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Conchita Cruz
Conchita Cruz is a non-voting member of ASAP’s board and ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, Conchita served as Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and as Chief of Staff for State Senator Gustavo Rivera of the Bronx. Read More.
Dani Isaacsohn, Board President
Dani Isaacsohn is the founder and CEO of a mission driven startup, Cohear, that aims to catalyze civic engagement by organizing real conversations between local decision makers and the communities that they serve. Read More.
Elora Mukherjee
Elora Mukherjee is the Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Elora is director of the Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, which provides high-quality legal representation to both immigrant children and adults. Read More.
 
Liliana Ornelas, Board Secretary
Liliana Ornelas is the Program Development Manager on the Innovation and Strategy team at American Student Assistance (ASA) in Boston, MA. Before joining ASA, she worked at the New York City Department of Education on the College Access for All, Middle School initiative. Read More.
Lia Parada
Lia Parada is the director of Government Affairs at American Progress, where she focuses on women’s economic security and reproductive health; race and ethnicity; immigration; and criminal justice. Lia has more than a decade of legislative experience. Read More.
Juliana Pino
Juliana Pino is the Policy Director at the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, a community-based organization that organizes and advocates for environmental justice and the self-determination of immigrant, low-income, and working-class families. Read More.
Mike Pyle, Board Treasurer
Mike Pyle is currently the Global Chief Investment Strategist for BlackRock — leading a team of investment strategists around the world that helps to shape the firm’s investment debate. Prior to BlackRock, Mike served for five years at the center of President Obama’s economic team. Read More.
Swapna Reddy
Swapna Reddy is a non-voting member of ASAP’s board and ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, she conducted technical and empirical research for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, the Indianapolis Colts, and more. Read More.
Kavitha Sreeharsha
Kavitha Sreeharsha is the Director of the Immigration Portfolio at Emerson Collective. Since 2015, Kavitha has led Emerson Collective’s immigration grantmaking and has led Emerson Collective to become a prominent supporter of the immigration and immigrant rights ecosystem.  Read More.
 
Dorothy Tegeler
Dorothy Tegeler is a non-voting member of ASAP’s board and ASAP’s Deputy Executive Director. Prior to joining ASAP, Dorothy worked for five years as Editor and Assistant Director of the health education nonprofit Hesperian Health Guides. Read More.
Javier Valdés
Javier Valdés is Co-Executive Director of Make the Road New York (MRNY) and Make the Road Action. He leads MRNY’s organizing and supervises the youth program, including community schools and after-school youth programs, as well as the group’s administrative and operations functions. Read More.
Liz Willis
Liz Willis is a non-voting member of ASAP’s board and ASAP’s Co-Legal Director. She has worked with asylum seekers in the United States and abroad, with a focus on working with Latin American and Latinx communities. Read More.
Michael Wishnie
Michael J. Wishnie is William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law and Counselor to the Dean at Yale Law School. Mike’s teaching, scholarship, and law practice have focused on immigration, labor and employment, habeas corpus, civil rights, government transparency, and veterans law. Read More.
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