Staff & Board of Directors
Staff
Oskar Castro, Executive Director
oskar@mfso.org
Oskar Castro is a 1992 graduate of Rowan University where he majored in law & human rights. Oskar was the Coordinator of the American Friends Service Committee’s National Youth & Militarism Program for 8 years and then served as a Senior Program Analyst for 1 year before joining with MFSO. He also served with INROADS/Philadelphia, Inc., an international non-profit career development organization working with youth of color. Prior to working with INROADS Oskar served in the realm of higher education as a community college recruiter and student advisor. He currently serves on the board of the War Resisters League.
Samantha Miller, Program Director
samantha@mfso.org
Samantha is an organizer based out of Washington DC with a background in the anti-war, environmental, and student movements. Originally from Los Angeles, she began organizing with CODEPINK and Students for a Democratic Society while attending UCLA, and moved to DC after graduating with a degree in History & Womens Studies in 2007. Since moving to DC, Samantha has organized a little bit of everything from conferences and national speaking tours to direct actions and mobile dance parties in the streets, protesting the G20, IMF and World Bank, the influence of oil money on Congress, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to name a few. She currently has two cousins in the Marines, and two more are recent veterans.
Clarissa Rogers, Office Manager
clarissa@mfso.org
Clarissa Rogers has a BA in social ecology & radical pedagogy, an MA in Transformative Language Arts, and a professional history of administrative positions with social justice and peace organizations, including office manager at Iraq Veterans Against the War. She has a particular interest in administrative organizing and organizational capacity building. When she?s not at the MFSO office Clarissa freelances as a facilitator, workshop designer, and administrative consultant; coordinates programming at a local community center, and enjoys grassroots organizing
Board of Directors
Co-founders Nancy Lessin and Charley Richardson of Boston, MA, Charley’s son/Nancy’s stepson served with the Marines in Iraq in 2003. They co-founded Military Families Speak Out in November, 2002, when he was deployed and on his way to the Persian Gulf.
Katy Zatsick, Board Chair, Southern Region Representative
katy@mfso.org
Mary Hladky, Vice Chair, Midwest Region Representative
mary@mfso.org
Rosalie Donatelli, Treasurer, At-large
rosalie@mfso.org
Anna Berlinrut, Mid-Atlantic Region Representative
anna@mfso.org
Debbie Caruth, Central Region Representative
debbie@mfso.org
Maureen Casey, Western Region Representative
maureen@mfso.org
Diana Clements, Northwest Region Representative
diana@mfso.org
Sarah Fuhro, Northeast Region Representative
sarah@mfso.org
Ed Garza, At-large
ed@mfso.org
