Staff

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  • Warren, Vincent

    Executive Director

    Vincent Warren became executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 2006. He spent seven years as national senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where he led national constitutional…

  • Dickerson, Annette

    Director - Education and Outreach

    Annette Warren Dickerson joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 1999. Her responsibilities include developing political and public education strategies and materials that correlate to CCR’s legal and advocacy work. Annette also oversees the…

  • Chambers, Carolyn

    Director - Associate Executive

    Carolyn Chambers joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in 2002. She supervises the Administrative Department, which is responsible for human resources, finances, IT, and facilities management. Prior to her arrival at CCR, Carolyn was…

  • Brannelly, Kevi

    Director - Development

    Kevi Brannelly has been with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) since 2004. Prior to joining CCR, she was alumni director for Golden Gate University School of Law, where she was responsible for annual fund…

  • Williams, An-Tuan

    Education and Outreach Assistant and Co-Coordinator of Ella Baker Program

    An-Tuan Williams joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in October 2007, after successfully completing CCR’s Ella Baker Fellowship Program. He has held various office administrative and management positions. He recently graduated from the New…

  • White, Alberto

    Office Manager

  • Weinrich, Jeffrey

    Finance Manger

    Jeffrey Weinrich has been at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) since 2003. Prior to that he worked as finance manager at the National Lawyers Guild-National Office for seven years.

  • Wang, Esther

    Communications Assistant

    Esther Wang joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in 2006. She is also an organizer with CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, where she works primarily with Asian Resistance Media (ARM) and the Chinatown Tenants Union (CTU),…

  • Tixeire, Claire

    Legal Research Associate

    Claire Tixeire joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in the summer of 2004. She works at CCR in collaboration with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), based in Paris, to which CCR is…

  • Rye, Jeremy

    Development Associate

    Jeremy Rye joined the Development Department at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in July 2004. Recognizing that many underserved, queer, and people of color communities did not have seasoned fundraisers, Jeremy entered the development…

  • Nessel, Jen

    Communications Coordinator

    Jen Nessel has worked as a writer, editor and organizer. Before she came to the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in January 2004, she had served as the communications director of the Coalition for the…

  • Monzon, José

    Development Assistant

    Jose Monzon joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in June 2006. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A. in Politics from New York University in 2005. Jose is…

  • Melodia, Lauren

    Education and Outreach Associate

    Lauren Melodia joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 2005, where she organizes the New York Campaign for Telephone Justice among other things. She works to fight the abuse of power and build collective…

  • Meeropol, Rachel

    Staff Attorney

    Rachel Meeropol has worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) since 2002. She is the co-editor and primary author of the Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook, a widely-requested resource for prisoners, and the editor of America’s…

  • Matthew Strugar

    Staff Attorney

    Matthew Strugar is a Staff Attorney on the Government Misconduct and Racial Justice Dockets. He is counsel in CCR’s Turkmen v. Ashcroft and Kunstler v. City of New York litigation. A 2004 graduate of the…

  • MacLean, Emi

    Staff Attorney, GGJI

    Emi MacLean has worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) with the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative (GGJI) since June 2006. She works on issues related to Guantánamo and other forms of executive detention, including…

  • Levy, Lisa

    Executive Assistant

    Lisa Levy joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in July 2007. She previously worked as the executive assistant for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). Prior to IGLHRC, she was communications…

  • LaHood, Maria

    Senior Staff Attorney

    Maria LaHood joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 2004. She specializes in international human rights litigation, seeking to hold government officials and corporations accountable for torture, extrajudicial killings, and war crimes abroad.

  • Krupanski, Marc

    Legal Worker

    Marc Krupanski joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 2004. He has been involved in social justice activism and organizing for over 13 years and for the past nine years in New York City…

  • Kebriaei, Pardiss

    Staff Attorney, GGJI

    Pardiss Kebriaei joined the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in July 2007. She provides direct representation to several of CCR’s clients at Guantánamo and helps coordinate CCR’s network of…

  • Kates, C. Lynne

    Organizer, GGJI

    C. Lynne Kates is the Education and Outreach Department’s Organizer for the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). She is an active member of the National Lawyers Guild and co-chair…

  • Kadidal, Shayana

    Senior Managing Attorney, GGJI

    Shane Kadidal has been at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) since 2001. Shane is senior managing attorney of the Guantánamo project at the Center for Constitutional Rights and has been at CCR since 2001.…

  • Hu, Susan

    Legal Worker, GGJI

    Susan Hu came to the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) after graduating from Columbia University in 2006. She assists in coordinating the hundreds of pro bono attorneys involved in litigating the Guantánamo cases and has…

  • Henkel, Owen

    E-Communications Manager

    Owen Henkel joined CCR in October of 2006. As E-Communications Manager, Owen is responsible for developing and implementing online campaigns to advance and promote CCR litigation, website content, online multimedia content, and CCR's web 2.0…

  • Harting, Emily

    Foundations Officer

    Emily Harting joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in November 2005 as a seasoned fundraising professional with a specialty in foundation relations management. Prior to CCR, Emily worked for Global Nomads Group, an international…