Speakers Directory

Welcome to the LSRJ Speakers Directory!

Connect with professionals and practitioners all over the country who would be delighted to speak about reproductive justice at your campus events. If you’ve heard a spectacular speaker recently, then add them to the directory.

• Jessica Arons, Director of the Women’s Health and Rights Program, Center for American Progress
  Email: JArons@americanprogress.org
  Phone: 202-741-6294
  Address: 1333 H Street, N.W., 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005
  
  Topics: RJ, new frame for abortion “More Than a Choice,” marginalized communities, pro-faith/pro-choice, Contraception, Sexuality Education, Privacy Rights, HPV Vaccines, HIV/AIDS, Gay Rights, and Constitutional Law.
  Places & Events: 2007 National Conference, Georgetown Law, GW Law LSRJ Event.
• Barbara Attie, Documentary Filmmaker
  Website: www.attiegoldwater.com
  Email: bkattie@gmail.com
  Phone: 610-664-7316
  Address: 16 Levering Circle, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
  
  Topics: Repro Rights in Latin America, Access to abortion for low income women and girls, History of Abortion pre-Roe v. Wade.
  Places & Events: 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.
• Gretchen Borchelt, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
  Email: gborchelt@nwlc.org
  Phone: 202-588-5180
  Address: 11 Dupont Circle, NW Suite 800, Washington DC 20036
  
  Topics: Supreme Court/Judicial Nominations, Access to contraception including pharmacist refusal, anything pro choice.
  Places & Events: 2009 DC/South Regional Training; 2007 National Conference, 2007, 2006 & 2005 West Coast Regional Training; 2008 & 2007 Summer Intern Training; American University Law; Denver University Law; Georgetown Law; George Washington Law; Temple Law; University of Cincinnati Law; U Penn Law; University of D.C. Law; Yale Law.
• Twila Brown, MCAH Director, San Francisco County Health Department
  Email: Twila.Brown@sfdph.org
  Phone: 415-575-5712
  Address: 30 Van Ness Ave. Suite 260, San Francisco CA 94102
  
  Topics: maternal, child and adolescent health.
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ West Coast Regional Conference.
• Lauren Bull, Associate Director of Advocacy, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington D.C.,
  Email: lauren.bull@ppmw.org
  Phone: 202-497-4169
  Address: 1108 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036
  
  Topics: legislative issues regarding reproductive health; sexual health topics (birth control methods, STI’s, etc).
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ DC/South Regional Conference
• Kurt Calia, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
  Email: Kcalia@cov.com
  Phone: 202-662-5602
  Address: Covington & Burling LLP, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004
  
  Topics: Repro rights
  Places & Events: Georgetown Law School
• Maxwell Ciardullo, Information Coordinator, SIECUS – Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
  Email: mciardullo@siecus.org
  Phone: 212.819.9770 × 325
  Address: 90 John Street, Suite 704, New York, NY 10038
  
  Topics: Sex education, abstinence-only-until-marriage programs/movement, youth & repro rights
  Places & Events: 2006 National Leadership Retreat, Georgetown
• Janet Crepps, Deputy Director, U.S. Legal Program, Center for Reproductive Rights
  Email: jcrepps@reprorights.org
  Phone: 864-962-8519
  Address: 120 Wall Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10005
  
  Topics: Abortion, Contraception, Reproductive Rights
  Places & Events: NAF National Conference; CAN National Conference
• Rev. Susan Criscione, Director, Renewal House
  Email: susanrhd@yahoo.com
  Phone: 617-277-4194
  Address: P.O. Box 919, Roxbury, MA 02120
  
  Topics: Reproductive Justice from a faith perspective, All Options Clergy Counseling/Support following a decision for Abortion and Supportive Ritual after Abortion
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ Northeast Regional Conference
• Dr. Angel Foster, Senior Associate, IBIS Reproductive Health
  Email: afoster@ibisreproductivehealth.org
  Phone: 617-349-0045
  Address: 17 Dunster St, Suite 201, Cambridge, MA 02138
  
  Topics: International reproductive health issues (esp.. the Middle East and North Africa), Abortion provision, training, education, and access in the US.
  Places & Events: 2005 National Conference, 2009 LSRJ Northeast Regional Conference, various individual schools.
• Andi Friedman, Vice President, Global Justice Center- NYC
  Email: afriedman@globaljusticecenter.net OR andi.friedman@gmail.com
  Phone: 212-725-6530 ×203
  Address: 25 E. 21st Street, New York, NY 11215
  
  Topics: International women’s rights; Non-Profit Organizing; Human Rights; Working in Human Rights.
  Places & Events: Harvard, 2006 Northeast Regional Training
• Kim Gandy, President, National Organization for Women
  Website: www.now.org/conference
  Email: president@now.org, presidentsoffice@now.org
  Phone: 202-628-8669
  Address: 1100 H Street NW, 3rd floor, Washington, D.C. 20005
  
  Topics: Feminism, women’s rights, Women in Politics, reproductive rights, family law, Supreme Court analysis of cases affecting women, and a variety of legal issues
  Places & Events: 2007 National Conference
• Eve Gartner, Deputy Director, Public Policy Litigation and Law, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
  Email: Eve.Gartner@ppfa.org
  Phone: 212-541-7800
  Address: 434 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001
  
  Topics: Litigation
  Places & Events: 2007 National Conference; 2007 Summer Intern Training
• Marlene Gerber Fried, Director, Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program, Hampshire College
  Email: mgfSS@hampshire.edu
  Phone: 413-559-5565
  Address: Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002
• Wayne Goldner, Abortion Provider, New Hampshire
  Phone: 603-622-3162
  Address: 150 Tarrytown Rd, Manchester, NH
  
  Topics: Provision of care, hospital mergers, harrassment, shortage of providers, state restrictions on care, the history of abortion, etc..
  Places & Events: Harvard
• Emily Goodstein, Director, Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom
  Email: egoodstein@rcrc.org
  Phone: 202-628-7700 ×15
  Address: 1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 1130, Washington, DC 20005
  
  Topics: religion and reproductive rights, campus organizing, Ms. Goodstein is also able to find other speakers if she is unavailable, her organization also offers grants, visit www.syrf.org
  Places & Events: Georgetown Law School
• Dan Grossman, Senior Associate, Ibis Reproductive Health
  Email: dgrossman@ibisreproductivehealth.org
  Phone: 510-986-8941
  Address: 1330 Broadway Street, Suite 1100, Oakland, CA 94612
  
  Topics: International Reproductive Health
  Places & Events: Golden Gate University
• Priscilla Huang, Policy and Programs Director, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
  Email: phuang@napawf.org
  Phone: 301-270-4440
  Address: 6930 Carroll Ave. Suite 506, Takoma Park, MD 20912
  
  Topics: Reproductive Justice and API women, Immigrant women’s rights and RJ, Human Trafficking and RJ.
  Places & Events: SisterSong, ACLU, US Human Rights Network, CLPP
• Dr. Mary Hunt, Co-Director, WATER (Women’s Allience for Theology, Ethics and Ritual)
  Email: mhunt@hers.com
  Phone: 301-589-2509
  Address: 8121 Georgia Ave #310, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4933
  
  Topics: feminism, reproductive rights and religion with a special focus on Catholicism
• Lisa Ikemoto, Professor, UC Davis School of Law
  Email: lcikemoto@ucdavis.edu
  Phone: 530-753-3731
  Address: UC Davis School of Law, 400 Mrak Hall Drive, Davis, CA 95616
  
  Topics: scholarship in bioethics, repro justice, health law
  Places & Events: UC Davis
• Diana Kasdan, Staff Attorney, Reproductive Freedom Project, ACLU
  Email: dkasdan@aclu.org
  Address: ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004
  
  Topics: Prisoners’ repro rights, reproductive rights generally, religion and reproductive rights
• Shelby Knox, Sex Education/Feminist Organizer, “The Education of Shelby Knox”
  Website: www.shelbyknox.blogspot.com
  Email shelby.knox@gmail.com
  Phone: 806-632-9523
• Alexa Kolbi-Molinas Staff Attorney, Reproductive Freedom Project, ACLU
  Email: akolbi-molinas@aclu.org
  Phone: 212-519-7845
  Address: 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004
  
  Topics: reproductive rights litigation generally, incl. bans on safe abortion, religious refusals to provide health care, and policing of pregnant women
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ Midwest Regional Conference, Columbia Law School
• Rachel Laser, Director of the Culture Program, Third Way (formerly of the National Women’s Law Center)
  Email: rlaser@thirdway.org
  Phone: 202-775-3768 ×202
  Address: 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 501, Washington, DC 20036
  
  Topics: Political strategy, anything repro rights
  Places & Events: 2005 National Conference, Georgetown, Harvard
• Robin Levi, Human Rights Director, Justice Now
  Email: robin.levi@comcast.net
  Phone: 415-377-5233
  Address: Justice Now, 1322 Webster Street, Ste 210, Oakland, CA 94612
  
  Topics: Prisoners’ repro rights and human rights violations
  Places & Events: 2007 National Conference
• Destiny Lopez, Executive Director, ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights Coalition
  Email: Destiny@WHRC-ACCESS.org
  Phone: 510-923-0739, x11
  Address: PO Box 3609, Oakland, CA 94609
  
  Topics: abortion/abortion access, California, policy advocacy and community education – all related to reproductive health, rights and justice
  Places & Events: 2007 National Conference, Boalt, Hastings
• Alicia Lucksted, Volunteer, Clinic Escort, Trainer, Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force (WACDTF)
  Website: www.wacdtf.org
  Email: aluckste@psych.umaryland.edu
  Phone: eves 410-235-0186, days 410-706-3244
  Address: 705 Melville Ave, Baltimore MD 21218
  
  Topics: peacekeeping when there are aggressive protesters at clinics, grassroots pro-choice activism, clinic harassment
  Places & Events: Northern Virginia, in DC, and in Maryland
• Jody Lynee Madeira, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
  Email: jmadeira@indiana.edu
  Phone: 812-856-1082
  Address: Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington, 211 S. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405
  
  Topics: assisted reproductive technology/infertility, pregnancy, and family law/child law — especially medical neglect
  Places & Events: Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
• Louise Melling, Director, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
  Email: lmelling@aclu.org
  Phone: 212-549-2637
  Fax: 212-549-2652
  Address: ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004
  
  Topics: Litigation, legislative and political issues
  Places & Events: 2005 National Conference, 2006 National Leadership Retreat, 2007 National Conference, 2007 Summer Intern Training
• Andrea Miller, Executive Director, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
  Email: andrea@prochoicemass.org
  Address: 15 Court Square, Suite 900, Boston, MA 02108
  
  Topics: domestic reproductive rights and healthcare (federal and state level)
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ Northeast Regional Conference
• Amy Miller, Legal Director, ACLU Nebraska
  Email: info@aclunebraska.org
  Phone: 402-476-8091
  Address: 941 “O” Street, Suite 706, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
  
  Topics: general
  Places & Events: 2006 Midwest Regional Training
• Jamie Miracle, Policy Director, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio
  Email: Jaime@ProChoiceOhio.org
  Phone: 614-221-2594
  Address: 92 Jefferson Ave, Columbus OH 43215
  
  Topics: Reproductive Rights and the Law in Ohio, Grassroots organizing to create change, Volunteer management and events, On-line activism
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ Midwest Regional Conference
• Jill Morrison, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
  Email: jmorrison@nwlc.org
  Phone: 202-588-7616
  Address: 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800, Washington DC
  
  Topics: Religion & repro rights; substance abuse, pregnancy and constitutional rights; diversifying repro rights bar
  Places & Events: 2007 Summer Intern Training; Georgetown Law School; DC LSRJ Alumni events, Howard Law, North Carolina Central University School of Law, LSRJ National Leadership Retreat at Northwestern, and UVA
• Michelle Movahed, Staff Attorney, U.S. Legal Program, Center for Reproductive Rights
  Email: mmovahed@reprorights.org
  Phone: 917-637-3628
  Address: 120 Wall St., New York, NY 10005
  
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ Northeast Regional Conference
• Stacie Murphy, Escort/Policy Associate, Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force/Population Connection
  Email: smurphy@populationconnection.org
  Phone: 202-332-2200 x-7737
  Address: 2120 L St, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20037
  
  Topics: clinic violence, escort training, sex education, access to birth control, and international family planning.
  Places & Events: 2006 DC/South Regional Training
• Nancy Northup, President, The Center for Reproductive Rights
  Email: NNorthup@reprorights.org
  Phone: 917-637-3600
  Address: 120 Wall St., New York, NY 10005
  
  Topics: International and US Reproductive Rights Issues; Reproductive Rights as Human Rights. Places & Events: 2004 Midwest Regional Training, 2005 National Conference
• Lynn Paltrow, Founder and Executive Director, National Advocates for Pregnant Women
  Website: www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org
  Email: LMP.NAPW@gmail.com
  Phone: 212-255-9252
  Address: 15 West 36th Street, Suite 901, New York, New York 10018
  
  Topics: Litigation, Organzing & Oub Ed, Reproductive Justice, Pregnancy, Drug Policy and Social and Criminal Justice
  Places & Events: 2006 National Leadership Retreat, 2005 National Conference, Georgetown
• Erin Kate Ryan, Communications and Development Director, National Network of Abortion Funds
  Email: erinkate@nnaf.org
  Phone: 617-524-6045
  Address: 42 Seaverns Ave., Boston, MA 02130
  
  Topics: abortion access for low-income women and girls; economic justice; the Hyde Amendment; grassroots, state, and national advocacy for access to abortion and reproductive healthcare; abortion funding and abortion Funds
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ Northeast Regional Conference
• Jennifer Sandman, Staff Attorney, Public Policy Litigation and Law, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
  Email: jennifer.sandman@ppfa.org
  Phone: 212-541-7800
  Address: 434 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001
  
  Topics: Litigation
  Places & Events: 2009 Columbia Law School
• Marjorie Signer, Director of Communications, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
  Email: msigner@rcrc.org
  Phone: 202-628-7700, Ext 12
  Address: 1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 1130, Washington DC 20005
  
  Places & Events: Can help locate speakers throughout the country to speak on Religion and Choice
• Alma Smith, Legislator, Michigan House of Representatives
  Email: almasmith@house.mi.gov
  Phone: 517-373-1771
  Address: P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909-7514
  
  Topics: Women in Politics and Choice
  Places & Events: 2004 Midwest Regional Training
• 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)
  Places & Events: Litigation, particularly Gonzales v. Carhart
• Tim Stanley, Senior Director Government and Public Affairs and Executive Director Action Fund Senior, Planned Parenthood MN/ND/SD
  Email: tstanley@ppmns.org
  Phone: 612-821-6192
  
  Topics: Legislative and political issues
  Places & Events: 2007 National Conference, Hamline University
• Anne Tamar-Mattis, Executive Director, Advocates for Informed Choice
  Website: http://www.aiclegal.org/
  Email: director@aiclegal.org
  Phone: 707-793-1190
  Address: IICL, POB 676, Cotati, CA 94931
  
  Topics: Intersex persons’ repro health and rights, LGBTQ issues, LGBTQ Family Law
  Places & Events: 2006 & 2007 Summer Networking Lunch Series, 2009 LSRJ West Coast Regional Training
• Aimee Thorne-Thomsen, Executive Director, Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP)
  Email: aimeet@protectchoice.org
  Phone: 212-397-8769
  Address: P.O. Box 3952, New York, NY 10163
  
  Topics: RJ, particularly young WOC’s priorities
  Places & Events: 2005 National Conference, 2007 National Conference, Harvard Law School
• Lois Uttley, Executive Director, Merger Watch
  Email: Lois@mergerwatch.org
  Phone: 212-870-2010, ext. 1
  Address: 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10115
  
  Topics: 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
  Places & Events: 2007 National Conference
• Rev. Richard Venus, Reverend, First Universalist Church of New Madison
  Email: rvenus@woh.rr.com
  Phone: 937-435-4780
  
  Topics: Religious values regarding choice
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ Midwest Regional Conference, Cincinnati Conference on Pro-Choice Values/Rationale
• Pilar Zuniga, Education and Youth Programs Director, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
  Email: pzuniga@ppgg.org
  Phone: 415-202-7293
  
  Topics: Comprehensive Sex Education in CA; Youth Reproductive Rights; Sexuality Education; Non-Judgmental Education and Reproductive Rights Work; Building Comfort with Sexuality; Sexuality and Sex Ed for the Developmentally Disabled; Sexuality and Sexuality Education through the life span
  Places & Events: 2009 LSRJ West Coast Regional Conference
• Melanie Zurek, Executive Director, Abortion Access Project
  Email: mz@abortionaccess.org
  Phone: 617-661-1161
  Address: 47 Thorndike Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
  
  Topics: Access to abortion
  Places & Events: 2006 National Leadership Retreat, 2007 National Conference