NWLC Staff

Ms. Goss Graves, who has served in numerous roles at NWLC for more than a decade, has spent her career fighting to advance opportunities for women and girls. She has a distinguished track record working across a broad set of issues central to women’s lives, including income security, health and reproductive rights,…

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Nancy Withbroe, Chief of Staff, leads the Office of the President & CEO, guiding efforts to build and enhance the President & CEO’s external positioning and the strategic use of her time in service of the Law Center’s mission and priorities, and staffing the Boards of NWLC and its affiliates, the NWLC…

Uma M. Iyer is the Chief External Affairs Officer at the National Women’s Law Center, where she sets strategy and growth for the organization’s resourcing initiatives, research portfolio, and the integrated campaigns and communications function. Since joining NWLC in 2018 as Vice President for Marketing and Communications, she has overseen the organization’s…

Gretchen Borchelt is Vice President for Reproductive Rights and Health at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C. She oversees NWLC’s advocacy, policy, litigation, and education strategies to promote reproductive rights and access to comprehensive, affordable health care, including abortion and birth control. Gretchen testifies before lawmakers, serves as a media…

Melissa Boteach, Vice President for Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning, oversees NWLC’s advocacy, policy, and public education strategies to ensure that all women and families have the income and supports they need to thrive. Prior to joining NWLC, Melissa spent nearly a decade at Center for American Progress (CAP), where she…

Neena Chaudhry, Vice President, General Counsel, and Senior Advisor for Education, provides in-house legal advice and representation to NWLC, NWLC Action Fund, and NWLC Fund LLC. She also works to protect the rights of women and girls to be free from sex discrimination in school. Ms. Chaudhry’s work focuses on girls who…

Crystal Coache, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging leads the law center’s work to foster an environment where people of all races, genders, abilities, nationalities, sexual orientations, sizes, and socioeconomic backgrounds, grow, belong, and thrive.  Leading professional development and learning, employee wellness, and people data and research to drive improvements,…

Andrea M. Pagano-Reyes, CFRE, MA (she/her/hers) is the Vice President for Development at the National Women’s Law Center, providing direction and leadership to the dynamic team that secures and ensures financial resources to support NWLC’s fight for gender justice. Andrea brings 20 years of experience in fundraising, philanthropy, gender equity, direct service,…

Kiara Pesante Haughton is an award-winning communications and political strategist and justice advocate. She is currently the Vice President of Campaigns and Communications, leading the press and media relations strategy, digital and social media, partnerships, coalitions, and influence campaigns work for the Law Center and the National Women's Law Center Action Fund.…

Angel Padilla serves as the Vice President for Strategy and Policy where he leads the strategic direction of the Law Center on federal and state advocacy. Prior to this, he was a political appointee in the Biden Administration, serving as Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary at the Administration for Children…

Jasmine Tucker is Vice President for Research at the National Women’s Law Center, where she oversees qualitative and quantitative research projects on a range of issues facing women throughout their lives. She has written extensively about women and the economy, the wage gap, Social Security, and more. Prior to this role, Jasmine…