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| First Name | Last Name | Title | Organization | Contact: Email | Contact: Phone | Contact: Mail | Topics | Places/Events |
| Jessica | Arons | Director ofthe Women’s Health and Rights Program | Center for American Progress | JArons@americanprogress.org | 202-741-6294 | 1333 H Street, N.W. 10th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 Does not Check Mail Frequently | RJ, new frame for abortion "More Than a Choice," marginalized communities, pro-faith/pro-choice | 2007 National Conference, Georgetown Law |
| Barbara | Attie | Documentary Filmmaker | www.attiegoldwater.com | bkattie@gmail.com | 610-664-7316 | 16 Levering Circle Bala Cynwyd PA 19004 | Repro Rights in Latin America, Access to abortion for low income women and girls, History of Abortion pre-Roe v. Wade | Available to Show and Speak about Repro rights films: Motherless: A legacy of loss from Illegal Abortion, Legal But Out of Reach, Six Women’s Abortion Stories, Rosita |
| Jenny | Blasdell | Director of Public Policy/senior counsel | National Abortion Federation | jblasdell@prochoice.org | 202-667-5881 | 1660 L St. NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 | access to abortion, litigation and legislative issues | 2006 National Leadership Retreat, 2007 National Conference |
| Gretchen | Borchelt | Senior Counsel | National Women’s Law Center | gborchelt@nwlc.org | 202-588-5180 | 11 Dupont Circle, NW Suite 800 Washington DC 20036 | Supreme Court/Judicial Nominations, Access to contraception including pharmacist refusal, anything pro choice | 2007 National Conference, Georgetown Law; 2007 West Coast Regional Training; 2007 Summer Intern Training, 2005 West Coast Training; University of Cincinnati Law; Denver University Law; American University Law; U Penn Law; Temple Law |
| Jamie D. | Brooks | Project on Race, Health and Justice | Center for Genetics and Society | jbrooks@genetics-and-society.org | 510-625-0819 x 309 | 436 14th St. Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94612 | ART and human genetic technology from a racial justice, health disparity and environmental justice perspective. | 2007 Summer Networking Lunch Series |
| Lisa | Brown | State Policy Director | National Abortion Federation | lbrown@prochoice.org | 202-667-5881 | 1660 L St. NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 | access to abortion, litigation and legislative issues | |
| Belinda | Bulger | Deputy Legal Director | NARAL Pro-Choice America | bbulger@prochoiceamerica.org | 202-973-3060 | state and federal laws and legislation, recent Supreme Court and other federal court decisions | DC schools; 2007 West Coast Regional Training; Georgetown Law School, George Washington School of Law, American University School of Law | |
| Kurt | Calia | Partner | Covington & Burling LLP | Kcalia@cov.com | 202-662-5602 | Covington & Burling LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 | Repro rights | Georgetown Law School |
| Maxwell | Ciardullo | Information Associate | SIECUS - Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States | mciardullo@siecus.org | 212.819.9770 x 325 | 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 350, New York, NY 10036 | Sex education, abstinence-only-until-marriage programs/movement, youth & repro rights | 2006 National Leadership Retreat, Georgetown |
| Peter | Coppelman | General Counsel | National Abortion Federation | pcoppelman@prochoice.org | 202-667-5881, ext. 218 | 1660 L Street, NW, Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 | Abortion rights issues domestically and internationally, Supreme Court cases on abortion, The Bush Administration’s War on Choice | George Mason University Law School, keynote speaker at national conferences on environmental issues as Presidential appointee in the Clinton Administration Department of Justice |
| Rocio | Cordoba | Executive Director | California Latinas for Reproductive Justice | rocio@clrj.org | 213-270-5258 | PO Box 412225, los angeles, ca 90041 | Reproductive justice advocacy, alliance-building and mobilizing focusing on Latinas and community of color/social justice allies. | 2005 National Conference, 2007 National Conference |
| Janet | Crepps | Staff Attorney | Center for Reproductive Rights | jcrepps@reprorights.org | 917-637-3600 | 120 Wall Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10005 | Abortion, Contraception, Reproductive Rights | NAF National Conference; NCAP National Conference |
| Rachel | Falls | Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force (WACDTF) | rmfalls@verizon.net | 202-236-5687 | 2321 Ontario Road NW, WDC, 20009 | clinic violence, escort training | ||
| Dr. Angel | Foster | Associate | IBIS Reproductive Health | afoster@ibisreproductivehealth.org | 617-349-0045 | 17 Dunster St, Suite 201 Cambridge, MA 02138 | International reproductive health issues (esp.. the Middle East and North Africa) Abortion provision, training, education, and access in the US | 2005 National Conference |
| Andi | Friedman | Senior Counsel | Global Justice Center- NYC | afriedman@globaljusticecenter.net | 212-725-6530 | 12 East 33rd Suite 1200, New York, NY 10016 | International women’s rights; Non-Profit Organizing; Human Rights; Working in Human Rights | Harvard, 2006 Northeast Regional Training |
| Emily | Galpern | Project Director on Reproductive Health and Human Rights | Center for Genetics and Society | egalpern@genetics-and-society.org | 510-625-0819 x 311 | 436 14th St. Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94612 | ART and human genetic technology | 2007 National Conference; 2007 Summer Networking Lunch Series, 2005 West Coast Regional Training |
| Kim | Gandy | President | National Organization for Women | president@now.org, presidentsoffice@now.org | Feminism, women’s rights, Women in Politics, reproductive rights, family law, Supreme Court analysis of cases affecting women, and a variety of legal issues. | 2007 National Conference | ||
| Eve | Gartner | Deputy Director, Public Policy Litigation and Law | Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Eve.Gartner@ppfa.org | 212-541-7800 | Litigation | 2007 National Conference; 2007 Summer Intern Training | |
| Wayne | Goldner | Abortion Provider | New Hampshire | wayno53@comcast.net | 603-622-3162 | 150 Tarrytown Rd, Manchester, NH | Provision of care, hospital mergers, harrassment, shortage of providers, state restrictions on care, the history of abortion, etc. | Harvard |
| Sondra | Goldschein | State Strategies Attorney | ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project | sgoldshein@aclu.org, Prefers to be contacted via email | 212-549-2628 | 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004 | State legislation Reproductive Freedom issues generally Religious Refusals to Provide Reproductive Health Care Organizing | 2007 Summer Intern Training |
| Janet | Goldwater | Documentary Filmmaker | www.attiegoldwater.com | janet.goldwater@gmail.com | 215-204-4409 | 16 Levering Circle Bala Cynwyd PA 19004 | Repro Rights in Latin America, Access to abortion for low income women and girls, History of Abortion pre-Roe v. Wade | Available to Show and Speak about Repro rights films: Motherless: A legacy of loss from Illegal Abortion, Legal But Out of Reach, Six Women’s Abortion Stories, Rosita |
| Emily | Goodstein | Director, Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom | Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom | egoodstein@rcrc.org | 202-628-7700 x15 | 1025 Vermont Ave., NW Suite 1130 Washington, DC 20005 | religion and reproductive rights, campus organizing | Georgetown Law School |
| Debra | Hauser | Executive Vice President | VP, Advocates for Youth | debra@advocatesforyouth.org | 202-419-3420 | Youth & repro rights | Georgetown Law School | |
| Silvia | Henriquez | Executive Director | National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health | silvia@latinainstitute.org | 212-422-2553 | 50 Broad Street, Suite 1825, New York, NY, 10004 | Repro issues for Latinas and women of color | 2006 New England Regional Training, 2005 National Conference, 2004 Midwest Regional Training |
| Angela | Hooton | Vice President for National Programs | National Institute for Reproductie Health, NARAL Pro-Choice New York | Ahooton@ProChoiceNY.org | 212-343-0114, ext 3516 | 470 Park Ave, South, 7th fl New York, NY 10016 | Repro issues for Latinas and women of color, EC, low-income women’s access repro health, Medicaid and HPV, NY abortion law | 2005 National Conference, Georgetown |
| Dr. Fred | Hopkins | Physician | Choice Medical Group | drfredh@choicemedicalgroup.com | provider’s perspective | 2007 Summer Networking Lunch Series, Berkeley | ||
| Priscilla | Huang | Policy and Programs Director | National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum | phuang@napawf.org | 202-293-2688 | 1050 17th Street, NW Suite 250 Washington, D.C. 20036 | API women’s repro health and rights, immigrant women’s rights and RJ | |
| Dr. Mary | Hunt | Co-Director | WATER (Women’s Allience for Theology, Ethics and Ritual) | mhunt@hers.com | 301-589-2509 | 8121 Georgia Ave #310 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4933 | feminism, reproductive rights and religion with a special focus on Catholicism | |
| Lisa | Ikemoto | Professor | UC David School of Law | lcikemoto@ucdavis.edu | 530-753-3731 | UC Davis School of Law 400 Mrak Hall Drive Davis, CA 95616 | scholarship in bioethics, repro justice, health law | UC Davis |
| Betsy | Illingworth | Reproductive Health Technologies Project | billingworth@rhtp.org | 202-530-4401 | ||||
| Bonnie | Jones | Senior Staff Attorney | Center for Reproductive Rights | bjones@reprorights.org | 917-637-3679 | 120 Wall Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10005 | Reproductive Rights Jurisprudence, TRAP Laws, Adolescents’ Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services, Second Trimester Abortion Access, Equality Arguments in Reproductive Health Jurisprudence, Reproductive Rights as Human Rights, Other cases and issues advances by the Center for Reproductive Rights | NAF National Conference, Medical Students for Choice, American Public Health Association National Conference |
| Pamela | Karlan | Professor | Stanford Law School | karlan@stanford.edu | 650-725-4851 | Stanford Law School, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305-8610 | con law scholar | 2007 National Conference |
| Diana | Kasdan | ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project | dkasdan@aclu.org | ACLU 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 | Prisoners’ repro rights, Abstinence Only/Sex Ed Religion and Reproductive rights | |||
| Shelby | Knox | Filmmaker ("The Education of Shelby Knox") | D.C. | Dan Greenman at info@incite-pictures.com | 212-216-9315 | Harvard | ||
| Rachel | Laser | Third Way (formerly of the National Women’s Law Center) | Rachel_laser@yahoo.com, rlaser@third-way.com | 202-775-3768 x202 | Political strategy, anything repro rights | 2005 National Conference, Georgetown, Harvard | ||
| Robin | Levi | Human Rights Director | Justice Now | robin.levi@comcast.net | Prisoners’ repro rights and human rights violations | 2007 National Conference | ||
| Danielle | Lewis | Senior Account Executive | Spitfire Strategies | danielle@spitfirestrategies.com | 202-293-6200 | 1752 N Street NW Eighth Fl Washington DC 20036 | Messaging, developing a communcations strategy, media relations | 2006 and 2007 DC/South Regtional Training; American University |
| Roger | Limoges | Director of Public Policy | Catholics for a Free Choice - | rlimoges@catholicsforchoice.org | 202-986-6093 x.217 | 1436 U Street, NW, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20009 | Catholicism & repro rights – health policy, Catholic health care and the Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services | Georgetown Law School |
| Destiny | Lopez | Executive Director | ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights Coalition | Destiny@WHRC-ACCESS.org | 510-923-0739, x11 | PO Box 3609, Oakland, ca, 94609 | abortion/abortion access, California, policy advocacy and community education - all related to reproductive health, rights and justice | 2007 National Conference |
| Alicia | Lucksted | Volunteer, Clinic Escort, Trainer | Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force (WACDTF; www.wacdtf.org | aluckste@psych.umaryland.edu | eves = 410-235-0186 day = 410-706-3244 | 705 Melville Ave, Baltimore MD 21218 | peackeeping when there are aggressive protesters at clinics, grassroots prochoice activism, clinic harassment | |
| Nicole Monastersky | Maderas, MPH | Program Administrator | Pharmacy Access Partnership | nmaderas@phi.org | 510-272-0150, fax: 510-272-0285 | 614 Grand Avenue, Suite 324 Oakland , CA 94610 | 1) Access to E C OTC and by pharmacy access prescription 2) Culturally competent reproductive health services in pharmacies 3) Access for youth in pharmacies | UC Davis |
| Rabbi Bonnie | Margulis | Director of the Clergy Outreach Program | Religious for Reproductive Choice | bmargulis@rcrc.org | 608-827-9668 | religious perspectives on reproductive choice and/or reproductive choice and Judaism, and is a resource for finding local clergy to speak | Georgetown Law School, Currently lives in Wisconsin | |
| Mary | Mascher | Iowa State Rep. | Iowa State House District #77 | Mary.Mascher@legis.state.ia.us | 319-351-2826 | 40 Gryn Court, Iowa City, IA, 52246 | ||
| Jennifer | McAllister-Nevins | ACLU | Jnevins@aclu.org | ACLU 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 | Judicial Bypass Work, sex education issues and prosecutions of pregnant women. | 2006 Northeast Regional Training | ||
| Louise | Melling | Director | ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project | lmelling@aclu.org | phone: 212-549-2637 fax: 212-549-2652 | ACLU 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 | Litigation, legislative and political issues | 2005 National Conference ; 2006 National Leadership Retreat; 2007 National Conference; 2007 Summer Intern Training |
| Ted | Miller | Communications Director | NARAL Pro-Choice America | tmiller@prochoiceamerica.org | 202-973-3032 | 2007 National Conference, 2007 DC/South Regional Training | ||
| Amy | Miller | Legal Director | ACLU Nebraska | info@aclunebraska.org | 402-476-8091 | 941 "O" Street, Suite 706 Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 | 2006 Midwest Regional Training | |
| Jill | Morrison | Senior Counsel | National Women’s Law Center | jmorrison@nwlc.org | 202-588-7616 | 11 Dupont Circle, NW Suite 800 Washington DC | Religion & repro rights; substance abuse, pregnancy and constitutional rights; diversifying repro rights bar | 2007 Summer Intern Training; Georgetown Law School |
| Jen | Mraz | Federal Policy Director | National Abortion Federation | jmraz@prochoice.org | 202-667-5881 | 1660 L St. NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 | access to abortion, litigation and legislative issues | |
| Stacie | Murphy | Escort | Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force | sbmurphy_at_gwu_dot_edu | 615-202-5051 | 8021 Eastern Ave #309 Silver Spring MD 20910 | clinic violence, escort training | 2006 DC/South Regional Training |
| Nancy | Northup | President | The Center for Reproductive Rights | NNorthup@reprorights.org | 917-637-3600 | 120 Wall St., New York, NY 10005 | International and US Reproductive Rights Issues; Reproductive Rights as Human Rights | 2004 Midwest Regional Training, 2005 National Conference |
| Lynn | Paltrow | Founder and Executive Director | National Advocates for Pregnant Women | lmpnyc@aol.com | 39 West 19th Street Suite 602 New York, New York 10011 | Pregnancy & Repro Rights, Female Prisoners | 2006 National Leadership Retreat, 2005 National Conference, Georgetown | |
| Beth | Parker | Partner, counsel for PPGG | Bingham McCutchen | beth.parker@bingham.com | Litigation, particularly Gonzales v. PPFA, pro-bono repro rights work | 2004 West Coast Regional Training, 2006 Boalt Hall | ||
| Melissa | Reed | Political Director | NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota | melissar@prochoiceminnesota.org | 651-602-7655 | MN Legislature, language and debate reframing. Lobbying. | ||
| Vicki | Saporta | Preident & CEO | National Abortion Federation | vsaporta@prochoice.org | 202-667-5881 | 1660 L St. NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 | access to abortion, litigation and legislative issues | |
| Lilian | Sepulveda | Legal Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean | Center for Reproductive Rights | Lsepulveda@reprorights.org | 917-637-3650 | 120 Wall St, 14th Fl New York, NY 10005 | International repro rights, especially Latin America | 2007 National Conference |
| Anat | Shenker-Osorio | Alliance Director | Real Reason | shenker-osorio@realreason.org | 510-444-5377 | 55 Santa Clara Ave, Suite 200 Oakland, CA 94610 | Communcating & Framing | 2007 National Conference |
| Reva | Siegel | Nicholas de B. Katzenbach Professor of Law and Professor of American Studies | Yale University | reva.siegel@yale.edu | 203-432-6791 | reproductive rights, constitutional law, legal history, antidiscrimination law | 2007 National Conference, National American Constitution Society meetings (last several years), American Society for Legal History meetings, law schools including Yale, Harvard, Berkeley, Columbia, NYU, etc | |
| Marjorie | Signer | Director of Communications | Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice | msigner@rcrc,org | 202-628-7700, Ext 12 | Can help locate speakers throughout the country to speak on Religion and Choice | ||
| Priscilla | Smith | Visiting Fellow | Yale Law School, Also Member of the Steering Committee for the Reproductive Justice Teaching and Scholarship Initiative (formally Director of Domestic Program at Center for Reproductive Rights) | priscillajsmith@yahoo.com | Litigation, particularly Gonzales v. Carhart | 2007 National Conference, Vermont Law School, Harvard Law School | ||
| Alma | Smith | Legislator | Michigan House of Representatives | almasmith@house.mi.gov | 517-373-1771 | P.O. Box 30014 Lansing, MI 48909-7514 | Women in Politics and Choice | 2004 Midwest Regional Training |
| Tim | Stanley | Senior Director Government and Public Affairs and Executive Director Action Fund Senior | Planned Parenthood MN/ND/SD | tstanley@ppmns.org | 612-821-6192 | Legislative and political issues | 2007 National Conference, Hamline University | |
| Anne E.W. | Stone | Chairperson | Republicans for Choice | gop4choice@erols.com, gop4choice@rcn.com | 703-212-0890 | 205 south whiting st., suite 260, alexandria, va, 22304 | Republican politics & repro rights | 2007 DC/South Regional Training, 2006 National Leadership Retreat, Georgetown Law School |
| Anne | Tamar-Mattis | Executive Director and Equal Justice Works Fellow Director | Institute for Intersex Childen and the Law | Director@IICLaw.org | 707-793-1190 | IICL POB 676 Cotati, CA 94931 | Intersex persons’ repro health and rights, LGBTQ issues, LGBTQ Family Law | 2006 & 2007 Summer Networking Lunch Series |
| Aimee | Thorne-Thomsen | Executive Director | Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP) | aimeet@protectchoice.org | 212-397-8769 | P.O. Box 3952, New York, NY 10163 | RJ, particularly young WOC’s priorities | 2005 National Conference, 2007 National Conference, Harvard Law School |
| Rebecca | Turner | Executive Director | Missouri Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice | execdirector@morcrc.org | 314-361-9600 | 5000 Washington Place St. Louis, MO 63108 | 2006 Midwest Regional Training | |
| Melissa | Upreti | Senior Legal Advisor, International Legal Program | The Center for Reproductive Rights (South Asia) | mupreti@reprorights.org | 917-637-3608 | 120 Wall St., 14th Floor, New York, NY 10005 | International Repro Rights, especially Asia | 2006 National Leadership Retreat, 2005 National Conference |
| Lois | Uttley | Executive Director | Merger Watch | info@mergerwatch.org. | 212-870-2010, ext. 1 | 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1604 New York, NY 10115 | Impact of religious or morally-based restrictions on access to health care, including: Religious/secular hospital mergers, pharmacist refusals to fill prescriptions, HMOs that refuse to cover reproductive health services | 2007 National Conference |
| Melissa | Werner | Director of Training and Education | National Abortion Federation | mwerner@prochoice.org | 202-667-5881, ext 213 | 1660 L St. NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 | Abortion Values Clarification | GWU Human Sexuality Classes, Various Conferences |
| Miriam | Yeung | Director of Public Policy & Government Relations | The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexeual & Transgender Community Center | miriam@gaycenter.org | 212-620-7310 | 208 West 13th St., New York, NY, 10011 | LGBT Repro Rights, youth development, reprogenetics, and crossmovement organizing | 2006 National Leadership Retreat, 2005 National Conference, |
| Melanie | Zurek | Executive Director | Abortion Access Project | mz@abortionaccess.org | 617-661-1161 | 552 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 215, Cambridge, MA 02139 | Access to abortion | 2006 National Leadership Retreat, 2007 National Conference |