Meet the Team
The National Capacity Building Project, at the Center for Victims of Torture, works in collaboration with the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma and the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs to provide capacity building and training to organizations serving survivors of torture in the United States. NCB’s technical assistance partners are recognized leaders in the field of torture rehabilitation, with collectively over six decades of direct service experience and providing technical assistance to survivor of torture direct service grantees and other ORR-supported organizations serving torture survivors, healthcare providers and community-based organizations, including entities in underserved regions.
Denali Fernando
IRCT of NCTTP and Executive Director of Libertas Center for Human Rights
Jason Baker
Treasurer of NCTTP and Executive Director of Monarch Immigrant Services
Ceila VanDeGraaf
Membership Committee Chair of NCTTP and Executive Director, Center for Survivors of Torture
Scott Roehm
Chair, Policy Committee of NCTTP and Director of Global Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Victims of Torture
Megan Berthold
Research & Data Committee Chair of NCTTP and UConn’s School of Social Work and Research Collaborator with Khmer Health Advocates
Clint Carney
Secretary of NCTTP and Government Affairs Manager at Survivors of Torture, International in San Diego
Martin Hill
At-Large Member of NCTTP and Associate Director, Research and Evaluation at Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center
Dominique Quevedo
At-Large Member of NCTTP and Managing Attorney of the Immigration Access Workgroup at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
Gabriela Heermans
Event Support Specialist
Maggie Rivera
Event Support Specialist