Our Leadership

Natasha Danielá de Lima McGlynn is the Executive Director of the Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia. She is responsible for providing strategic direction, leadership, and oversight of AVP’s operations. As a co-victim of homicide, Natasha is dedicated to amplifying the voices of victims and co-victims to affect system-wide change. Natasha brings a wealth of knowledge in nonprofit management, community development, and government and regulatory affairs. Her professional career includes over five years of public service at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where she engaged in administrative transparency and open government matters, and played a key role in launching several diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Natasha received her Bachelor of Arts in Portuguese/Brazilian Studies and Economics from Smith College, and Master of Public Administration and Certificate in Nonprofit Administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government. As a Student Fellow with the Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse at the University of Pennsylvania, Natasha’s graduate research on violence against women in public spaces from a public administration lens earned her the 2020 Fels Public Service Award. Natasha is a former Rising Organizers Fellow (2018) and New Leaders Council Fellow (Philadelphia Chapter, 2021). In 2021, Natasha was named a 40 Under 40 by AL DIA. Most recently, Natasha was appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania to the Victim Services Advisory Committee (VSAC) to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. As an appointee to VSAC, Natasha is committed to ensuring the voices, needs and perspectives of all victims and survivors are considered in the development of victim support services, services standards, policies, funding priorities, legislation, and victim compensation assistance.