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CVT Staff
Douglas A. Johnson, M.P.P.M.
Executive Director
Mr. Johnson has been a committed advocate of human rights since the 1970s, when he chaired the Infant Formula Action Coalition (INFACT). INFACT launched a boycott against the world’s largest food corporation, Nestle, to force it to change its marketing practices. As CVT’s executive director since 1988, He has led the organization through an important period of growth, as offices and treatment centers opened in St. Paul, Washington, D.C., Guinea and Sierra Leone. He has also pioneered the New Tactics in Human Rights project and the Tactical Mapping methodology.
Prior to joining CVT, Mr. Johnson also served as a consultant on strategic planning to human rights organizations in Latin America, as a consultant to UNICEF and the World Health Organization on an international marketing code for breast milk substitutes, and as director of the Third World Institute of the Newman Center. He was an original member of the OSCE Advisory Panel on the Prevention of Torture (established in 1998) and continues to serve on the panel.
Mr. Johnson holds a Masters in Public and Private Management (MPPM), School of Organization and Management, Yale University. He has also been an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, Washington D.C. and Fellow of Albert Einstein Institute, Cambridge, Mass. He has received the Twin Cities International Citizen Award (1999), the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award (1982) and the Archbishop John Ireland Award for Distinguished Service to Justice (1981).
Ruth Barrett Rendler
Deputy Director
Ms. Barrett Rendler has dedicated her career to managing nonprofits and community organizations. After serving as the director of volunteer services at CVT, she was promoted to deputy director in 1999. In addition to her work at the center, she served as a board member for Amnesty International USA from 1999 to 2004
Prior to joining CVT, Ms. Barrett Rendler was the field director for a national lobbying organization focused on highway safety, as deputy director and then director of the Midwest region for Amnesty International, and as curator and volunteer coordinator of the Chicago Peace Museum. She also spent the summer of 1990 in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, overseeing students who aided asylum seekers incarcerated in INS detention facilities.
Ms. Barrett Rendler holds a Bachelors of Social Work from Manchester College.
Client Services Staff
Andrea Northwood, Ph.D., L.P.
Director of Client Services Program
Rosa E. Garcia-Peltoniemi, Ph.D., L.P.
Senior Consulting Clinician
Julie Aikoriegie, M.S.W., L.G.S.W.
Social Worker and Interpreter Coordinator
Coleen Dorman
Administrative Assistant to Director of Client Services
Lisa R. Ide, M.D.
Staff Physician
Sharyn Larson, R.N., B.S.N.
Nurse, Clinic Manager
Paul Orieny, M.A., L.M.F.T.
Psychotherapist
Sara Phillips
Client Services Coordinator
Megan Slaughter
Client Services Coordinator & Receptionist
Eva Solomonson, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.
Social Worker and Healing Team Leader
Chuck Tracy, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Clinical Social Worker
In-Zu Tuan, M.D.
Psychiatrist
Abbey Weiss, Psy.D., L.P.
Psychologist
Client Services & Training Staff
Alison Beckman, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Clinical Social Worker/Trainer
Jean Choe, Ph.D., L.P.
Clinical Psychologist/Trainer, Healing Team Leader
David Johnson, M.D., M.P.H.
Psychiatrist/Trainer
Evelyn C. Lennon, M.S.W., M.A.
Social Worker/Trainer
Erin Mehta, R.N.
Nurse, Clinic Manager, Trainer
Patricia Shannon, Ph.D., L.P.
Clinical Psychologist/Trainer
New Neighbors/Hidden Scars Project Manager
Alice Tindi, M.S.W., L.G.S.W.
Social Worker/Trainer
Heather Tracey, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.
Social Worker, Trainer
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Training Staff
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Carol White, M.A.
Manager of National Capacity-Building and Coordinator of Trauma Healing Initiative
Scott Charlesworth
Capacity-Building Advisor
My Lo
International Capacity-Building Project Coordinator
Ann Lundberg
National Capacity-Building Project Coordinator
Jane Reilly, M.S., L.I.C.S.W.
New Neighbors/Hidden Scars Psychotherapist/Trainer and Coordinator of School Groups
Pamela Kriege Santoso
International Capacity-Building Project Manager
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International Services
Neal Porter, M.A., M.P.P.M.
Director of International Services
Edie Lewison, M.P.H.
International Services Program Coordinator
Linda Nielsen, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
International Programs Consulting Clinician
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Africa Staff
Democratic Republic of Congo Project
Keven Bermudez, M.A.
Clinician/Trainer
Erin Morgan, M.S., L.M.F.T.
Mental Health Clinician/Trainer and Researcher
Alieu Sannoh
Country Director
Sierra Leone Project
Maki Katoh, M.S.
Country Director
Ivan DeKam
Capacity-Building Coordinator & Trainer
Katia Verbiest
Mental Health Clinician/Trainer
Liberia Project
Jean-Baptiste Mikulu-Pombo-Kiala, Ph.D.
Country Director
Maki Katoh, M.S.
Country Director
Potiphar Nkhoma
Clinician/Trainer
Gwen Vogel, M.A., Psy.D.
Clinician/Trainer
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Technology Staff
Ali Gharavi
Director of Technology
Denise Dreher
Information Systems Administrator
Lucy Suits
Information Architect--Emerging Technologies
Cung Tran
Network Administrator
New Tactics in Human Rights Project
Nancy Pearson, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.
New Tactics Project Manager
Kristin Antin
New Tactics Online Community Builder
Research
Jon Hubbard, Ph.D., L.P.
Director of Research
Bianca Morales-Egan
Research Project Assistant
Greg Vinson, Ph.D., M.A.
Senior Research and Evaluation Manager
Emily Williams, M.P.H.
International Research Coordinator
Public Policy Staff
Catherine Arrowood
Director of Washington Office
Elizabeth Condon, Esq.
Sr. Communications Manager
Lauren McGrath
National Campaign Organizer
Volunteer Services Staff
Beth Wickum
Director of Volunteer Services
Administrative Staff
Joan Morss
Director of Administrative Services
Mary Latchana
Receptionist
Martha Meier
Assistant to the Executive Director
Human Resources
Deb Ekeren
Director of Human Resources
Finance Staff
Karla Wetherby, M.A.
Chief Financial Officer
Nancy Holladay
Grants Accountant
Ka Thao
Medical Billing Specialist & Accounting Assistant
Development Staff
Pete Dross
Director of Development and Policy
Belma Demirovic
Development Officer and Project Specialist
Lauren Hansen
Development Associate
Scott Hvizdos
Assistant Director of Development
Lori Stone
Manager of Individual & Institutional Philanthropy
Amy-Jo Versolato, J.D.
Manager, Institutional Philanthropy
Communications
Holly Ziemer
Director of Communications
C.C. Strom
Communications Specialist
Interpreters
Berha Abraha
Tigrinya Interpreter
Fowsia Ali
Somali and Kiswahili Interpreter
Paul Amla
Amina and Ewe Interpreter
Senbeta Ayansa
Amharic and Oromo Interpreter
Brigitte Chomilo
Pidgin English Interpreter
Bolo Diallo
Fulani and French Interpreter
Asmaa ElGhandour
Arabic Interpreter
Fatuma Fahnbulleh
Mandingo Interpreter
Alfred Fang
Aghem Interpreter
Antonietta Giovanni
Tigrenya Interpreter
Khadija Hassan
Somali Intepreter
Jenny Hong
Cambodian (Khmer) Interpreter
Amara Kamara
Mandingo Interpreter
Suhair Khalil
Arabic Interpreter
Ishmael Komara
Mandingo Interpreter
Anthonia Kum
Aghem Interpreter
Diane Long
French Interpreter
Johara Mohammed
Amharic and Oromo Interpreter
Ivana Ninkovic
Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian Interpreter
Jana Ninkovic
Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian Interpreter
Hodan Nur
Somali Interpreter
Mimi Oo
Burmese Interpreter
Hindolo Michael Pokawa
Krio Interpreter
Ibrahim Rddad
Arabic Interpreter
Hamdiya Sada Ali
Somali and Oromo Interpreter
Linda Scheller
Indonesian Interpreter
Khambay Sivognasy
Lao Interpreter
Laura Tiede
French Interpreter
Zemu Tuke
Oromo and Amharic Interpreter
Jill Vollmar
French Interpreter
Pakou Xiong
Hmong Interpreter
Volunteer Staff
Carolyn Easton, MLS
Research Specialist
Anne Edmee-Carayon
French Interpreter
Sheila O'Keefe
Nurse Practitioner, Certified Healing Touch Practitioner
Vanca Schrunk
Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian Interpreter
Volunteer Psychotherapists
John Krumberger, Ph.D., L.P.
Clinical Psychologist, Community Psychotherapists Project
Nor Hall, Ph.D., L.P.
Case Consultant and Psychotherapist, Community Psychotherapists Project
James Michel, M.A., L.P.
Volunteer Psychologist, Community Psychotherapists Project
Nancy Strauss, M.P.H., M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Psychotherapist, Community Psychotherapists Project
Dick Oberg, L.I.C.S.W.
Psychotherapist, Community Psychotherapists Project
Volunteer Physical and Occupational Therapists
Mary Ann Burke, P.T.
Marianne Christiansen, O.T.
Laura Pizer, P.T., M.P.H.
Greg Santema, P.T.
Volunteer Massage Therapists
Ellen Zimmerman
Certified Massage Therapist
Sarah Gannett
Certified Massage Therapist
Bonnie Gibson
Certified Massage Therapist
Trish Kloeckl
Shiatsu Practitioner
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