RFS Staff

Emily Pelton, Executive Director
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English

Debora Furce, Youth Program Manager
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English

Nermina Silnovic, Women’s Program Manager
Country of Origin: Bosnia
Languages Spoken: Bosnian, English

Susan Pavlin, Director of Policy
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English

Robert H. Pfaff, Director of Development
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English, French

Asha Ali
Country of Origin: Somalia
Languages Spoken: Somali, English

Zahra Amin
Country of Origin: Somalia
Languages Spoken: Somali, Braveness/Chimini, Swahili, Arabic, English

Danice Brown
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English, Arabic, Italian

Hannah Carswell
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English, Indonesian

Hira Chhetri
Country of Origin: Bhutan
Languages Spoken: Nepali, English, Hindi, Bangali

Rosa Dunkley
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Anasstasia Hardy
Country of Origin: Estonia
Languages Spoken: Russian, English

Awaz Jabari
Country of Origin: Kurdistan/Iraq
Languages Spoken: Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, English

Jean Jones
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English

Jennifer Lam
Country of Origin: Vietnam
Languages Spoken: English, Vietnamese

Kathure Mbaya
Country of Origin: Kenya
Languages Spoken: Swahili, English

Mersada Mujkanovic
Country of Origin: Bosnia
Languages Spoken: Bosnian, English

Muthanna Al-Majidi
Country of Origin:
Languages Spoken:

Tessa Pendley
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English

Micheline Salama
Country of Origin: Congo
Languages Spoken: French, English, Swahili, Lingala, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda

Mia Sims
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English

Laura Sum
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Fatima Shakhabova
Country of Origin: Turkey
Languages Spoken: Turkish, Russian, English

Jasmina Talundzic
Country of Origin:  Bosnia
Languages Spoken: Bosnian, English, German

Joshua William
Country of Origin: Burma
Languages Spoken: Burmese, Pow Karen, Sgaw Karen

Laretia Williams
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English

Caroline Wood
Country of Origin: United States
Languages Spoken: English