Kevin Díaz is the chief legal advocacy officer & general counsel for Compassion & Choices. His work focuses on improving healthcare and expanding choice for the end of life throughout the United States. During his over 20-year career in public interest law he has worked to protect the liberty and enhance the dignity of people through the use of integrated advocacy. Most recently he launched the Patient Protection Initiative by filing suit in the United States District Court of Idaho on behalf of four women of childbearing age challenging the constitutionality of a state statute that voids their advance directives during pregnancy. Kevin has appeared in numerous state and federal jurisdictions including the United States Supreme Court. He is a proud husband and father to three children.

Charmaine Manansala is the Chief Advocacy Officer at Compassion & Choices and the Compassion & Choices Action Network. Charmaine was instrumental in authorizing medical aid in dying in California. Charmaine led the teams that passed similar legislation in the District of Columbia, Hawai‘i, New Jersey and New Mexico. Charmaine is in charge of the team that authorize, ensure access, protect and improve the full range of end-of-life options across the country. Charmaine previously served in the highest levels of government as a presidential appointee in the Obama administration at the U.S. Department of Labor. Charmaine also served as senior advisor for Speaker Pelosi handling social security, healthcare and labor. During the Clinton administration, she worked at White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI).  From local, congressional, gubernatorial, presidential and issue campaigns, Charmaine has worked in various roles over a dozen campaigns. In California, she also served as political director for the Service Employees International Union.

Kim Taccini is the National Director of Operations at Compassion & Choices and the Compassion & Choices Action Network. Kim has nearly two decades of success managing program operations and communications campaigns for foundations, nonprofits and government agencies. She has applied her expertise in project management and communications to advance public health goals ranging from improving hearing health to covering the uninsured. She is responsible for the internal operations of the Compassion & Choices Action Network team, working across the organization to integrate systems and strategies. Previously, Kim directed multimillion-dollar health education, information services and communications contracts for leading public health stakeholders at the consulting firms of IQ Solutions and GMMB.

Patrick Massaro serves as the Political and Fundraising Director for Compassion & Choices Action Network. His career has been focused on building political power for organizations and issues at the state level, and has spent over a decade creating, fundraising for, and managing multi-million dollar ballot measure campaigns, Independent Expenditure programs, 501(c)4 accountability efforts, advocacy campaigns, and 501(c)3 voter registration and get out the vote programs.

Sara Nunez is the Senior Digital Comms Specialist at Compassion & Choices Action Network. Sara is an Arizona native and achieved her undergrad and graduate degrees at Arizona State University. Sara is passionate about grassroots organizing and issue-based advocacy. Sara is a recent addition to the Compassion & Choices team. Previously Sara put her tech skills and nonprofit knowledge to work fighting for disability rights. As a person with a rare autoimmune condition and chronic pain, Sara knows first-hand the importance of healthcare access and strongly believes everyone should have access to end-of-life options, including medical-aid-in-dying.