Regional Director
A native of Brazil, Dr. Carmen Barroso's early experience includes teaching reproductive health and rights as Hubert Humphrey Distinguished Professor at Macalester College and serving as a professor of research methods at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She also... READ MORE
Deputy Director
Vicente has over 30 years of experience in the areas of medicine, research, and management with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. Prior to his position as Deputy Director at IPPF/WHR, Vicente was the Executive Director of Fundación Mexicana para la... READ MORE
Senior Governance Advisor
Humberto has worked at IPPF/WHR for 35 years. He oversees development and implementation of governance strategy to strengthen leadership within Boards of Directors at Member Associations and at the regional level. Humberto provides advising on strategic... READ MORE
Director of MA Relations | South-South Program Manager
Daniel Parnetti oversees the functioning of the Office of the Regional Director and provides support to all activities related to governance at IPPF/WHR. He is actively involved in an initiative to strengthen the functioning of... READ MORE
Director of Communications
With more than 15 years of experience in communications, policy, special events, and community relations, Kelly leads the development and implementation of IPPF/WHR’s communications strategy and operations.
Prior to joining IPPF/WHR, Kelly served as... READ MORE
Production and Design Officer
Jocelyn has been a member of IPPF/WHR’s communications team since 2008. As the Production and Design Officer, she manages the design, editorial, and strategy for print materials, branding, and multimedia. She also contributes to the development and... READ MORE
Online Administrator
As a member of the communications team, Mandy Van Deven is responsible for the online communications and social media strategy at IPPF/WHR. She manages the organization's website, social media, and electronic communications.
Mandy has more than a decade... READ MORE
Public Affairs Associate
Tochtli Garcia is a member of the IPPF/WHR communications team. His responsibilities include monitoring, tracking, and disseminating the organization's regional media presence, collaborating with and providing technical assistance to the communications... READ MORE
Director of Programs - Universal Access
Giselle is responsible for developing and integrating program strategies across the Safe Abortion, Access, Adolescents, and HIV/AIDS Teams. In a previous position, Giselle led the Safe Abortion Team. Under her tenure, Member Associations more than... READ MORE
Senior Program Officer - Safe Abortion
Jennifer has been with IPPF/WHR since 2006 overseeing the implementation of safe abortion initiatives in the region. She has extensive experience working in health and social service organizations, including clinical work in family planning and... READ MORE
Program Officer - Safe Abortion
Jimena is responsible for the development and implementation of the regional strategy regarding safe abortion and gender-based violence. She provides technical assistance to our Member Associations and works collaboratively with them to create community... READ MORE
Senior Program Officer - Access
As a member of IPPF/WHR's team for 14 years, Alejandra has been responsible for the youth, adolescents, and access units. Her responsibilities have included program coordination, management of grants, policy advocacy, and networking in the area of... READ MORE
Senior Program Officer - Youth
Marissa Billowitz serves as Senior Program Officer for IPPF/WHR’s Youth initiatives. Marissa has extensive experience in sexual and reproductive health, particularly with regard to gender, sexuality, education and training, and program management.... READ MORE
Program Coordinator - Youth
Ilan is responsible for supporting our Member Associations and partner agencies in increasing sexual and reproductive health services for young people. He assists in the production and dissemination of program materials, conducts trainings, and works to... READ MORE
Program Officer - Youth
After working as a program assistant and an intern for IPPF/WHR's Youth and Evaluation teams, Jessie joined the Programs team in 2007. She works on projects related to youth-friendly services, comprehensive sexuality education, and youth and abortion.
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Program Design Coordinator
McKensey works with the Programs team to conceptualize strategies and best communicate IPPF/WHR's work to a broad range of audiences. She is also a consultant for Women’s Link Worldwide and supports the organization's fundraising efforts.
Prior to... READ MORE
Haiti Adolescent Girls Network Coordinator
As a member of the Youth team, Lodz is responsible for supporting the Haiti Adolescents Girls Network, a coalition of international and Haitian... READ MORE
Senior Program Officer - STI/HIV/AIDS
As a Medical Doctor with extensive experience in the prevention, treatment, and care, Jomo provides strategic and technical direction in the areas of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS.
Prior to joining IPPF/WHR, Jomo worked as the... READ MORE
Senior Program Advisor for the Caribbean
For over twenty years Lucella has served as IPPF/WHR’s Program Advisor to several Member Associations (MAs) in the Caribbean. She provides technical assistance in varied aspects of program and financial management and project design.... READ MORE
Senior Program Advisor - Logistics
With wide-ranging international experience in development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and logistics systems, María Cristina Ramírez has trained IPPF/WHR Member Associations (MAs) on monitoring and forecasting for... READ MORE
Senior Member Association Finance Advisor
Felipe has been with IPPF/WHR since 1999. He is responsible for providing technical assistance to Member Associations in the areas of finance, sustainability, and management. He also collaborates with the Resource Mobilization team in... READ MORE
Member Association Financial Analyst
In 2010, Mauro came to IPPF/WHR with extensive experience in financial management and grants administration. In this role he supports the development and implementation of IPPF/WHR’s policies and procedures related to Member Association... READ MORE
Logistics Associate
As a member of the logistics team, Arlety monitors the shipment of health commodities to Member Associations. She also supports the Logistics Senior Program Advisor in the analysis of commodities reports and annual program budgets to ensure countries have adequate... READ MORE
Member Association Administrative Liaison
Betsy came to IPPF/WHR with more than 10 years of experience managing international projects and teams in the United States and Dominican Republic. As the Member Association Administrative Liaison, she supports IPPF/WHR's core grants... READ MORE
Director of Organizational Learning and Evaluation
Rebecca provides leadership to IPPF/WHR’s organizational learning and evaluation unit. She manages a team of six evaluation experts who ensure the use of data for decision-making at all levels of the organization, design projects,... READ MORE
Senior Evaluation Officer - Institutional Data
Shelly joined IPPF/WHR in 2005. She is responsible for managing data collection and analysis of key institutional data sources, including service statistics and global indicators, and ensuring the data is integrated into all phases of the... READ MORE
Evaluation Officer - Youth
Jessica provides technical expertise in program monitoring and evaluation to teams in the regional office and to Member Associations working to improve access to comprehensive sexuality education and quality sexual and reproductive health services for young... READ MORE
Program Officer - Universal Access
Denitza is responsible for managing IPPF/WHR’s HIV/STI portfolio. She joined the organization in 2011 as an Evaluation Officer. In that role, Denitza worked to coordinate research studies and support initiatives to strengthen the use of data for... READ MORE
Evaluation Officer - Advocacy
Erica has worked at IPPF/WHR since 2008 providing evaluation support to the programmatic staff in the Regional Office and Member Associations. She focuses on how to best evaluate the advocacy work IPPF/WHR and its MAs conduct at the national and... READ MORE
Chief Information Officer
Leslie has been a part of the IPPF/WHR team since 1979. She is responsible for managing the information services within the regional office in New York City and coordinating technical assistance to our Member Associations throughout Latin American and the... READ MORE
MIS Manager
Noel has been on staff at IPPF/WHR since 1988. He is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the regional office's information systems and provides technical assistance to Member Associations. He also maintains institutional policies, network services,... READ MORE
Senior Bilingual Administrative Assistant - MIS
Nora has worked with IPPF/WHR since 2003. She is responsible for overseeing the daily administrative operations within the MIS department, including logistical and travel support for MIS staff and consultants. Nora maintains filing... READ MORE
Chief Financial Officer
Jan Dahms joined IPPF/WHR as Chief Financial Officer in 2008 and manages the organization's transparent budgeting, forecasting, and reporting of the organization’s activities. She is responsible for fiscal risk management, regulatory and compliance... READ MORE
Director of Development
Dana oversees IPPF/WHR’s fundraising activities with individual and institutional donors, including all aspects of grants management with US Foundations, and bilateral and multilateral donors. She works closely with program, evaluation and finance staff in... READ MORE
Senior Development Officer
Nikki has been in fund development for more than 10 years. She joined IPPF/WHR as the Senior Development Officer for Major Gifts and Planned Giving in 2008. Nikki is a Certified Fund Raising Executive and ensures compliance with the Donor Bill of Rights,... READ MORE
Direct Response Assistant
Saida has been working with the IPPF/WHR development team for over 6 years as the Direct Response Assistant. She is responsible for all aspects of donor gift processing, including gift acknowledgement, data entry, record keeping, reporting, and donor... READ MORE
Resource Mobilization Officer
As the Resource Mobilization Officer at IPPF/WHR, Jenny supports the Resource Mobilization team in the development of proposals and reports for institutional donors and assists with overall grants management.
Prior to her position at IPPF/WHR, she... READ MORE
Senior Bilingual Administrative Assistant - Development and Public Affairs
Kathleen has been with IPPF/WHR since 2010 providing support to the Development and Advocacy teams. Her responsibilities include overseeing the daily administrative operations within the department, logistical... READ MORE
Director of Advocacy
María Antonieta Alcalde develops and implements IPPF/WHR’s advocacy strategy at the regional and international levels and supports the advocacy work of our Member Associations. She has co-founded several organizations including the Latin American Youth Network for... READ MORE
International Advocacy Officer
Doris is a feminist activist with over 12 years of experience in advocacy, policy analysis, and coalition building on issues such as violence against women (VAW), global governance, women’s participation in decision making, and peace and security.... READ MORE
Regional Advocacy Officer
Flor joined IPPF/WHR in 2009. As Regional Advocacy Officer she leads the organization’s advocacy to promote the sexual rights of youth, including the right to comprehensive sexuality education and youth friendly services. Flor currently serves on the... READ MORE
Regional Advocacy Officer
Laura has been with IPPF/WHR since 2009. She leads the two advocacy initiatives – Joining Forces for Voices and Accountability and Budget Transparency and Reproductive Health – promoting government accountability on commitments regarding sexual... READ MORE
Advocacy and Special Events Associate
Mari-Sol has been working with IPPF/WHR since 2004 providing administrative and event planning support to the Abortion, Access, and Advocacy teams. She maintains relationships with vendors and partners, ensures logistics are in order, and helps... READ MORE
Resource Mobilization and Strategy Advisor
Maria is responsible for supporting the Resource Mobilization efforts of IPPF/WHR's Member Associations in the region as well as international advocacy efforts. She does this by providing technical assistance, tracking and analyzing shifts in... READ MORE
Advocacy Associate
Rebecca supports the coordination of IPPF/WHR’s advocacy efforts in global and regional UN processes. She also serves as the focal point for youth-related advocacy initiatives with Member Associations.
Prior to joining IPPF/WHR in 2013, Rebecca... READ MORE
Director of Human Resources
During his time at IPPF/WHR, Barry Goldklang has taken the organization from a staff of 39 to 60 valued staff members, and has maintained a high level of staff morale and organizational culture. Previously, he was the Director of Human Resources at the... READ MORE
International Planned Parenthood Council - Chair
Alexander Sanger is a former President of Planned Parenthood of New York City. He is currently the Chair of IPPF/WHR and has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund. He served on the IPPF/WHR Board as an... READ MORE
Youth Network Coordinator
As the Youth Network Coordinator, Patrice works to strengthen the participation of young people across the Americas and the Caribbean within IPPF/WHR and its Member Associations. She facilitates information sharing throughout the network and enables youth to... READ MORE
Youth Network Coordinator
As the Youth Network Coordinator, Giancarlo works to strengthen the participation of young people across the Americas and the Caribbean within IPPF/WHR and its Member Associations. He oversees the execution of promotional activities and increases the... READ MORE
