Population Action International (PAI)
Women’s March Partner
Founded: 1965, as under the name Population Crisis Committee
Founder: William Henry Draper, Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland, Hugh Moore
Website: www.pai.org
Location:
1300 19th Street, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036-1624 USA
Phone +1 (202) 557-3400
Fax: +1 (202) 728-4177
Summary:
- Reproductive rights and family planning organization
- Promotes global access to sexual and reproductive health and birth control
- Advocate for U.S. government funding for international family planning
- Part of the Rights and Empowerment Working Group of FP2020, which aims to provide family planning service to 100 million more women and girls around the world
- Shames various countries into paying their “fair shares”
Funding:
Donations from individuals and foundations.
Among PAI’s donors are:
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
F. M. Kirby Foundation
2008 – 2017 federal grants: N/A
Key people:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
- SUZANNE EHLERS: President and CEO
- CAROLYN GIBB VOGEL: Chief Operating Officer
- MARY PANKE: Strategic Knowledge Director
- SARAH M. REIDY: Director of Information Technology
- HERA ARHAM: Associate, Executive Initiatives & Special Projects
- OLIVE SANU: Cross-Operations Coordinator
INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
- ELISHA DUNN-GEORGIOU: Vice President of Programs
- JONATHAN RUCKS: Director of Advocacy
- CRAIG LASHER: Senior Fellow
- ARIANA CHILDS GRAHAM: Director, Primary Healthcare Initiative
- ALLISON DOODY: Senior International Advocacy Associate
- REBECCA DENNIS: Senior Legislative Policy Analyst
- NELLIE MITCHELL: International Advocacy Associate
- WENDY TURNBULL: Senior Advisor, International Advocacy
- MERCEDES MAS DE XAXAS: Consultant for International Policy and Advocacy
- MARIA HERNANDEZ: Advocacy Coordinator
RESEARCH
- SUZANNA DENNIS: Director of Research
- TARYN COUTURE: Research Associate
- YEMISRACH SEIFU: Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow
COMMUNICATIONS
- DILLY SEVERIN: Director of Communications
- ADRIENNE LEE: Senior Communications Officer
- W. ALSTON ROBERTS III: Senior Digital Associate
- VERONICA VOLL: Production Manager
- CAITLIN MCKENNA: Communications Coordinator
DEVELOPMENT
- TERI BLANDON: Vice President of External Relations
- SARAH DICK: Director of Foundation Relations
- ANNIE LIPSITZ: Manager of Foundation Relations
- KATE DUIS: Manager of Donor Relations
- DAPHNEY JEAN: Development Coordinator
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
- RAY BOYER: Vice President of Finance
- MELISSA EDDY: Senior Associate, HR & Operations
- JULIA HUNT: Senior Finance Manager
