Staff Leadership

Bridget Moix
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.

Adlai Amor
Associate General Secretary for Communications
As Associate General Secretary for Communications, Adlai Amor leads FCNL’s communications team to build its presence in all media platforms, oversee the organization’s marketing, and provide a strategic direction for all communications.

Jim Cason
Associate General Secretary for Policy and Advocacy
Jim Cason is responsible for directing the full range of FCNL’s strategic advocacy work. In this capacity, he works with program staff to develop long term change strategies that accomplish our particular legislative goals.

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

Thomas Swindell
Associate General Secretary for Finance and Operations
Thomas Swindell oversees the financial, human resources, office administration, information technology, and facilities operations at FCNL. Thomas and his staff are responsible for managing organizational structure, strategic planning and output for accounting and finances, personnel development and compliance, IT infrastructure, property and facilities maintenance, and office coordination.
Governance
The Friends Committee on National Legislation and the FCNL Education Fund are governed by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
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Staff

Abibat Rahman-Davies
Domestic Policy Associate

Adrienne Peters
Assistant to the General Secretary

Alex Frandsen
Communications Strategist

Alex Wilson
Foundation Relations Director

Alicia McBride
Director of Quaker Leadership

Allen Hester
Legislative Representative, Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending

Amelia Kegan
Legislative Director, Domestic Policy

Anika Forrest
Legislative Manager, Migration Policy

Ashlee Morris
Human Resources Assistant

Bobby Trice
Quaker Outreach Coordinator

Clarence Edwards
Legislative Director, Sustainable Energy and Environment

Dayana Maldonado
Program Assistant, Migration Policy (2021-2022)

Destinee Bates
Program Assistant, Young Adult Outreach (2021-2022)

Diana Ohlbaum
Senior Strategist and Legislative Director for Foreign Policy

Emma Hulbert
Program Assistant, Quaker Outreach (2021-2022)

Ernest Scarborough
Meeting Planner

Hassan El-Tayyab
Legislative Director for Middle East Policy

Heather Brandon-Smith
Legislative Director, Militarism and Human Rights

Imani Bryant
Program Assistant, Justice Reform & Election Integrity (2021-2022)

Istra Fuhrmann
Program Assistant, Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending (2021-2022)

Jameelah Lewis
Advocacy Teams Organizer
Jessica Bahena
National Field Organizer

Jessie Palatucci
Senior Digital Communications Manager

José Santos Woss
Director for Justice Reform

Justin Hurdle
Grasstops Advocacy Manager

Kat DesCamp-Renner
Program Assistant, Middle East Policy (2021-2022)

Kevin M. Twillman
Controller

Kelsey Beaumont Shaffer
Senior Manager, Donor Databases

Krista Sassaman
Director of Direct Response and Development Operations

Larissa Gil-Sanhueza
Young Adult Program Manager

Lisa Forrest
Development Manager

Mary Comfort Ferrell
Planned Giving Director

Menna Yohannes
Development Associate

Meti Tizitaw
IT Network Administrator

Nelson Miranda
Senior Manager, IT Operations

Nicole Santos
Major Gifts Officer

Portia Kay^nthos Skenandore-Wheelock
Congressional Advocate, Native American Advocacy Program

Rafaela Demerath
Program Assistant, Peacebuilding (2021-2022)

Riley Robinson
Major Gifts Officer

Rosalie Ruetz
Program Assistant, Sustainable Energy and Environment (2021-2022)

Sandra Ames
Accountant

Sarah Freeman-Woolpert
Advocacy Teams Manager

Shawn Irby
Office Coordinator

Shukria Dellawar
Legislative and Policy Manager for the Prevention of Violent Conflict

Susan Nahvi
Major Gifts Officer

Thandie Masilela
Accounting Manager

Timothy McHugh
Director of Media Relations

Ursala Knudsen-Latta
Legislative Manager, Peacebuilding
Vanina Colombo
Director of Human Resources

Wesley Pinkham
Senior Visual Arts Manager

Windila Balbone
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow
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.