Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo is the Office Coordinator and all-around office guru for the Center. A native New Yorker, he was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He has been with the Center since 2007.
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Paul Rudy
Paul Rudy worked for TCN as an onsite tech consultant at the Center from 1998 to 2005. In 2005, TCN changed its focus away from providing technical support and Paul was hired full time by the Center as the Network Administrator. Paul earned a BA in Computer Science from Queens College in 1994. Before his […]
Megan Moore
Megan Moore, Senior Donor Engagement Strategist, joined the Center in 2007. She is responsible for developing compelling donor messaging content and coordinating donor communications across the Development Department. She has over a decade of Development experience and a track-record of creating dynamic donor engagement materials and winning cases for support. Megan joined the Center as Development […]
Carveth Martin
Carveth Martin joined the Center in 2007. She has a Masters in Communications and Design from Pratt Institute, and designed the Center’s website, launched in January 2009. Carveth has designed the Center’s online campaigns and a variety of the Center’s online and printed publications, including the annual and fact-finding reports, and the Center’s online and […]
Lilian Sepúlveda
Lilian Sepúlveda became the Director of the Global Legal Program in 2012. She joined the Center in 2002 as a Legal Fellow and had served as Deputy Director since 2010. Lilian, who is originally from Chile, has spearheaded much of the litigation, advocacy, and legal reform in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. She […]
Sandra Powell
Plaintiff Sandra Powell was referred by her local prenatal care provider to MUSC in late spring 1989. On October 13, 1989, Ms. Powell went into labor. She was taken by ambulance to MUSC where she gave birth immediately upon arrival. The following morning, Nurse Shirley Brown informed Ms. Powell that her urine had tested positive […]
Crystal Ferguson
Plaintiff Crystal Ferguson tested positive for cocaine after her urine was secretly searched during her first visit to MUSC in June 1991. As her medical records establish, it was not until the day after her urine was searched that she was given any information about the hospital’s cocaine policy. Nurse Shirley Brown then reported the […]
Darlene Nicholson
Plaintiff Darlene Nicholson is the only Caucasian plaintiff and the only Petitioner who avoided arrest under the policy. She received her medical care from MUSC because it was the only facility that would accept her Medicaid insurance coverage and would provide treatment for women on methadone maintenance. Nurse Shirley Brown confronted Ms. Nicholson about her […]
Lori Griffin
Plaintiff Lori Griffin was referred by her primary obstetrician to MUSC for prenatal care in the summer of 1989, before the policy had been instituted. In her eighth month of pregnancy she once again went to MUSC for care, unaware that the policy had been implemented and that her urine would be searched for cocaine […]
Jill Berger
Jill Berger joined the Center in June 2007. Jill plays a critical leadership role in the management of the Center’s Development department, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the department, and the planning and integration across all fundraising revenue streams. Prior to joining the Center, Jill was Senior Manager for Philanthropic Development at Sesame Workshop, managing […]
