Leadership Team and Board of Directors

Dedicated to building an empowered community of survivors while advocating for an end to domestic abuse everywhere.

Leadership

HAWC is home to a leadership team dedicated to building an empowered community of survivors while advocating for an end to domestic abuse everywhere.

Sara Stanley, Esq.

Executive Director

Kristen Barry

Director of Finance and Administration

Vika Kokhan

Director of Operations

Julie Bakoian

Director of Legal Services

Jillian Nebesar, MA, LMHC

Director of Programs & Community Partnerships

Julie Gerraughty

Director of Development

Board of Directors

HAWC thanks the talented members of our board, who strengthen HAWC’s presence in the local community with generosity and skill.

Shayna Morris, CPA

Controller
Legacy Lifecare & Legacy Lifecare Management

Treasurer
Chair, Finance Committee

 

Matthew J. Cushing

Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer & General Counsel
Pegasystems, Inc.

Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee

Elisa Castillo, PhD

Assistant Vice President for HSI-MSI Initiatives
Salem State University

Vice President
Chair, Human Resources Committee

Regina Zaragoza Frey

DEI Director

City of Salem Legal Department

Michael Newhall

VP, Business & Community Development
Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group

President

 

Cory Flashner, Esq.

Member
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Ana I. Cambell, MSW, LICSW

AIC Consulting Services, LLC

Rev. Ruth Bersin

Priest Associate, Trinity Episcopal Church, Topsfield
Executive Director, Refugee Immigration Ministry

Beth Massaro, Ed.D., LICSW

Associate Dean for Social Work 
Maguire Meservey College of Health and Human Services, Salem State University 

 Secretary/Clerk

Erin Truex, MSW

Executive Director 
Beverly Main Street

Chair, Development Committee

Anuschka S. Miranda

VP, Portfolio Development Officer
Eastern Bankshares, Inc.