], [19], [3]
David Coman-Hidy Advisor 2023-07-01 advisor [1], [3]
Brian Cooley Advisor 2024-12-01 advisor [10], [3]
Sebastian Joy Advisor 2023-07-01 advisor [1], [3]
Gerald Kahwa Advisor 2020-10-01 advisor [20], [3]
Tania Luna Advisor 2024-05-01 advisor [6], [3]
Justin Marceau Advisor 2023-07-01 advisor [1], [3]
Jo-Anne McArthur Advisor 2023-07-01 advisor [1], [3]
Duncan McNair Advisor 2023-07-01 advisor [1], [3]
David Nadler Advisor 2021-04-01 advisor [21], [3]
Bill Nimmo Advisor 2024-05-01 advisor [6], [3]
Richard Riley Advisor 2023-07-01 advisor [1], [3]
Helena Bouchard Operations Coordinator 2020-09-02 2021-06-01 [9]
Helena Bouchard Operations Intern 2020-06-01 2020-09-01 intern [9]
Jaclyn Leeds Communications Director 2021-05-01 2022-12-01 [8], [2], [22]
Mary Dulka Senior Counsel 2019-03-01 2021-11-01 [11], [23], [24]
Mary Dulka Of Counsel 2021-09-01 2024-08-01 [25], [23], [22]
Drew Alexis Volunteer 2020-08-01 2023-07-01 volunteer [11], [1]
Matt Beyer Volunteer 2020-08-01 2021-10-01 volunteer [11], [24]
Crystal Kramer Volunteer 2020-08-01 2021-10-01 volunteer [11], [24]
Mike Recchia Volunteer 2020-09-01 2020-10-01 volunteer [26], [20]
Mary S. Harrington Consultant 2020-11-01 2021-10-01 [27], [24]
Anjali Nowakowski Advisor 2021-04-01 2021-06-01 advisor [21], [28]
Anjali Sareen Advisor 2021-07-01 2022-02-01 advisor [8], [25]
Dannielle Mattes Advisor 2021-07-01 2021-10-01 advisor [8], [24]
Susan Witkin Advisor 2021-07-01 2021-10-01 advisor [8], [24]
Jessica Zafonte Advisor 2021-07-01 2021-10-01 advisor [8], [24]
Lesley Tse Staff Attorney 2022-07-01 2023-07-01 [22], [1]
Mary Harrington Volunteer 2022-07-01 2022-07-01 volunteer [22]
Terra Melson Board Member 2023-07-01 2023-07-01 board member [1]

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