Sue Simon, Director, Human Rights
Sue joins the U.S. Human Rights Fund with 25 years of experience in public health and social justice fields. From 1999-2007, she worked at the Open Society Institute. Sue was the founding director of OSI's Sexual Health and Rights Project which supports advocacy, capacity building and service delivery related to HIV/AIDS for sex workers and LGBT communities in Southeast Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Her domestic work includes the Ombudsman's Office of Gay Men's Health Crisis, Planned Parenthood of New York City and serving as board chair of the Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center. Most recently, Sue consulted for Wellspring Advisors and the Arcus Foundation. She holds a masters degree in public administration from Columbia University.
Sue can be reached by email at: ssimon[at]publicinterestprojects.org
Justin Restauri, Program Associate
Justin graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a B.A. in Individualized Study, concentrating in Globalization, Immigration, and Community Organizing. Before joining the Fund, Justin worked as an organizer at the United Steelworkers Union and as a research assistant at the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative. Justin was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, but now calls New York home.
Justin can be reached by email at: jrestauri[at]publicinterestprojects.org
Angela Kahres, Program Associate
Angela comes to PIP by way of The Picower Foundation, where she served as Grants Assistant. She graduated magna cum laude with Departmental Honors in English from Wagner College, where her activities included founding a club focused on encouraging interfaith dialogue on campus and collaboratively developing a course involving travel to Israel for students to gain hands-on understanding about the tension and conflicts in the area. She also traveled to Bangladesh, where she worked with classmates to collect water samples from rural villages affected by arsenic contamination of drinking wells.
Angela can be reached via email at akahres[at]publicinterestprojects.org
Sasha Hammad, Program Assistant
Before arriving at PIP, Sasha was a community organizer with Young Workers United. She organized young and immigrant workers, advocated for public policy change, and authored reports on issues prevalent among young voters and low-wage restaurant workers. Immediately after college, she implemented an innovative program to organize low-income youth and convene youth service providers in conjunction with the Shih-Yu Lang Central YMCA and the San Francisco Department of Children Youth and Families. Sasha holds a bachelor's degree in Politics from New York University.
Sasha can be reached via email at shammad[at]publicinterestprojects.org