Staff & Governance | Friends Committee On National Legislation

Staff Leadership

Bridget Moix
(she/her)

General Secretary

Bridget Moix is the fifth General Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). She also leads two other Quaker organizations, affiliated with FCNL: Friends Place on Capitol Hill and FCNL Education Fund.

Amelia Kegan

Associate General Secretary for Policy and Advocacy

Amelia Kegan leads FCNL’s strategic legislative advocacy and organizing work.

Aminata Taylor

Associate General Secretary for Finance

Aminata “Ami” Taylor, serves as the associate general secretary for finance at FCNL.

Lauren Brownlee
(she/her)

Deputy General Secretary

Lauren Brownlee is FCNL’s deputy general secretary and the leader of the organization’s Governance, Community and Culture team.

Stephen Donahoe
(he/him)

Associate General Secretary for Advancement

Stephen Donahoe leads FCNL’s efforts to raise annual, capital and planned gifts that support FCNL’s advocacy, education and outreach.

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Staff

Alicia McBride

Senior Director for Quaker Leadership

Allen Hester

Legislative Representative, Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending

Anika Forrest

Legislative Director, Domestic Policy

Ashlee Morris
(she/her)

Human Resources Generalist

Bryan Bowman

Social Media and Communications Strategist

Daren Caughron

Legislative Manager, Sustainable Energy and Environment

Eddie Namng'ona

Controller

Eleni Sefanit Retta

Advocacy Teams Organizer

Greg Williams
(he/him)

Senior Director of Communications

Hassan El-Tayyab

Legislative Director for Middle East Policy

Heather Brandon-Smith
(she/her)

Legislative Director of Foreign Policy

Isis Kazadi

National Field Organizer

Jackson Malkus
(he/him)

Lead Program Coordinator

Jonathan Kennedy

Hospitality Associate

José Santos Moreno

Director for Justice Reform

Justin Hurdle

Advocacy Campaigns and Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Kaylin Henderson

Program Assistant for Native American Advocacy

Kelsey Beaumont Shaffer
(she/her)

Director of Development Operations

Kendall Cockrell
(he/him)

Planned Giving Director

Krista Sassaman
(she/her)

Senior Director of Direct Response and Marketing

Lakita McNeil

Senior Executive Assistant

Larissa Gil Sanhueza

Young Adult Program Director

LaVida Davis
(she/her)

Director of Strategic Advocacy

Lindsay Bencick
(she/her)

Community and Culture Administrative Coordinator

Linnea Halsten
(she/they)

Community Integrity Manager

Lydia El-Sayegh
(she/هي/ella)

Fall 2025 Herbert Scoville Jr. Fellow

Marika Jakubovska

Senior Accountant II

Megan McKinley Thomas
(she/her)

Senior Director of Leadership Gifts

Odeliya Matter
(she/her)

Program Associate for Middle East Policy

Olivia Delaplaine
(she/her)

Advocacy Coordinator

Paul Aversa

Program Assistant for Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending

Priya Moran

Program Assistant for Peacebuilding

Rachel Overstreet

Legislative Representative for Native American Advocacy

Rebecca Jolliff

Foundation Relations Director

Riley Robinson
(he/him)

Major Gifts Officer

Sandra Ames

Finance Project and Reporting Manager

Shawn Irby

Operations Manager

Shyann Markley-Tellez

Senior Accountant

Susan Nahvi
(she/her)

Director of Major Gifts

Tanzania Thomas
(she/her)

Advocacy Corps Manager

Thandie Masilela

Assistant Controller

Tim Heishman
(he/him)

Senior Advocacy Teams Manager

Ursala Knudsen-Latta
(she/her)

Legislative Director, Peacebuilding

Tonya Childers

Senior Director of Human Resources

Wesley Pinkham
(he/him)

Creative Director

Consultants

Advocacy Corps Organizers

FCNL’s Advocacy Corps organizers are young adults between the ages of 19-30. They connect local activists and leaders with their member of Congress to affect big, long-term change.

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