Regan Cooper is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition. Regan has directed PICC since 2002, developing programs to increase voter registration and civic engagement in immigrant communities, trainings to share resources and build capacity among service providers, and programs to bring citizenship resources to underserved areas. She works with local communities and service providers to identify problems and advocate for solutions around issues of language access, public safety, health care, and education. With over 10 years of experience in immigrant rights work, Regan monitors immigration related legislation at the local, state and federal level, and engages community members and allies in promoting policies that welcome and sustain immigrants in Pennsylvania.

Regan has a Masters in Social Science and a Masters in Law and Social Policy, both from the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Her leadership was recognized by the PICC board with an award in 2007 and she received a Professional in Human Relations Award from the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relation in 2009. Prior to joining PICC, she spent several years working with migrant farmworkers and their families in eastern New York State. Regan can be reached at regancooper@paimmigrant.org.

Hillary Blecker is the Civic Engagement Coordinator at PICC. Hillary manages the voter registration piece of PICC’s work.  Prior to coming to PICC, Hillary coordinated an occupational health and safety program for day laborers in Seattle. Other prior experiences include conducting health and safety trainings for meatpacking and poultry workers and farmworkers. She has extensive experience in designing and facilitating participatory education and is excited about growing the immigrant vote and supporting immigrant leaders.  Hillary has a B.A. and Masters degree in Public Health and speaks English, Spanish, and Hebrew. Hilllary can be reached at hillaryblecker@paimmigrant.org.

Susan Kim is the Training Coordinator at PICC. Susan directs the Immigrant Access Training Project. Prior to joining PICC, Susan worked at the Asian Health Coalition of Illinois where she directed the Opening Doors Cultural Competence program, which aimed to instill heath care providers with the knowledge and skills to provide quality care to the immigrant and refugee community in the Chicago area. Susan has extensive experience designing, teaching, and leading trainings on cultural competence, health care access, and health disparities. She was an Americorps VISTA community organizer on the Healthy Neighborhoods Project in Fort Worth, Texas. Susan is committed to improving the well-being of those who are most underserved and underrepresented in our communities. Susan has a B.A. in Biology, a Masters in Public Health and speaks Korean. Susan can be reached at susankim@paimmigrant.org.