Our team

Staff

Our small team, based around the world, supports the Freedom United community by working with partners to identify and create opportunities to bring our voices together and build powerful calls for change.

Joanna Ewart-James
Executive Director
Allan Gray
Social Media Coordinator
Carmel Drake
Operations Manager
Krysta Bisnauth
Senior Advocacy Officer
Miriam Karmali
Advocacy Manager
Monica Burns
Senior Campaigner
Robert Boneberg
Senior Campaign and Policy Counsel

Patrons

Our Patrons are the lifeblood of our work around the world. Each has committed to financially supporting our work with an annual gift over $1,000 or over $5,000. Our community could not do what we do with this incredibly committed group of generous Patrons. Click here to learn more.

Allie & Michael Magruder
Legacy Patron
Andrew Surwilo
Freedom Patron, Board Member Emeritus
Murphy's Naturals
Legacy Patron
Novico & Eddie Le
Legacy Patron
Stephenson Insurance
Legacy Patron
Judy Toran Cousin
Freedom Patron, Board member emeritus

Advisors

Our Advisors are people with deep expertise and for some, lived experience of modern slavery and human trafficking. Team members consult our Advisors on campaigns, and some are actively leading efforts.

Angela Guanzon
Advisor, Advocate, Consultant and Survivor
Brooke Axtell
Advisor, Founder and Director, Survivor Healing + Empowerment
Cecilia Oebanda
Advisor, Founder, Voice of the Free
E. Benjamin Skinner
Advisor, Founder and Principal, Transparentem
Elizabeth Tang
Advisor, General Secretary, International Domestic Workers Federation
Grace Forrest
Co-Founder and Director of Walk Free
Greg Carney
Advisor, Entrepreneur / Film & TV Executive Producer
Kevin Bales
Advisor, Professor of Contemporary Slavery, University of Nottingham
Nancy Esiovwa
Advisor, Survivor and activist
Neil Bagchi
Legal Advisor, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Bagchi Law
Sophie Otiende
Advisor, CEO, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery

Board of directors

We are honored to have an amazing group of talented leaders on our Board who using their knowledge and skills, guide Freedom United to best leverage the influence and power of its community.