Managing Director, Equal Rights Consulting, LLC Our current and previous clients include:• Our Secure Future (OSF). OSF strengthens the Women, Peace and Security movement to enable effective policy decision-making for a more peaceful world.• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide (SCPG): The SCPG of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum alerts the national conscience, influences policymakers, and stimulates worldwide action to confront and work to halt acts of genocide or related crimes against humanity.​• INHR: INHR is a team of experienced diplomats and policy professionals based in New York, Washington, DC, Geneva, and Brussels who enhance non-governmental and governmental entities’ interactions with the United Nations and its specialized agencies in the areas of human rights, humanitarian affairs, health and disability rights, and atrocities prevention.

• Led and managed RI's largest department of eight regional and thematic advocacy specialists. Created a Europe-focused advocacy program in response to the Mediterranean migration crisis, the EU-Turkey agreement and the fighting in Ukraine. Other RI advocacy priorities included the conflicts in Burma, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Sudan and South Sudan, the DRC, Central America, as well as the displacement through climate events. Oversaw the timely production of all advocacy materials, including the editing and drafting of reports, statements, advocacy letters, and fact sheets. Initiated RI's “Strategic Partnership Initiative,” a network of strategic advocacy partners which seek innovative and long-term solutions to displacement crises and raise the visibility of refugees and displaced individuals. Responsible for developing and managing the department's budget, travel priorities, and investigative missions. Served on RI’s Senior Management Team and the Security Team.

• One-year appointment (Schedule B) advising the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights concerning all aspects related to the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region with a special focus on the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China (including the Tibetan areas and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). Worked on key departmental priority countries in the region such as Burma, North and South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and Japan. Lead staffer to the Under Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL), covering the Bureau's strategic planning, policy goals and programmatic funding priorities. Represented the Department at international conferences and in coordination meetings with foreign governments.

• Led and managed the Washington Office of PHR, a non-governmental organization and co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, which uses the integrity of medicine and science to stop mass atrocities and severe human rights violations. Developed all organizational policy positions on national and international human rights issues and was responsible for all engagements with the U.S. Congress and executive branch agencies. Worked with bipartisan Hill contacts to develop human rights hearings and briefings, and oversaw the drafting of PHR-initiated legislation, such as the Medical Neutrality Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 2643, 112th Congress), critical human rights amendments, and policy statements. Created a government-specific human rights newsletter, PHR's Weekly Human Rights Scan, for congressional and executive branch employees. Frequently represented PHR in the media and oversaw all personnel and budget matters. Served on PHR's Executive Management Team.

• Appointed Democratic Staff Director of the newly created Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the House of Representatives (H. Res. 1451, 110th Congress) by Co-Chairman Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA). Worked on all aspects of the creation of this congressional entity, including the drafting of the establishment legislation, the bylaws, the budget request and budget justification. Oversaw all Commission hearings, the drafting of human rights legislation originating in the Commission, such as the Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Act of 2010 (later passed as the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, Public Law 112-208), and provided expert advice to all Members of Congress and their staffs on human rights matters. Initiated and led all Commission staff travel to investigate international human rights issues. Worked closely with all human rights-relevant offices at the Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice. Represented the Commission and its Members at human rights conferences, classified briefings, and in the media.

• Appointed Senior Professional Majority Staff Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs by Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) in January 2007. Continued to serve in that capacity under Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) until December 2010. Responsible for floor and committee statements, background papers and memos, talking points and speeches. Further responsible for the development and drafting of human rights legislation before the Committee. including the Burma Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–61), the Lantos Block Burmese J.A.D.E. Act (Public Law 110–286), the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (Title IV of Public Law 110–457) in addition to legislation addressing the issue of international statelessness and the human rights situations in the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China (including in the Tibet areas and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region) and in Bangladesh. Travelled for the Committee to human rights hotspots around the world and represented the Committee at international conferences and in meetings with foreign dignitaries. Previously served Chairman Lantos on the Minority Staff of the then-House Committee on International Relations as a Professional Minority Staff Member since 2003.

• Built the entity from a voluntary House Membership Organization (CMO) of 13 House Members in 1995 into the largest and most active bicameral and bipartisan organization in Congress with nine Senators and over 240 House Members in 2008. Monitored and researched human rights developments around the world. Developed, coordinated and implemented congressional human rights strategies including congressional statements, briefings, letters, and legislation, as well as the Caucus engagement with executive branch agencies, inter-governmental organizations and high-ranking foreign government officials. Worked with Caucus members on their individual human rights initiatives and built congressional support for action. Responsible for all partnerships with relevant Administration offices, human rights NGOs, academic, religious and public interest groups. Initiated the creation of the Russia Working Group, the Taskforce on International Religious Freedom and the Taskforce against Anti-Semitism under the CHRC umbrella. Managed and coordinated the human rights work of Senate and House CHRC leadership offices.

• Served in the personal office of Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA) as Senior Legislative Assistant and Human Rights Director. Responsible for the drafting of Congressman Lantos' human rights legislation, including the Human Rights Information Act, the Burma Freedom and Democracy Act, and congressional resolutions in support of the UN Optional Protocol Against the Use of Child Soldiers. Worked closely with leading Republican offices as main Democratic cosponsor of legislation such as the Torture Victims Relief Act.