Melinda Butterfield is Finance Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She provides primary assistance in the areas of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and maintenance of bank, credit card and petty cash reconciliations. Prior to joining the Center for Constitutional Rights, Melinda held a number of office management positions and has been a long-time activist organizing workfare workers in New York City, working with death-penalty abolitionists in Houston, writing extensively on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, participating in the anti-war movement, and working with the International Action Center.