AMERICANS FOR UNFPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2010-2011
Officers
Rita C. O’Connor, PhD (Chair of the Board)
Ms. O’ Connor is a political scientist and communications consultant; former academic director, Washington Semester, American University, Washington, D.C.
Wendy Cai-Lee (Vice Chair of the Board)
Ms. Cai-Lee is managing director at Deloitte, focusing on cross-border merger and acquisition transactions. She has spent her career at investment banks and was also an entrepreneur.
R. Lucia Riddle (Vice Chair of the Board and Audit Committee Chair)
Ms. Riddle is vice president of federal government relations, Principal Financial Group.
Vernon Mack (Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair)
Mr. Mack is the former chief of UNFPA’s Resource Mobilization Branch.
Mindy Rechelbacher (Secretary and Public Affairs Committee Chair)
Ms. Rechelbacher is a former international executive at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Currently, she is the fundraising chair of the Orono Early Childhood Family Education in Minnesota.
Members
Richard S. Cain
Retired chairman, West Hudson & Co.; Co-founder PRE Wired Systems, LLC, former board member and treasurer at Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles; board member, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project.
Beth Comstock
Senior vice president and chief marketing officer at General Electric. Ms. Comstock leads the company’s organic growth and commercial innovation initiatives, and the sales, marketing and communications functions. She is responsible for the GE-wide business platforms ecomagination and healthymagination.
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 (UNFPA Liaison Committee Chair)
Partner, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP.
Donald P. Horwitz, JD
Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP.
Maureen Kucera-Walsh
Former senior vice president for public affairs and corporate support at Delta Dental Plan of Minnesota /Declare International, Minnesota. Ms. Kucera-Walsh worked on nation and statewide policy issues with Attorney General Humphrey, through public and private partnerships.
Peggy McEvoy
Over 45 years of experience working in developing countries in maternal-child health, family planning and reproductive health. Currently, Ms. McEvoy is a consultant for UNAIDS.
Carla Morris
Full-time mom and community volunteer with a professional background in organizational behavior, performance management and communications.
Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD.
Professor of medical humanities, health policy and American studies at the George Washington University. Member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. A physician, scholar, and activist, Dr. Gamble has worked throughout her career to advance equity and justice in medicine and public health.
Jan Nicholson
President, Grable Foundation.
Anne Phelps
Marketing strategist and producer; specializing in international media arts.
Laura Philips, MBA, PhD.
Experience as COO/CFO at NexGenix Pharmaceuticals. Ms. Philips has held multiple executive positions at Corning, Inc, and is a faculty member at Cornell University, in public policy as a member of the Clinton administration.
Anika Rahman, JD
President, Americans for UNFPA.
Roberta Riley, JD
Consulting Counsel, Legal and International Affairs, Planned Parenthood of Western Washington (PPWW).
Vito J. Spitaleri, JD
Senior counsel and senior advisor, Mars Company.
Bruce Tully (Nominating Committee Chair)
Founding member, Beehive Ventures, LLC.
Gemma Valdez Daggatt (Development Committee Chair)
Community builder, providing pro-bono consulting to non-profits. Board member, Seattle Chinatown Int'l District Preservation & Development Authority and Wing Luke Asian Museum. Co-founder, Washington Women for Choice.
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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.
Annette P. Cumming (Immediate Past Chair of the Board)
Vice president and executive director, Forthcoming Fund; founder, Planned Parenthood Action Council. Board member, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Guttmacher Institute.
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
Trustee emeritus at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Pathfinder International. Honorary trustee at Planned Parenthood NYC and 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.
The Honorable Phyllis E. Oakley (Former Chair of the Board)
Former assistant secretary, Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration and assistant secretary, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State.
Jonathan A. Small, LL.B
Senior consultant for government relations for the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York.