Meet Our Team

Felicia Wong

President and CEO

Lisa DeRoché

Chief People & Equity Officer

DeDe Dunevant

Senior Vice President, Communications

Katarina Duplessy

Chief Financial Officer

Ariel Evans

Executive Assistant and Board Liaison

Marissa Guananja

Chief Programs Officer

Juliette Kang Stableski

Senior Vice President of Development

Emily Carew

Digital Marketing Manager

Matt Hughes

Deputy Director, Editorial Strategy

Alice Janigro

Social Media Manager

Anthony Thomas

Communications Associate

Keesa McKoy

Digital Director

Ariela Weinberger

Deputy Director, Media Strategies and Internal Communications

Marie Avetria

Director of Foundation Relations

Dominique Brown-Sampayo

Grants Manager

Oskar Dye-Furstenberg

Development Associate

Lauren Karagianis

Development Manager and Head of Membership, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library

Kerry Sesil

Director of Development

Danica Stewart

Senior Individual Giving Manager

Sonia Ares

Director of Human Resources

Compton DaSilva

Senior People and Culture Manager

Mariana Olalde

Human Resources Associate

Cynthia Patterson

Talent Consultant

Tiara Peele

Systems, Director

Eamon Ross

Senior Systems Administrator

Sophia Spriggs

Senior Operations Associate

Liam Finnerty

Finance Manager

Jessica Lei

Accounts Payable and Finance Associate

Fharhan Rahman

Associate Director of Finance

Shannon Smith

Managing Director of Finance

Willie Vega

Controller

Robert-Thomas Jones

Network Training and Field Manager

Katie Kirchner

National Director, Roosevelt Network

Alex Trefftz

External Relations Manager

Elijah Wilson

Senior Program Associate, Roosevelt Network

Tyler Bellstrom

Appointments Manager

Alí R. Bustamante

Deputy Director, Worker Power and Economic Security

Emily DiVito

Senior Program Manager, Corporate Power

Isabel Estevez

Deputy Director, Industrial Policy and Trade

Raquel Greene

Executive Assistant, Programs

Rhiana Gunn-Wright

Director, Climate Policy

Suzanne Kahn

Managing Director, Research and Policy

Kristina Karlsson

Senior Program Manager, Climate and Economic Transformation

Mike Konczal

Director, Macroeconomic Analysis

Niko Lusiani

Director, Corporate Power

Sunny Malhotra

Research Associate, Industrial Policy and Trade

Eric A. Paul

Program Manager, Power Building Initiative

Ira Regmi

Program Manager, Macroeconomic Analysis

Sylvia Ruiz

Director, Power Building Initiative

Shahrzad Shams

Program Manager, Race and Democracy

Todd Tucker

Director, Industrial Policy and Trade