Power to Decide receives guidance from a top-flight board of directors comprised of independent and voting members who help to provide overall direction for the organization. Power to Decide is a public, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. This governing body is supported by several advisory panels. Power to Decide’s daily efforts are championed by a remarkable team of more than 40 Power to Decide team members.
CHAIR
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
Executive Director, Institute for Policy Solutions
VICE CHAIR
Bruce Kuhlik (Retired)
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc (Retired)
TREASURER
Vicki Shepard
Founder and CEO, Paragon Strategies, LLC
INTERIM CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Marilyn Ayres, CPA, MBA + Rachel Fey
Hannah Anderson
Director, Partnerships
Mark Adam
Chief operating & Technology officer, Operations
Max Carwile
Senior Data Manager, Digital
Monica Edwards
Senior Manager, Public Policy
Joely Pritzker, MS, FNP-C
Senior Director of Health Care
Max Ferguson
Technical Lead
Rachel Fey
Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer; Vice President, Policy and Strategic Partnerships
Catherine Heffernan Gibson
Director of Philanthropy
Alex Hunt
Operations and Technology Manager
Brit June
Director of Marketing
Tara Mancini, MA
Director, Public Policy
Marilyn Ayres, CPA, MBA
INTERIM CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; Chief Financial Officer
Omolara Johnson, MPA
Senior Project Manager, Development
Maria Fernanda Zaldivar Rabago, MPH
Senior manager, Editorial and Marketing
Gillian Sealy, PhD, MPH
Chief Program Officer
Jennifer Johnsen, MPH
Vice President, Digital Programs and Education
Zoe Unger, MPH
Director, Abortion Access, Programs
Tanika Wise, MS
Executive Assistant
Danielle Lapierre, MA, MS
vice president, communications & marketing
Claudia Nuñez-Eddy, MS
Senior Manager, Programs
Sarah Axelson, MSW
Senior director, Innovation, Training, and TA
Cat McKay
Senior manager, Social media and campaigns
Emma Carpenter, MSW, PhD
Director of Research & Evaluation
Amy Ragsdale
Senior Director of business development
Casey E. Roncoroni
Vice President of Strategy and Development
Jessica J. Mencia
Digital Programs Fellow
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS
Bruce Kuhlik (Retired)
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc (Retired)
Forrest Alton
PRESIDENT
1000 Feathers, LLC
Chris Brandt
Managing Director
Audacious Capital
The Honorable Charles W. Dent
Former member of Congress (PA)
Lauren Dolgen
Executive Producer, Unscripted TV
Craig H. Erwich
President
Disney Television Group
Mary Flipse
president
PreferCare
Lauren R. Powell
Head, Health, Equity-Drug Development, Biogen
Tamandra Morgan, MD, ScM
OB-GYN
Vicki Shepard
Founder and CEO
Paragon Strategies, LLC
Bruce Kuhlik (Retired)
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc (Retired)
David Baime
Vice President, Government Affairs
American Association of Community Colleges, DC
Kristin Bass
Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
Sonya Borrero
Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science and Obstetrics Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Melissa Boteach
Vice President for Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning
National Women’s Law Center
Candace D. Gibson
Director of state policy, public policy
Guttmacher Institute
Jocelyn Guyer
Director
Manatt Health Solutions
Anu Manchikanti Gómez
Associate Professor and Director, Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity Program
University of California Berkeley School of Social Welfare
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Co-Director, Center for Children and Families
The Brookings Institution
Senior Consultant
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President
Bipartisan Policy Center
Courtney M. Joslin
Resident Fellow
R Street Institute
Megan Kavanaugh
Principal Research Scientist
Guttmacher Institute
Ed Kutler
Government Affairs Strategist
The Kutler Group
Laura Lindberg
Professor, Department Urban-Global Public Health
Rutgers University School of Public Health
Brittany Staplefeld Lee, MSW
Director, Family and Child Health
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Caitlin Myers
Professor
Middlebury College
Melanie Nathanson
Partner
Nathanson & Hauck
Stephanie Quinn
Division Director, Government Affairs
American Association of Family Physicians
Lauren Ralph
Associate Professor
ANSIRH
Whitney Rice
Assistant Professor, Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences
Emory Rollins School of Public Health
Alina Salganicoff
Senior Vice President and Director of Women's Health Policy
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
John Santelli
Professor of Population and Family Health and Pediatrics
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Vicki Shepard
Founder and CEO
Paragon Strategies, LLC
Debra Stulberg
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Director, Reproductive Health Outcomes and Disparities Research Group
University of Chicago School of Medicine
Cecelia Thomas
Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer
NMAC
Eric Walsh-Buhi
Professor and Chair, Applied Health Sciences
Indiana University Bloomington