Americans for UNFPA Board of Directors
Officers
Rita C. O’Connor, PhD (Chair of the Board)
Political Scientist and Communications Consultant; Former Academic Director, Washington Semester, American University, Washington, D.C.
R. Lucia Riddle (Co-Vice Chair of the Board)
Vice President of Federal Government Relations, Principal Financial Group.
Vito J. Spitaleri, JD (Co-Vice Chair of the Board)
Senior Counsel and Senior Advisor, Mars Company.
Vernon Mack (Treasurer and Chair, Finance Committee)
Former Chief of UNFPA’s Resource Mobilization Branch.
Carla Morris (Secretary)
Full-time mom and community volunteer with a professional background in organizational behavior, performance management and communications.
Members
Richard S. Cain, LL.B
Retired Chairman West Hudson & Co.; Co-founder PRE Wired Systems, LLC, former Board member and Treasurer Planned Parenthood Los Angeles; Board member Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project.
Wendy Cai-Lee (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee)
Managing Director at Deloitte, focusing on cross-border M&A transaction. Spent career at investment banks and was also an entrepreneur.
Annette P. Cumming (Chair, Development Committeeand Immediate Past Chair of the Board and)
Vice President and Executive Director, Cumming Foundation; Founder, Planned Parenthood Action Council. Board Member of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Guttmacher Institute.
Gemma Valdez Daggatt
Community Builder. Based on her background in design and construction, Gemma provides pro-bono support to non-profits, focusing on underrepresented communities . Board member: Seattle Chinatown/Int'l District Public Development Authority and the Wing Luke Asian Museum. Co-Founder Washington Women for Choice.
Peggy Elliott Goldwyn
Former President, Beverly Hills Board of Education; Advisory Board member, Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles; Board member, LA’s Best; Writer and Producer.
The Honorable Jim Greenwood
President, Biotechnology Industry Organization. Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 – 2004, representing the 8th Congressional District of Pennsylvania.
Nicholas Groombridge (Chair, UNFPA Liaison Committee)
Partner, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP.
Karen N. Horn, PhD. (Chair, Audit Committee)
Senior Managing Director, Brock Capital.
Donald P. Horwitz, JD
Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal.
Peggy McEvoy
Over 45 years experience working in developing countries in Maternal-Child-Health, Family Planning and Reproductive Health. Currently, Consultant for UNAIDS.
Jan Nicholson
President of the Grable Foundation
The Honorable Phyllis E. Oakley (Co-Chair, Public Affairs Committee)
Former Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration and Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State. Immediate Past Chair of the Board.
Anika Rahman, JD
President, Americans for UNFPA.
Mindy Rechelbacher
Former Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment International Executive; Currently the Fundraising Chair of the Orono Early Childhood Family Education, Minnesota.
Roberta Riley, JD
Consulting Counsel, Legal and International Affairs, Planned Parenthood of Western Washington (PPWW).
Bruce Tully (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee)
Founding Member, Beehive Ventures, LLC.
Emeritus Members
Sharon Allison
Former Chair, Planned Parenthood of America and President, International Planned Parenthood Federation.
Vicki B. Cox
Former President, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Minnesota.
Ambassador Robin Chandler Duke (Ret.)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Norway; President, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League.
Henry W. Foster, MD
Professor Emeritus, Meharry Medical College and Clinical Professor, Ob-Gyn, Vanderbilt University.
Felice G. Gonzales, JD
Chair, Planning and Nominating Committee, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Mary D. Lindsay
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Trustee Emeritus; Pathfinder International Trustee Emeritus; Planned Parenthood NYC Honorary Trustee; Columbia University School of Nursing Board of Visitors.
Paul Micou
Former Senior Officer, UNFPA, and Assistant USAID Mission in Ankara, Turkey.
Leigh M. Miller, JD
Chairman, International Science & Technology Institute.
Stafford Mousky
Former UNFPA and USAID official.
Jonathan A. Small, LL.B
Senior Consultant for Government Relations for the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York.
Board of Advocates
Linda L. Banner, San Jose, CA
Jessica Grossman, San Francisco, CA
Ambassador Elizabeth McKune
Maureen Kucera-Walsh, Minneapolis, MN
Anne V. Phelps, Seattle, WA
Elise Collins Shields, Santa Barbara, CA
Barbara H. Streicker, New York, NY