Our Staff

photoSujatha Jesudason, PhD - Executive Director - is responsible for overall strategic vision and direction for the organization, along with alliance building. more »

photoMarina Ortega - Associate Director - directs the organization's work on racial justice and oversees operations, communications, and financial management. more »

photoSusannah Baruch, JD - Policy Director and Consultant - directs the organization's policy work in Washington, DC. more »

Our Board

photoCrystal Plati - (chair), Formerly with ChoiceUSA - is a dynamic leader in national progressive politics working on behalf of reproductive justice and across social issue movements. more »

photoAlison Kafer - Assistant Professor of Feminist Studies, Southwestern University - has had her work on gender, sexuality, and disability published in several journals and anthologies. more »

photoLe'a Malia Kanehe, JD - Attorney, Indigenous People's Council of Biocolonialism - is a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) attorney from Honolulu, Hawai'i. She has advocated internationally for the rights of Indigenous peoples at the UN human rights Working Group on Indigenous Populations. more »

photoJackie Payne - Principal , The Raben Group - brings over a decade of experience in law and public policy gained at the state, national, and international level. more »

photoDorothy Roberts - Professor, Northwestern University - has written and lectured extensively on the interplay of gender, race, and class in legal issues concerning reproduction, bioethics, and child welfare. more »

photoPurvi Shah - Consultant - is a content expert in issues related to violence against women, language access, policy advocacy, and media including non-profit film and website communications. more »

photoSilvia Yee - Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) - is the staff attorney working on national litigation and policy at DREDF. She has worked in private commercial practice, and with the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta in Canada. more »

photoMiriam W. Yeung, MPA - Executive Director - is the Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, a national grassroots organization that is building a progressive movement for the social and economic justice and political empowerment of APA women and girls. more »

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