Senior Leader Staff

All our collaborators are people committed to building a system in which people’s human rights are recognized and defended whenever necessary.
We are professionals who promote and defend human rights in northern Central America.

Noah Bullock
Director Ejecutivo
Noah first came to El Salvador as a human rights intern for Cristosal in 2005 after graduating from the University of Montana in Peace and Conflict Studies.
In 2007, Noah became the Director of the Community Development Program. Three years later, he became the first Executive Director in the country of Cristosal, in addition to obtaining a postgraduate certificate in Local Development from the University of Central America José Simeón Cañas (UCA).
At the heart of Cristosal’s mission Noah envisions the challenge of redefining human rights mechanisms and state responses to address today’s threats to human rights. “I was taught that Human Rights are an historical process. Each generation must be able to understand human rights and violations in its own time. Times have changed significantly since these frameworks were first established and we now must find ways to apply these same principles in programming to address the human rights challenges of today.

Salvador Novellino
Director of Administration and Finance

Mauricio Quijano
Director of Protection

Rina Montti
Director of Human Rights Research

Abraham Abrego
Director of the Strategic Litigation Program

Jeanne Rikkers
Director of Resource Development and Outreach

Flor de María Salazar
Guatemala Country Coordinator

Karen Valladares
Honduras Country Coordinator

Ruth López
Chief Legal Officer: Anti-Corruption

David Morales
Chief Legal Officer: Transitional Justice

Zaira Navas
Chief Legal Officer: Impunity
Board of Directors
Rev. Mike Angell
Vice President
Kathy Veit
Board Member
Elmer Romero
Board Member
Tatiana Obando
Board Member Elect
Rev. Geoffrey Curtiss
Board Member
Clare Gibson Nangle
Board Member
Santana Alvarado
Board Member Elect