Kristen L. Abrams - Program Manager
kristen.abrams@dlapiper.com
T: +1 202 799 4355

Kristen Abrams serves as New Perimeter Program Manager and International Pro Bono Counsel. In this role she identifies, develops and manages a diverse range of New Perimeter initiatives. Kristen developed and is currently managing a major justice sector reform project in Guyana. Kristen also manages two components of New Perimeter’s work in Namibia and has overseen initiatives in India, Peru and East Timor.

Before joining New Perimeter, Kristen was a Government Affairs associate at DLA Piper. Her practice focused on working with domestic and international clients to monitor, analyze and shape government and non-government activities on a variety of issues.

Kristen’s pro bono practice has also included managing the drafting and vetting of a presidential Executive Order on torture and interrogation techniques and representing asylum seekers before US Immigration Court.

Previously, Kristen served on the legislative staff of former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and twice served as an extern law clerk to Judge Reggie B. Walton, US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sara K. Andrews - Program Manager
sara.k.andrews@dlapiper.com
T: +1 212 335 4531

Sara Andrews serves as New Perimeter Program Manager and International Pro Bono Counsel. In this capacity, she develops, manages and participates in New Perimeter initiatives around the globe. Projects Sara has developed and managed include legal education initiatives in Ethiopia and Namibia, a project to document and combat politically-motivated sexual violence in Zimbabwe, and efforts to increase rural women's access to financial services in Malawi, Rwanda and Mali. She has developed diverse partnerships with NGOs, government agencies and other joint venture partners.

Before joining New Perimeter full-time, Ms. Andrews practiced as a litigation associate at DLA Piper and participated in New Perimeter’s Kosovo Law Reform Project. She spent four months in Pristina, Kosovo providing legislative drafting assistance to the Kosovo Ministry of Justice and providing legal training to Kosovar lawyers.

Prior to law school, Ms. Andrews worked as a legislative assistant to a US Congressman in Washington, DC and spent a year as a volunteer for the Americorps National Civilian Community Corps.
 

Wanda Delgado - Program Coordinator
wanda.delgado@dlapiper.com
T: +1 202 799 4474

At New Perimeter, Wanda Delgado provides the administrative components of both the organization and its individual projects, as well as serves as the liaison to the New Perimeter Advisory Board.

Wanda also works with the DLA Piper Foundation, effecting grant award distribution and monitoring grantee compliance. Before joining New Perimeter in 2007, Wanda worked as assistant to US Managing Partner Jeffrey Liss. Wanda also has a professional background in education, including graduate business and law school management in the US and in Italy, as well as secondary teaching.