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Board of Directors

Amy O. Tsui, PhD, Chair

Director, The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Berit Austveg, MD

Senior Advisor, Norwegian Board of Health/Norad
Member of the Board of Norwegian Society for Community Medicine
Member of the Norwegian delegation to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and ICPD+5
Chair, Board of Trustees of Reproductive Health Matters

Gabriela Cano Azcarraga

Founder Member and member, Board of Directors, The Youth Coalition
Cofounder and Board member, Latin American and Caribbean Youth Network for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Cofounder/consultant,"Young women´s articulation,” working in LAC for human rights and citizenship
Member of the Board, Balance, development promotion and youth
Cofounder and Director, Espacio Espiral, Cultural Promotion, Sustainable Development and Equity

Pouru Bhiwandiwala, MD, MSPH, FACOG

President, Gyn Center for Women and Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina
Member, Board of Directors, Population Action International
Engender Health, Medical Advisory Committee
Consultant, Family Health International and Emory University
Former Medical Director & Director, International Programs, Family Health International

Paul D. Blumenthal, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University
Director, Contraceptive Research and Programs, Dept. of Ob/Gyn, Stanford Medical Center
International consultant in reproductive health, curriculum development, training and research

Lida Coleman, CPA

Founder and managing partner, Coleman, Huntoon, Charamut & Brown, PLLC
Chairman, Central North Carolina Affiliate of Planned Parenthood
Member, Treasurer, National Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Past Member, Budget and Finance Committees, Triangle Community Foundation
Past Treasurer and Board Chair, Women’s Center of Orange County

Jolynn Dellinger, JD

Privacy and Security Counsel, Intel
Staff Attorney, The Honorable W. Earl Britt, Senior U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
Former Senior Lecturing Fellow, Family Law, Duke Law School, Duke University
Former Member and Secretary, Juvenile Justice and Children’s’ Rights Section, NC Bar Association
Former Chair, NARAL – N.C. Board

Mary Fjerstad, RN, BSN, MHS

Director of Quality and Learning, Planned Parenthood Consortium of Abortion Providers (CAPS)
Former Vice President of Medical Services, Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties, CA

Nicki Nichols Gamble, EdD, EdM, MAT

Chair of Board of the Center for Reproductive Rights
Former President/CEO, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. (Massachusetts, USA)
Past President, National Abortion Federation

Bene E. Madunagu, PhD

Cofounder and Chair, Girls’ Power Initiative, Nigeria
Professor of Botany, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Chair, Board of the International Centre for Reproductive & Sexual Rights (INCRESE)
General Coordinator, DAWN
Chair, Board of BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights

Roland Edgar Mhlanga, MD, MPH

Head of Maternal, Child & Women’s Health School, & Dept. of ObGyn, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa
Committee Member, South African Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists
Member of Council and Fellow, College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Member, National Committee on the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths

A.R. Nanda

Executive Director, Population Foundation of India
Life Member and Trustee of the Indian Association for Study of Population
Former Secretary in Government of India, in Health and Family Welfare Ministry
Fellow of the Indian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ICOG)

Njoki Ndungu, LLM

Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Kenya
Former Political Analyst, Organization of African Unity
Former State Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, Kenya
U.N. Person of the Year Award, 2006, Kenya

J. Joseph Speidel, MD, MPH

Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, UCSF
Dir. of Communications, Development & External Relations, Bixby Cntr. for Repro. Health, Research and Policy, UCSF
Former Population Program Director, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Former President, Population Action International
Former Director, Office of Population, USAID

Elizabeth S. Maguire, MA (ex officio), President and CEO, Ipas

Board Member, Population Reference Bureau, Inc. and the IPPF Safe Abortion Action Fund
Former Director, Office of Population, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Member of U.S. Delegation to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) & ICPD +5

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