Our Team

The NYC Commission on Human Rights is staffed by legal, community relations, policy, communications, human resources, finance, operations, administrative and information technology staff members from across the City's rich and diverse communities and beyond, representing many languages, cultures, and backgrounds. The Commission welcomes people of all races, faiths, colors, ethnicities, national origins, ages, genders, sexual orientations, and gender identities or expressions; veterans; people with disabilities; and people with personal experience with the criminal legal system.

The Commission's staff speaks over 30 languages across its different departments including Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Korean, Bengali, Russian, French and Chinese. This reflects on the Commission's vision and mission, under Commissioner Carmelyn P. Malalis' leadership, to be a local government resource that is representative of, and accessible to, the different communities the agency serves, and grow with the goal of meeting the needs of New Yorkers from every corner of our great City.

The diversity within the Commission's staff is unified by a common passion for human rights. That core value is informed by the staff members' personal and prior work experience working with and alongside other advocates for human rights, including community based groups; legal services, faith-based, and social justice organizations; and federal, state or local elected officials and government agencies.

Office of the Chairperson and Commissioner

Carmelyn P. Malalis
Chair and Commissioner

Edwin Tablada
Chief of Staff

Brittny Saunders
Deputy Commissioner, Strategic Initiatives

Dana Sussman
Deputy Commissioner, Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Office of the General Counsel

Damion Stodola
General Counsel

David Rozen
Deputy General Counsel

Office of Mediation and Conflict Resolution

Elizabeth J. Shampnoi
Director of Mediation and Conflict Resolution

Community Relations Bureau

Franck D. Joseph II
Deputy Commissioner

Kajori Chaudhuri
Assistant Commissioner

Vanessa Ramos
Managing Director for Education and Compliance

Doreen Bermudez
Managing Director for Programming and Special Projects

Alexander Korkhov
Staten Island Community Service Center Director

Derek Slaughter
Brooklyn Community Service Center Director

Daryl Cochrane
Manhattan Community Service Center Director

Rasel Rahman
Queens Community Service Center Director

Orlando Torres
Bronx Community Service Center Director

Law Enforcement Bureau

Sapna V. Raj
Deputy Commissioner

Katherine Carroll
Assistant Commissioner, Public-Initiated Housing and Public Accommodations Cases

Katherine Greenberg
Assistant Commissioner, Public-Initiated Employment Cases

Alberto Rodriguez
Supervising Attorney, Employment

Dustin Frankel
Supervising Attorney, Housing and Public Accommodations

Demoya Gordon
Supervising Attorney, Public Accommodations and Policing

Elizabeth Osley
Administrative Counsel

Paul Keefe
Supervising Attorney, Employment (Fair Chance Act and Criminal History Discrimination)

Stephanie Rudolph
Supervising Attorney, Director of the Source of Income Discrimination Unit

Sudarsana Srinivasan
Supervising Attorney, Housing and Public Accommodations (Discriminatory Harassment)

Communications and Marketing

Vincent Villano
Executive Director, Communications and Marketing

Alicia McCauley
Press Secretary

Nimer Basha
Video Production Manager

Maximillian Wollner
Marketing and Social Strategy Manager

Rosa Lee
Graphic Designer

Human Resources

Taiwo Onabanjo
Executive Director of Human Resources

Information Technology

Deshard Stevens
Chief Information Officer

Operations (Budget)

Sheshe Segar
Executive Director of Operations & M/WBE Officer