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Staff
Dani Behonick, Digital & Updates Editor
Lori Berenson, Researcher Digital Resources
Michael Birnbach, Customer Relationship Coordinator
Jenny Chung, Staff Accountant
Ben De Leeuw, Fulfillment Clerk
Kavitha Dulai, Foundation Relations Officer
Todd Jailer, Managing Editor
Rosemary Jason, Publications Designer
Johanna Kougbeadjo, Executive Assistant
Miriam Lara-Mejia, Project Coordinator
Tawnia Litwin, Digital Projects Manager
Susan McCallister, Senior Editor
Caiden Nason, Individual Giving Officer
Stephen Reimann, Volunteer Outreach Advisor
Sarah Shannon, Executive Director
Rick Solomon, Webmaster/System Administrator
Kathleen Tandy, Publications Designer
Vanessa Tran, Communications and Outreach Associate
Stephanie Viviano, Business Manager
Paula Worby, Writer/Researcher
Board
Trupthi Basavaraj
Independent Consultant, Organization Development Specialist
Lori Berenson
Staff Representative to the Board
Garrett Brown
Coordinator of the Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network
Pauline Butcher, RN, MSN, Board Member Emeritus
Nurse; traditional birth attendant trainer, Guatemala
Eva Harris, PhD.
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, UC Berkeley; Co-founder and Board President, Sustainable Sciences Institute
Sarah Jane Holcombe, PhD.
Public health professional, specialized in policy analysis, advocacy, evidence-based program design, and research and evaluation of reproductive health programs, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
Katherine Jones Debay, MSPH
Assistant Professor, Global Health, Loma Linda University School of Public Health
Jonathan Katz
Director of Product Management, Readers Department, Wikimedia Foundation
Larry Kressley, Secretary
Former Executive Director, the Public Welfare Foundation
Bill Lankford, PhD., Co-Chair
Founder, The Central American Solar Energy Project (CASEP)
Purnima Mane
Internationally recognized expert on gender and sexual and reproductive health including HIV/AIDS, who has worked in senior positions in both the United Nations (including with UNFPA, UNAIDS and WHO) and non-profit organizations
Sarah Shannon
Hesperian Health Guides, Executive Director
Melissa Smith, MD
Family practice physician; Director of Education and Training, Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise, University of California Global Health Institute; Author of Health Actions for Women
Linda Spangler, MD, Treasurer
Physician, Adult Primary Care, Alameda County Medical Center
Stephanie Viviano
Staff Representative to the Board
Ellen Vor der Brugge, Board Member Emeritus
Long-time trainer of health educators and former Senior Vice President of the Freedom from Hunger Foundation
Susan Weissert, Co-Chair
Former AIDS Taskforce Coordinator, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Prentice Zinn
Director, GMA Foundations