ISLP sTAFF
For ISLP's Board of Directors, European Advisory Council and Human Rights Advisory Council, click here. Jean
Berman, Executive Director
Jean
Berman joined the International Senior Lawyers Project as Executive
Director in September 2001, shortly after the completion of the
feasibility study for ISLP. Prior to joining ISLP, Ms. Berman was a
Senior Staff Attorney at Lawyers Alliance for New York, where for
nearly 18 years she represented nonprofit organizations serving
low-income communities, specializing in issues related to nonprofit
organizations and the development of affordable housing. Earlier in her
legal career, Ms. Berman was associated with Fried, Frank, Harris,
Shriver & Jacobson LLP and Berle, Butzel, Kass & Case,
a New York law firm specializing in environmental law. A graduate of
Harvard University and the New York University School of Law, Ms.
Berman spent the year 1970-71 in Yugoslavia (Belgrade and Novi Sad) on
a Fulbright Scholarship, and spent a year in Switzerland and a year in
Russia as a child and teenager.
Email: JBerman(at)islp(dot)org
Anna Shakarova, Deputy Director
Ms.
Shakarova joined ISLP in December 2007. She previously served as a
Senior Program Officer at the Financial Services Volunteer Corps
(FSVC), where she was responsible for a diverse portfolio of technical
assistance projects centered on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
lending for financial services institutions in transition and emerging
market countries. During her nine years at FSVC, she held a number of
positions managing FSVC’s technical assistance programs with a focus on
improving banking systems, capital markets, and legal and regulatory
frameworks in Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States),
Middle East, and Asia. Ms. Shakarova earned her M.A. from the Samarkand
State University and a B.A. from the Marymount Manhattan College.
Email: AShakarova(at)islp(dot)org
Nathan Miller, Human Rights Program Officer
In
early 2007, ISLP created a dedicated human rights unit, hiring Nathan
Miller as Human Rights Program Officer. Prior to joining
ISLP, Mr. Miller created and managed a project to build the capacity of
Southern Sudanese lawyers and policymakers by facilitating a global law
firm’s pro bono representation of the emerging Government of Southern
Sudan. He worked with senior government officials and a team
of more than 50 attorneys in seven countries to provide timely and
relevant legal services to the Southern Sudanese delegations to several
rounds of constitutional negotiations. Before that, he worked
at the United Nations Development Program in Southern Sudan, helping to
build the institutions of the region’s fledgling legal
system. He has spent time working as a researcher at the
United Nations International Law Commission in Geneva, the Project on
International Courts and Tribunals, and the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania
Email: NMiller(at)islp(dot)org
Andra Moss, Volunteer and Communications Coordinator
Andra
Moss has been with ISLP since June, 2007 and is responsible for
volunteer outreach to senior lawyers and law firms, for pairing
volunteers with international pro bono opportunities, and for
disseminating information about the work of ISLP and its clients,
partners and volunteers. She came to ISLP from the Institute of
Management Administration, where she directed programming related to
best practices in law firm management, working closely with law firm
administrators and managing partners across the country. During a three
month sabbatical in 2006, she led a course on volunteerism for the
Japanese government-sponsored Ship for World Youth in Kenya and India.
She has also headed the volunteer efforts for the Uptown Habitat for
Humanity and The Hague Appeal for Peace world peace conference of 1999
and was volunteer coordinator for the Chicago Sister Cities Program.
Andra has a BA in International Studies from Miami University
and an MS in Human Service Administration and Nonprofit Management from
Spertus College in Chicago, Illinois.
Email:
AMoss(at)islp(dot)org
Marie-Claude
Jean-Baptiste, Human Rights Program Associate
In
2008, ISLP added Marie-Claude Jean-Baptiste to the team as Human Rights
Program Associate. Ms. Jean-Baptiste earned a law degree from George
Washington University and degrees in International Studies and
Political Science from the City College of New York. Prior to
joining ISLP, she interned with the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights in Costa Rica and the Center for Justice and International Law
(CEJIL). She worked with the International Human Rights
Clinic at GWU Law School and as a research assistant on comparative
criminal procedure laws in new African democracies.
Email: McJean-Baptiste(at)islp(dot)org
Melissa Bourdon, Administrative Assistant
Melissa
joined ISLP in 2009 after graduating with a degree in International
Relations and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies from Syracuse
University in Syracuse, New York. While in school she was given the
opportunity to study abroad for a year in both London and Cairo,
Egypt. In London, her studies focused on UK public policy
correlating with a research internship with Daycare Trust, a UK
charity. There, she worked closely with various public policy
associates, examining regulations and laws dealing with childcare.
Later, in what she considers one of the best experiences of her life,
Melissa spent seven months in Egypt, gaining first-hand experience in
Arab and Muslim culture and exploring the government and politics of
the Middle East.
Email: MBourdon(at)islp(dot)org
CONSULTANTS AND VOLUNTEER sTAFF
Michele O'Brien, Consulting Director - Europe
Keith
Watson, Manager, Commercial Law Training Programs
Patrick F. Murray, Volunteer Program Coordinator for Haiti
Patrick
F. J. Macrory, Manager, Trade Negotiation Training Programs
Hon. Mary Davis, Senior Program Advisor for Europe
International Senior Lawyers Project
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