Staff & Board

View profiles of RCUSA's staff and board members.

People are our mission.

RCUSA’s staff and board members have a broad range of knowledge, experience, and expertise across the fields of forced displacement, humanitarian protection, and nonprofit management. RCUSA strives to provide opportunities for people with lived experience of forced displacement to guide our work.

Staff

John Slocum He/Him

Executive Director

Emily Wood She/Her

Director of Programs

Mariam Sayeed She/Her

Program Associate

Meredith Owen Edwards

Meredith Owen Edwards She/Her

Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy

Board

Hardy Vieux He/Him

RCUSA Board Chair; Chief of Staff at Kids in Need of Defense

Kristyn Peck She/Her

RCUSA Vice Chair; CEO, Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area

Sarah Ivory She/Her

RCUSA Treasurer; Executive Director, USAHello

Mohammed Naeem He/Him

RCUSA Secretary; Deputy Director Strategy & Partnerships, American Immigration Council

Sharif Aly He/Him

President, International Refugee Assistance Project

Dr. Tawnya Brown She/Her

Senior VP of Operational Strategy & Global, Refugee, and Immigrant Services, Corporate at Bethany Christian Services

Lourena Gboeah She/Her

Program Director, UpwardlyGlobal

Rekha Grennan She/Her

Founder / CEO, Workizen.com

Erol Kekic He/Him

Senior Vice President, Programs, Church World Service

Rachel Perić She/Her

Executive Director, Welcoming America

Kimahli Powell He/Him

Carr Center Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights, Harvard Kennedy School

Scott Roehm He/Him

Director of Washington DC Office, Center for Victims of Torture

Naomi Steinberg

Naomi Steinberg She/Her

Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, HIAS

Hans Van de Weerd

Hans Van de Weerd He/Him

Senior Vice President, Resettlement, Asylum & Integration, International Rescue Committee

Essey Workie She/Her

Owner & Executive Coach, Multicultural Coaching

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