Our Team

Staff

AFSC works with communities in multiple countries and U.S. cities. Our staff work with people and partners of all faiths and backgrounds to meet urgent community needs, challenge injustice, and build peace.

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Staff Leadership

Joyce Ajlouny

(she/her)

General Secretary; Member, Board Executive Committee

Hector Cortez

(he/him)

Deputy General Secretary

Laura Boyce

(she/her)

Associate General Secretary for U.S. Programs

Kerri Kennedy

(she/her)

Associate General Secretary for International Programs

Sonia Tuma

(she/her)

Associate General Secretary for Global Cohesion

Jason Drucker

(he/him)

Associate General Secretary for Advancement

Giovanni Cozzarelli

(he/him)

Chief Finance Officer

Theresa Kirby

(she/her)

Interim Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

Directors

Ana Marcia Aguiluz Soto

(she/her)

Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Kennedy Akolo

(he/him)

Regional Director, Africa

Sarah Clarke

(she/her)

Director and Quaker UN Representative

Khaled Elkouz

(he/him)

Regional Director, Middle East

Jacob Flowers

(he/him)

Regional Director, U.S. South

Sharon Goens-Bradley

(she/her/they/them)

Regional Director, U.S. Midwest

Amy Gottlieb

(she/her)

U.S. Migration Director

Keith Harvey

(he/him)

Regional Director, U.S. Northeast

Aura Kanegis

(she/her)

Director of Public Policy and Advocacy

Eunice Ndonga

(she/her)

International Migration Director

Kimberly Niles

(she/her)

Director of Planning and Evaluation

Marielle Oetjen

(she/her)

Regional Director, U.S. West

Lucy Roberts

(she/her)

International Peacebuilding Director

Sandra Veloso

(she/her)

Regional Director, Asia

Lewis Webb, Jr.

(he/him)

U.S. Peacebuilding Director

Rick Wilson

(he/him)

U.S. Economic Justice Director

Offices and Teams

Our regional offices serve as hubs for work in different parts of the world. We connect the local to the national and global, using intersectional, collaborative approaches to achieve change.

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Board of Directors

All Board members serve on at least one standing Board or Corporation committee. Each member's current committee service is listed after their name. The Board Executive Committee is made up of the five officers of the Board plus members at large to ensure representation from all major standing Board Committees.

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Officers of the Board

Joyce Ajlouny

(she/her)

General Secretary; Member, Board Executive Committee

Álvaro Alvarado

(he/him)

Presiding Clerk of the Corporation, Board of Directors and Board Executive Committee

Frederick Dettmer

(he/him)

Recording Clerk; Member, Governance Committee; Member, Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Task Force; Member, Board Executive Committee

Steve Fortuna

(he/him)

Assistant Clerk, Corporation, Board and Board Executive Committee; Clerk, Board Program Committee

Dave Wells

(he/him)

Treasurer; Member, Board Executive Committee; Member, Stewardship Committee

Ex-Officio members

Becky Flory

(she/her)

Co-clerk, Midwest Region Group

Deborah Hull

(she/her)

Member, Stewardship Committee; member, International Programs Group

Tonya McClary

(she/her)

Co-clerk Joint Program Committee; Co-clerk, US Programs Committee; Member, Board Executive Committee

Enoch Opuka

(he/him)

Member, Joint Program Committee; Africa Regional Group

Gail Pressberg

(she/her)

Member, Joint Program Committee; Middle East Regional Group

Amanda Romero Medina

(she/her)

Member, Joint Program Committee; Latin America/Carribean Regional Group

Ann-Marie Scheidt

(she/her)

co-clerk, Northeast Region Group

Members-at-large

Aaron Alarcon

(he, him)

Co-Clerk, Community, Equity and Justice Board Committee

Lauren Brownlee

(she, her)

Co-clerk, Community, Equity and Justice Board Committee; Member, Board Executive Committee

Marjan Ehsassi

(she/her)

member, International Programs Group

Phil Lord

(he, him)

Clerk, Governance Committee

Caren Marshall

(she/her)

Clerk, Audit Committee; Member, Governance committee

Darlene McDonald

(she/her)

member, Friends Relations Committee; FCNL Representative

Esther Mombo

(she/her)

member, Community, Equity and Justice Board Committee

Walid Mosarsaa

(he/him)

member, Friends Relations Committee; member, Standing Nominating Committee

Nicholas Thomas

(he/him)

Member, Friends Relations Committee

Gloria Thompson

(she/her)

member, Board Audit Committee; member, Standing Nominating Committee

Kenneth Oye

(he/him)

Co-clerk, Joint Program Committee; Member, Quaker United Nations Committee; Member, International Programs Group

Rebecca Steele

(she/her)

clerk, Stewardship Committee

Genie Stowers

(she, her)

Clerk, Strategic Vision Committee; FCNL Representative

Careers

AFSC is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Our work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.