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Presentation Summary : Laplace Transform 0 = 2 / N 0 = 2 / T z n e s t ... Signals and Systems Author: Blasch Last modified by: AFRL/SN Created Date: 6/17/1995 11:31:02 PM
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I tried using the cigarette lighter, and all of a sudden the dome light, rear brake lights, and radio won't go on. I also can't get the car to go into gear. The guys tried to check all the fuzes, and doesnt seem like its that. What could it be?
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Check fuse 22 & 27 in fuse box in car also there is a relay there for the lights. It may be a door switch wire has broken off or headlight switch problem as the relay goes to head light switch, try turning your lights on by moving switch for dimming dash lights.
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I recently purchased a sleeveless top that I loved. I tried on with a little sweater and I was in a hurry and didn't pay much attention. I took it with me on a trip planning to wear and when I put it on my arm holes were huge. You could see at least 1" of my bra under my arm. How can I fix this. I thought about trying to sew up the sides a little, but I am not sure that will work. How does anyone else fix this problem
Can you pull it up a little from the shoulder seams, that can work if the neckline is low too.
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I often have to take in a little under the arm for thin arms, but need to buy the larger size width for bust, so if you can taper a little--pin to see if it doesn't throw off the bust line.
If you don't want a cami under for coolness, you could possibly add 2 little cream lace wedges there, just like adding one to a low v-neckline--will peek out like a sexy undergarment!
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The village of Wotton-by-Woodstock in Oxfordshire has everything: an oversubscribed school, a shop and a village hall, erected in that great era of village hall-building, the Twenties; but now it's in need of a new roof.
A journalist in the village has organised a programme of literary events, as part of a fund-raising campaign to provide it, and I was invited to give a talk. Having been plied with wine before speaking, I felt it went swimmingly; whether the audience were of the same mind is, of course, a different matter.
However, they did turn out in large numbers on a snowy night and sat through it in their overcoats: a testament to their commitment to the village. Afterwards, a couple reminisced about the condition of rural life in the Seventies, exemplified by the state of one of their parent's cottages. The building's walls streamed with water, the lavatory was at the other end of the garden and not a bean was ever spent on repairs.
By contrast, the problems facing villages today are rather those of affluence. People may struggle with high property prices, but most of the houses have been done up.
For most of history, rural life has been pretty miserable. It was only in the late 20th century that ordinary people actually aspired to live in villages. While the author Mary Russell Mitford's book Our Village – a bucolic tale of life of a rural community – became something of a cult in the 1820s, it was written in a brave effort to pay the bills (Miss Mitford had a feckless father to support).
Visitors to her cottage in Three Mile Cross, an undistinguished hamlet outside Reading, could hardly believe she had woven such an idyllic tale out of the unpromising material. Most country people lived a wearisome existence, often housed in cottages not much better than hovels.
Life lessons
These days education is rather better than it was in William Cobbett's youth. The son of a publican in Farnham, Surrey, his schooling was minimal, his introduction to the world of books not coming until he joined the Army. And yet he would become known as the Father of English Journalism, who founded Hansard. Cobbett wasn't alone.
Recently, I read an Augustan poem called "The Thresher's Labour". Its author, Stephen Duck, had been a thresher, working among illiterate labourers. Somehow he acquired the literary sophistication to describe the miseries of the thresher's lot in rhyming couplets in the style of Pope.
Meanwhile the monument on the green at Denholm, in the Borders, commemorates John Leyden, a shepherd's son who forsook the ministry to run the Madras general hospital and the Calcutta Mint, before dying in Java aged 35. A plaque on one of the cottages in the same village remembers Sir James Murray, son of the village tailor, who became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
I would be curious as to how this relates to contemporary debates about education and social mobility. Historically, the stars who rose from village backgrounds were very few. It's extraordinary that they could rise at all.
Magical Mells
Paris is sometimes called a City of Art, shaped over the generations into a masterpiece. The forces at work in an English village are more modest: no Baron Haussmann is needed to create brightly-lit boulevards aligned on opera houses. But some villages do radiate a sense of being works of art.
As I arrived in Mells on a bus from Frome, I was conscious I was entering one of them. Mells must have been a bustling place in the 15th century. The Elizabethan antiquary called it a "pretty townelet of clothing", where weavers converted the fleeces of the local sheep into gold.
Noticing their prosperity, the Abbot of Glastonbury began to lay out a cross of streets, lined with what John Leland calls "modest houses of stone blocks"; only one – called New Street – was finished. Such was the loveliness of the building stone that nothing much could go wrong, architecturally, after that.
Lutyens came onto the scene in the early 20th century, designing, among other things, the village war memorial. But the spirit of art had already descended.
In 1886, Burne-Jones designed the memorial – a peacock – to Laura Lyttelton, a prominent member of the aristocratic but intellectual group known as the Souls. Her death in 1886, only 11 months after she had married the cricketer and politician Alfred Lyttelton, became legend. Mells still seems to be under the influence of the Souls. One would have to be a very exquisite person to live there.
Frosty reception
Just before Christmas I was up in front of the Beak, in an attempt to overturn a speeding ticket. As my train rumbled along to Leamington Spa, I felt I was looking at a landscape under moonlight.
Frost and wisps of fog had drained the fields and hedges of colour; no hunting would take place on that frozen ground. I buttoned the collar of my coat up around my ears.
Leamington Spa is, with all that stucco, largely a white town anyway. This, I thought, is what it must be like to be a ghost.
I felt pretty ashen myself. by the time I left the magistrates' court. Next time I'll hire a solicitor.


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Jeffrey and Cynthia Watkins of Lorain, Ohio are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Colleen Marie Watkins, to James "Deuce" Eppinette, son of Dyar and Theresa Eppinette of Bastrop, La.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Bruce and Charlotte Burge of Lorain and Thomas and Linda Braeckel of Ormond Beach, Fla.
Deuce is the grandson of Elizabeth Brister and the late Pete Brister of Pioneer, La. and Virginia Eppinette and the late James Eppinette of Bastrop.
Colleen is a graduate of Lorain Southview High School and will graduate in May from Louisiana Tech University with a degree in Communication Design.
Deuce is a graduate of Ouachita Christian School and Louisiana Tech with a degree in Forestry and a degree in Wildlife Habitat Management.
The couple will marry at 5 p.m., Saturday April, 13th at the Mer Rouge United Methodist Church.


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Yeah tbh mate i didnt think it was anything to do with the airfield.
I don't know what the tubular thing is Raptor, but you have gathered up some broken pieces of plough blade there, not B26! The tips of plough blades are a not uncommon sight on these old airfields due to all those lumps of concrete in the ground.
Yeah tbh mate i didnt think it was anything to do with the airfield.
Nice shots Stevie
Anita wasnt in when i went there yesterday but ive left my number with her and her friend said shed get her to call me back to arrange a quick visit
Just to let you know that particular Nissen is built on what is left of a loop hardstand and was put up by the peoplewho own the bungalow built on the other bit of the hardstand.
The hoops and cladding may have come from elsewhere on the airfield though.
Ah ok. Thanks for clearing that up Denis
Members of this forum will be interested to know that the new planning application on the operations site at Matching, which would have involved the demolition of the ops block but the retention of the Norden store, has been refused for the following reasons;
1. The proposed development would result in the loss of historically significant locally listed buildings. No justification has been provided for the removal of these designated heritage assets and as such the proposal is contrary to the guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework and policies CP2 and HC13 of the adopted Local Plan and Alterations.
2. The proposal is an unsustainable development within a location not well served by public transport or local services. As such the development would result in reliance on private vehicle commuting and be contrary to the guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework and policies CP1 and ST1 of the adopted Local Plan and Alterations.
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My purchasing options have changed again and it looks like I'm getting a rush after all. I'm getting one with lefty and then switching it out for a "normal" fork (yes, I know how great lefty is, and no, I don't want to hear more about it). I don't see a ton of options for the 1.5 to 1 1/8" step down. I'm looking at the Cane creek double xc short, the cane creek zero stack version, a hope headset which is practically zero stack, and anything else for around $75 or less (therefore the new Chris king is right out).
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My car started making a squealing noise when I turned or just idled then all of a sudden I could smell burning plastic nd the car stalled I then tried to start again it fired up then while driving it started over heating all the guages came on and it died in parking lot I checked and the serpintine belt snapped I reached it and now the car won't crank over
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Predators CEO Jeff Cogen said in the release that more rinks in the community will help grow their fan base and create economic opportunities in the Antioch area.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Greg Zanon was relieved to be back Wednesday and was unwilling to complain about being a healthy scratch in four of the Wild's past six games.
Zanon returned to the Wild's lineup against the Nashville Predators, the team he left to sign as a free agent with Minnesota on July 1, 2009. He played all but one game over the next two seasons, so being scratched was unexpected for him.
"You never understand it," he said after the Wild's morning skate Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena. "It's obviously a hard thing. I only missed one game in two years, and then this kind of happened. Just trying to stay as positive as I can and work hard in practice so when I do get the chance to get back in there, I'm reliable, maybe stay in there for awhile."
Zanon, who missed 15 games in October and November with a groin injury, said he's healthy and tried to shrug off being benched by coach Mike Yeo.
"Coach's decision, and you stand by that," Zanon said. "He's trying to do what's best for the team. If that's what he thinks is best, you take it like a man and work hard until you get your opportunity to get back in there."
Zanon, 31, said he bounced back quickly after returning to the lineup Nov. 28. He had one goal, 20 hits and 41 blocked shots in 17 games going into the game against the Predators. Last season, Zanon was second in the NHL with 212 blocked shots in 82 games.
Ugly incident: Yeo did not like the fact that Colorado's Cody McLeod was not penalized by the NHL for the hit that knocked Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon out of the lineup Monday night in St.
"I thought it was a dangerous and dirty hit," Yeo said Wednesday.
Spurgeon, who was knocked into the end boards by McLeod in a 4-2 loss to the Avalanche, likely will miss several games. McLeod received a major penalty and a game misconduct but no further penalty from the NHL.
Spurgeon, Minnesota's only defenseman to play in every game before Wednesday, has averaged more than 21 minutes of ice time a game and has become a key player in all situations.
"It's tough to replace a guy like that," Yeo said.
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Unfortunately the music show dissipated into a narcissistic auto-tuned rant.
But the director publicly clashed with Norton (calling him a "narcissistic dilettante").
Today, it's natural—even smart—to be narcissistic enough to think you could be the next celebrity, because you could be.
America is a narcissistic and inward-looking society at the best of the times.
It has been a narcissistic self-indulgence—and may soon prove a very costly one as well.
His true, narcissistic, face is exposed and it is hideous to behold.
Behind them, Francis returned to his narcissistic study of himself in stone.
The second is the narcissistic which seeks its own ego and finds it in the other.
He is fixed in the narcissistic stage of his life, and is unadapted to the world of social relations.


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Well, I guess this approach could be used until I'll figure out some way to "press" that power button automatically.
Now you've got me thinking - maybe I shouldn't have wasted my time this week inventing a cooling solution for my car PC, which keeps rebooting because of overheating, but instead replaced that cumbersome many-piece machinery with a nice small tablet? :doh:


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LYFE 2015 has been and gone! What a great turnout and day it was. Photos are being added to the gallery! More can be found on the LYFE Facebook page.
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I had only time to test Gyuto, and it work very good very thin behind the edge and its super cutter i love the geometry on that knife.
Chopper i love the handle, very nice to hold on i think it can chop any bones with that wight Ya mine is about 7 mm too
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If we are going to be serious about tackling this fiscal crisis, which threatens the long-term survival of the republic, at some point we're going to have to have a debate on the ever-expanding dependency cycle to which we've addicted ourselves. If the elections told us anything, it was that people want this nation to radically reverse its current fiscal course. Nibbling around the edges is neither what the people have demanded nor what will alleviate our problems.
Those who think Obama is completely incompetent ought to reconsider. The one thing he's not incompetent at is getting his way -- shoving his agenda down our throats. There was a method to Obama's madness in shoving Obamacare through, folding new spending programs into his "stimulus" bill that will persist in perpetuity, and otherwise reversing welfare reform en route to re-expanding the welfare state. He knew that no matter how much the public objected, it would be very hard to roll back his new initiatives once in place and that he would be establishing a new set point from which any debate on spending and taxes would have to begin.
We don't have to accept this state of affairs as the inevitable status quo, and we shouldn't give too much credence to a deficit commission that accepts, apparently without much question, that Obamacare is here to stay. Nor should we casually swallow the commission's implied message that we will be fiscal heroes if we merely aspire to roll back federal spending to 22 percent -- and later 21 percent -- of gross domestic product. A few short years ago, such spending levels would have been met with uniform horror by all but the most brainwashed Marxists. As Steve Manacek wrote at Ricochet.com, such excessive spending levels have been relatively rare in our history. Yet we now have a commission whose charter purpose is to reduce the deficit advocating these levels as just a starting point? Can you imagine what the ending point would be?
Sanguine reactions to the commission's tax-related solutions are equally suspect. It recommends capping revenues at 21 percent of GDP, as if that is Grover Norquist's dream. But Manacek points out that federal revenues have never reached 21 percent of GDP, so there is nothing comforting here for those who recognize excessive taxes as enemies of freedom and economic growth.
It's not that there aren't attractive features in the preliminary commission reports. But to paraphrase Obama, conservatives just "won," and they mustn't accede to Obama's misguided approach to deficit reduction.
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Extremism and Social Learning
When members of deliberating groups speak with one another, their predeliberation tendencies often become exacerbated as their views become more extreme. The resulting phenomenon -- group polarization -- has been observed in many settings, and it bears on the actions of juries, administrative tribunals, corporate boards, and other institutions. Polarization can result from rational Bayesian updating by group members, but in many contexts, this rational interpretation of polarization seems implausible. We argue that people are better seen as Credulous Bayesians, who insufficiently adjust for idiosyncratic features of particular environments and put excessive weight on the statements of others where there are 1) common sources of information; 2) highly unrepresentative group membership; 3) statements that are made to obtain approval; and 4) statements that are designed to manipulate. Credulous Bayesianism can produce extremism and significant blunders. We discuss the implications of Credulous Bayesianism for law and politics, including media policy and cognitive diversity on administrative agencies and courts.
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Could the savior of Gotham City also come to the rescue of Metropolis? The inside word, according to a Deadline Hollywood report, is that "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan has been conscripted to oversee development of a revamped "Superman" series.
"Our insiders say that the brains behind rebooted 'Batman' has been asked to play a 'godfather' role and ensure the Man of Steel gets off the ground after a three-and-a-half-year hiatus," the blog reported. Reps for DC Comics, Warner Brothers and Nolan had not returned MTV News' requests for comment at press time.
Deadline goes on to say that plans for "Superman" are in the early stages of development and that it's highly unlikely Nolan, who is finishing off work on the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring "Inception" and gearing up for a third "Batman" title, will direct any "Superman" project.
If the news is true, the move to jumpstart work on a new "Superman" would represent a significant shift in thinking at DC and Warner. As late as last fall, DC Entertainment chief Diane Nelson told MTV News, "We actually don't have any current plans for Superman."
But complicating the whole situation is the legal battle between heirs of the Superman creators and Warner and DC. Last July, a judge ruled that if production on a new "Superman" doesn't begin by 2011, the heirs will be eligible to sue for damages, since they will own the entire Superman copyright by 2013.
So how did we get here? Director Bryan Singer already attempted to reboot "Superman" once, following the four films of the Christopher Reeve-era. Singer's 2006 film, "Superman Returns," opened with a relatively disappointing $52.5 million gross on its way toward $391.1 million in worldwide box-office sales. Yet by the time the film arrived in theaters, a year after the release of the gritty "Batman Begins," Singer's more straightforward take on the Man of Steel already seemed out-of-date. While the film garnered respectful reviews, fanboys and -girls reacted to its release with a collective shrug of indifference. For years afterward, Warner dithered about plans to green-light a second "Superman" with Brandon Routh in the title role.
Now, according to the Deadline report, Warner might be looking to Nolan to bring some of that "Dark Knight"-style edginess to Clark Kent. This time around, a big-screen Superman might indulge his darker comic book roots more so than the family-friendly persona audiences have seen at the theaters since the late '70s.
As an unnamed source told Deadline, "It would definitely not be a follow-up to "Superman Returns.' "
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Provide benefits from a stable and engaged Board of Directors made up of experts in human rights, domestic violence, non-profit management, philanthropy and from the reproductive health, rights and justice movement.
Jennifer Marshall Pepper, President
Beginning her career as a sexual health peer educator as a teenager, Jennifer is deeply committed to fostering compassion and enabling justice to thrive in communities. During her tenure as assistant director of CHOICES, Jennifer led the effort in Tennessee to increase the integration of HIV care and prevention and sexual and reproductive health. In 2011, her effort was featured as one of three U.S. case studies in the UNAIDS report, Achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and girls through the HIV response. "I am very excited to make a commitment of my time, talents, and financial resources to support Provide's mission to increase access to abortion care services for all women in U.S., especially women in the South and Midwest." She holds a B.A. from Rhodes College, trained through the North Atlantic Training Institute for Sexual Health Educators, and is working on her Masters in Business Administration at the University of Memphis.
Mary O'Doherty, Treasurer
Mary O'Doherty is assistant director of the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCADV) where she runs its Economic Justice Project. The project offers financial education, credit counseling, Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and micro loans to survivors at KCADV member programs and, most recently, to TANF recipients at the state's community college system. Ms. O'Doherty was responsible for the development of KCADV Homes, a $8.8 million, 48-unit supportive housing project for domestic violence victims that was build with Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. In 2014 the Allstate Foundation named her Advocate of the Year. Ms. O'Doherty joined the non-profit world after an 18-year career as a newspaper reporter and editor.
Janet Singer, CNM Clerk
Janet has been a Certified Nurse Midwife since 1991 and a Clinical Teaching Associate at The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University since 1998 where she regularly lectures on abortion to medical students, ob residents, midwifery students. Trained in surgical abortion in 1998, she has presented on abortion at the American College of Nurse Midwives and helped change Rhode Island health department regulations to expand role of midlevel providers in abortion provision.
Katherine Bourne, MPH, Director
Katherine is a consultant in international public health, with a particular interest in reproductive rights and health, gender and HIV. Projects have included developing conceptual frameworks, designing program strategy, and designing and conducting evaluation for private sector, United Nations, and nongovernmental organization clients. Katherine teaches at NYU Wagner School of Public Policy and the Bard Program on Globalization and International Affairs. She was Vice President for International Policy and Regional Programs at the International Women's Health Coalition, and prior to that Vice President for Country and Regional Programs at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Katherine has also worked with Pathfinder International, first as Country Representative for Vietnam and then as Director of Public Affairs. She lived in Beijing, China for several years as a consultant to the United Nations Population Fund. Katherine has a Master's of Public Health in International and Family Health from the University of Texas in Houston and a BA in English Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Susan Dickler, MPA, MSW, Director
Susan started her career in the field of reproductive health and rights at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, running their pregnancy counseling hotline before the Roe v. Wade decision. Susan's philanthropic training and interest developed while staffing the Reproductive Rights and Health Coalition Fund at the Ms. Foundation for Women and, later, as the Ms. Foundation's Grants Director. She was the founding Executive Director and Vice Chair of The Dickler Family Foundation, which supported family planning and reproductive health through grants to international and domestic programs. She also served as Vice President for Management and Development of the Environmental Policy Institute and Executive Director of Voters for Choice, a pro-choice PAC in Washington, D.C. Susan combines her foundation and non-profit management experience with a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Masters in Social Work from Columbia.
Christy Fujio, JD, Director
Christy Fujio is an attorney currently serving as Director of MENA Training and Legal Advisor at Physicians for Human Rights. Prior to joining PHR, Christy worked in private practice as an immigration attorney, and she currently handles pro bono cases through the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project and Kids In Need of Defense. She organized and conducted legal training and capacity-building seminars for women parliamentarians, executive officers, and civil society leaders from Rwanda, Liberia, Sudan, Bosnia, Serbia, Afghanistan, and Russia. She consulted directly with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf regarding the transitional justice hurdles Liberia faces in the wake of its civil war. She has been published in the New York Times, Boston Globe, The Lancet, and legal journals at Georgetown University Law School, Michigan State University Law School, and University of San Francisco Law School, holds a JD from Suffolk University Law School and an MA in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Christy and her son played a role in Provide's "Why Abortion" video filmed last summer and hosted on our website and YouTube.
Samantha Morrison, Director
Samantha Morrison is a Boston-area based fundraising professional whose past work includes seven years as the Director of Campaign and Development Operations at Pathfinder International. She has also served as Director of Development at Boston Children's Hospital, Director of Major Gifts at Dimock Community Health Center, and is currently the Senior Development Officer at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Daniel E. Pellegrom, M.Div., Director
Dan Pellegrom's career in reproductive health spanned more than 4 decades including Presidencies of three different organizations, concluded with a 26 year tenure as President and CEO of Pathfinder International. Dan is widely respected for his experience in both management and advocacy. His career at Pathfinder was the longest tenure of anyone serving as the head of a global reproductive health organization. Pathfinder became only the second US-based organization to receive the United Nations Population Award in 1996. In 2011, Dan was awarded the Union Medal by Union Theological Seminary in New York City; Union does not award honorary Doctorates, hence the Union Medal is its highest honor. Dan served as Executive Director of two US based Planned Parenthood affiliates prior to his Pathfinder tenure. He was Executive Director of Memphis Planned Parenthood from 1971 to 1975. Soon after the Roe v. Wade decision it became the first Planned Parenthood in the South to add abortion services. From 1975 to 1985 he was Executive Director of the state-wide Planned Parenthood affiliate in Maryland, an early provider of abortion services. Its clinic in Annapolis, Maryland was fire bombed in 1984. Dan has served on various Boards of Directors including The Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood League of MA, World Neighbors, and is a past Board Chair of both the Brush Foundation and InterAction, the largest coalition of US-based humanitarian organizations working abroad. He continues to serve on the Brush Foundation Board and currently serves on the 501-c-4 Board of the MA Planned Parenthood affiliate. He has written op-ed pieces for The Boston Globe, The Baltimore Sun, and The New York Times as well as provided testimony at Congressional hearings and other public forums. In 1968 Dan was the President of the Student Council at Columbia University and provided days of testimony to the Fact-Finding Commission headed by Archibald Cox, after the student-led revolt at the University. He has recently been added to the Board of Directors of Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and serves as a Senior Advisor in Global Health Policy at A.D.S. Ventures in Boston.
Frankie Stein, MPA, Director
Francine (Frankie) Stein is senior advisor at HIAS, advising the organization on governance, management, and program operations. Frankie is an accomplished executive with over three decades of experience in public policy, financial management, fundraising, and health care operations. As a consultant, she has provided her expertise to organizations such as EngenderHealth; Planned Parenthood Federation of America and numerous affiliates; Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health; Head Start; the National Council of Churches, American Jewish Committee; and the U.S. departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor. For more than 30 years, Frankie was president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, the ninth largest comprehensive reproductive health care agency in the nation. During her tenure, she transformed single service clinics into a comprehensive network of med-surgical centers and managed a network of 16 licensed diagnostic and treatment centers. Earlier in her career, Frankie served as vice president of development for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where she led a development program that generated more than $70 million dollars of support annually for both charitable and political activities. Frankie holds a master's degree in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in government and religion from Barnard College. In addition to numerous awards throughout her career, in 2008 Barnard recognized Frankie's lifelong contributions to women and civil rights with the Millicent Carey McIntosh Award for Feminism.
Jamila Taylor, Ph.D., MPA, Director
Jamila K. Taylor, PhD, MPA is a Senior Policy Advisor at Ipas. Ipas is a global nongovernmental organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion and helping women realize their sexual and reproductive rights. Dr. Taylor leads the organization's global policy team on matters related to U.S. policy and abortion. In this capacity, she is responsible for directing Ipas staff on strategies for promoting U.S. laws and policies that ensure access to abortion, including support for public funding. She is based in Washington, D.C. and works to inform members of U.S. Congress, Executive Branch officials, and social justice advocates of the role in which U.S. policy plays in access to abortion for women at home and abroad. Dr. Taylor has over 17 years of public policy and advocacy experience, beginning her career as a congressional staff member in the late 1990s. While working on Capitol Hill, she was responsible for health and education issues—with very strong interests in the health and human rights of disenfranchised groups, specifically reproductive justice for women of color. From 2007-2009, she worked as Senior Public Policy Associate for the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE). She has also worked on HIV/AIDS policy and advocacy for the AIDS Institute, and domestic abortion policy and advocacy for the National Network of Abortion Funds. Dr. Taylor has published and presented on a number of topics related to reproductive health and rights and public policy. Her most recent journal article focused on U.S. foreign policy and global health funding trends, published in the Yale Journal of International Affairs. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Hampton University, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2010, Dr. Taylor received a PhD in Political Science from Howard University.
Melanie Zurek, EdM, Director
Melanie Zurek has spent a decade as the Executive Director of Provide, formerly the Abortion Access Project. In her time there, she has worked to reduce the stigma of abortion and to increase the availability of women's health services in low access states in the South and Midwest. While at Provide, she has led the organization to develop important opportunities and resources for health and social service professionals, so that they can play their role in helping women get the care they need.
Melanie is driven by the individual woman's experience of being able to access care and be supported. Growing up in a gay family during a time, the early 80's, before gay families were understood or recognized, before gay marriage or kids coming out in schools, she remembers acutely what it felt like to face discomfort from counselors, health care providers, and other who were supposed to be able to help. She saw firsthand the deep importance of there being safe spaces for socially uncomfortable topics, and dedicated herself to creating these.
An educator and writer by training, Melanie's career began teaching autobiographical writing workshops in New York City battered and homeless women's shelters and has included work with rape crisis centers, Native American tribes, and adjudicated minors. Prior to Provide, Melanie served as the Education Outreach and Training Manager for the Family Planning Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. At the Department of Health, she managed the program's sexual and reproductive health education initiatives as well as provided training, outreach and community education resources to contracted family planning provider agencies across the state.
Melanie has also served as the Coordinator of Professional Education at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. There she provided training in comprehensive sexuality education to parents, educators, and health professionals. She has consulted on numerous health communications, curriculum development and professional training projects with private and government agencies and served on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund. She received her B.A. from the New School for Social Research in New York and her Masters in Education from Harvard University.
As a national organization that conducts state-focused work, Provide's greatest asset is the state-based teams we employ in each of our project states. Comprised of expert trainers and skilled organizers, these teams bring essential knowledge of state cultures and systems, relationships with key stakeholders, and allow projects to capitalize on moments of opportunity by constituting a strong and sustained presence in each state. At the staff leadership level, Provide benefits from a robust management team that includes its Executive Director of ten years, Deputy Director of seven years, two Senior Program Directors, and the Director of Fund Development.
Melanie Zurek, EdM, Director
Melanie Zurek has spent a decade as the Executive Director of Provide, formerly the Abortion Access Project. In her time there, she has worked to reduce the stigma of abortion and to increase the availability of women's health services in low access states in the South and Midwest. While at Provide, she has led the organization to develop important opportunities and resources for health and social service professionals, so that they can play their role in helping women get the care they need.
Melanie is driven by the individual woman's experience of being able to access care and be supported. Growing up in a gay family during a time, the early 80's, before gay families were understood or recognized, before gay marriage or kids coming out in schools, she remembers acutely what it felt like to face discomfort from counselors, health care providers, and other who were supposed to be able to help. She saw firsthand the deep importance of there being safe spaces for socially uncomfortable topics, and dedicated herself to creating these.
An educator and writer by training, Melanie's career began teaching autobiographical writing workshops in New York City battered and homeless women's shelters and has included work with rape crisis centers, Native American tribes, and adjudicated minors. Prior to Provide, Melanie served as the Education Outreach and Training Manager for the Family Planning Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. At the Department of Health, she managed the program's sexual and reproductive health education initiatives as well as provided training, outreach and community education resources to contracted family planning provider agencies across the state.
Melanie has also served as the Coordinator of Professional Education at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. There she provided training in comprehensive sexuality education to parents, educators, and health professionals. She has consulted on numerous health communications, curriculum development and professional training projects with private and government agencies and served on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund. She received her B.A. from the New School for Social Research in New York and her Masters in Education from Harvard University.
Wyndi Anderson, Senior Director of Programs
Wyndi Anderson is a nationally recognized feminist and social justice advocate who, for over 15 years, has been working to secure human rights and access to health care for some of the most marginalized women in the world. Through years of work with National Advocates for Pregnant Women, her work focused primarily on securing legal rights and access to appropriate health care for drug-addicted pregnant and parenting women, as well as ensuring that all women have access to a full range of reproductive and drug treatment health care services. She can't leave out the incredible folks she met and work she was lucky enough to do as a consultant with the International Harm Reduction Development Program of the Open Society Institute where she traveled to Russsia, Ukraine, Kyrgystan and Indonesia. In the US, she has led efforts to establish state and local initiatives in the southeastern US for the National Network of Abortion Funds, managed an Emergency Contraception campaign in Georgia for NARAL Pro-Choice America, and currently serves as chair on the board of Choice USA. She has been profiled in national publications, such as Ms. magazine and Glamour, and she is frequently sought out for comment by members of the press. As Senior Director of Programs, Wyndi is responsible for providing leadership, strategic vision and support to the field team, as well as overseeing multiple projects. She also contributes to operational and programmatic strategy and problem solving and development as a member of Provide's management team.
Born and raised in South Carolina, Wyndi lives as close to Washington, DC as one can get and still maintain voting rights. She finds her family, friends, pets, and motorcycles to be just the things to keep her grounded in the midst of the sustained push towards her vision of justice – where ALL women can access the health care they want and need, without question, harassment or fear.
Maggie Baker, Office Manager
Maggie volunteered with Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts' Counseling and Referral Hotline for four years. Prior to that she volunteered with NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts' EC Network and the AIDS Action Committee's Mass Red Ribbon Ride. She has ten years of administrative experience. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Trinity College. Maggie oversees Provide's office and administrative functions. In her spare time she likes to spend time with family and she enjoys traveling.
Mariángeles Borghini, Spanish Language Trainer Coordinator
Mariángeles Borghini (Mari) is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received her Social Worker degree from University of Buenos Aires and has experience in her country working with immigrant women and health organizations using Popular Education approaches, among other work and teaching experiences. She has been working since 2010 with PASOs Programs at the Arnold School of Public Health, USC. During this time she's been developing, implementing and coordinating "Puentes", a comprehensive training program for grassroots community leaders to forge social and reproductive justice in South Carolina. Mari is also part of different advocacy initiatives related with reproductive rights and justice, immigrant and human rights. As part of National Latina Institute of Reproductive Health she received advocacy trainings at different levels. She also worked in different projects in SC around reproductive rights; some of those projects were a research and presentations about stigma and abortion among Latinas in SC, teaching a class in reproductive and sexual literacy at the USC; participating in the SC Coalition for Healthy Families and organizing discussion groups with women in the community.
She is also a student of Studio Arts at the USC. As an artist, her latest projects include the contribution of different pieces for exhibition in the Columbia Art Museum for the show "Fuerza!" (Spanish for strength, force, and power) Artistas Latin@s in South Carolina, visually exploring the connections between domestic violence and the underrepresented minorities in the United States, in "Figure Out" at Tapps Arts Center, a figurative art show benefiting Planned Parenthood, and the photographs series "Expecting" about the importance of accompaniment during the medication abortion experience.
Mari is also member of the board of directors of Palmetto Luna Arts, whose mission is to foster an understanding of the Hispanic/Latino culture by promoting artistic creation and providing opportunities for cultural expression for the community in South Carolina, and a Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed community representative. She is also a Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed community representative. She has two wonderful kids, Dante and Simón, and enjoys playing and talking with them, traveling, dancing tango, painting and working on performances with the Community engagement Theater Group that she funded with other community activists.
Orisha Bowers, MA, MEd Tennessee State Coordinator
Orisha A. Bowers is a native Memphian. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater and Dance, a Masters of Arts in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Memphis, a Masters of Education in Curriculum Instruction from Freed-Hardeman University, Certification in Complementary Alternative Medicine, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Culture and Humanities and a Graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies at Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Orisha has more than 15 years of experience in social services, nonprofit leadership, grants management, program design, and civic leadership. Orisha has been a dedicated community volunteer serving as a member of the board of directors for SisterReach, the Partnership To End AIDS, Inc., and Dress For Success Memphis. Orisha has assisted in the founding and development of three nonprofit organizations; Partnership To End AIDS, Inc., Alpha House, and The Church on The Square Counseling Center.
Prior to joining the Provide as the Tennessee State Field Coordinator, Orisha worked for Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region as an HIV Outreach Educator and Linkage To Care Specialist.
When she is not working hard to advocate for women and families in Tennessee, she is entertaining them. She is a singer with the famous party band The Bouffants. She can sing notes that will rock the top off of your beer bottle.
She is married and is the mother of three (affectionately known as My J's), the greatest of all of her accomplishments.
Sarah Cannady, North Carolina State Coodinator
Joyce Cappiello, PhD, APRN-FNP, Director, Reproductive Options Education Consortium for Nursing (Roe Consortium)
Joyce has a strong interest and commitment to the field of reproductive health. She is the director of the Reproductive Options Education Consortium for Nursing (ROE) Consortium which promotes comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care in nursing education. ROE is comprised of a dedicated group of nursing faculty that seek to address the gaps in reproductive options curricula by integrating unintended pregnancy prevention and care into nursing education and practice. Joyce also teaches family nurse practitioner students at the University of New Hampshire, integrating sexual and reproductive health issues in the primary health care curriculum. In addition, she maintains a clinical practice at the Joan G. Lovering Health Center where she provides comprehensive reproductive health care to men and women as a family nurse practitioner. Her PhD studies at Swansea University in Swansea, Wales culminated in a research study of Women's Experience of Decision Making with Medication Abortion. Joyce's love of travel and strong interest in international health issues has taken her to Belize and Guatemala where she organized international field experiences for nursing students. Most recently, she has conducted workshops on advancing nursing research skills in reproductive healthcare for nurses in South Africa. Joyce's favorite moments are spent swimming and relaxing with her family at her favorite lake in New Hampshire.
Monika Carey, South Carolina State Coordinator
Monika Carey has been in the field of advocacy for women and girls for over 20 years. She is a graduate of Virginia Union University and became involved in the reproductive health rights of women during her college days. She moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1999 and founded a non profit organization for girls and young women called Dedicated Individually to Valiantly Assist (D.I.V.A.) Incorporated. Her passion and tenacity brought about significant change in the mindset of many in the industry in Columbia, SC. She has had partnerships with almost all of the local organizations in her community in advocating against domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. In the past ten years she has been a Volunteer Advocate for Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands, Sister Care Shelters, Planned Parenthood, extensive involvement with the City of Columbia Parks & Recreation Department, Richland County Arbitration Unit, DHEC services, Advocates For Youth and the HIV/AIDS Council, to name a few. She has two sons and a daughter and she enjoys line dancing, reading and mentoring teen girls in her spare time.
Erin Carroll, MPH, Alabama State Coordinator
A Georgia native, Erin has lived in Alabama for seven years. Prior to that, she lived in the Washington, DC area. Erin began her career in reproductive justice working at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), which serves as the advocacy organization for Title X recipients across the country. She then moved to Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, where she worked as a Public Policy Associate. Her work on reproductive choice has been featured on RH Reality Check.
Erin earned a BA in History from the University of Georgia and a Master of Public Health with an emphasis in Maternal and Child Health Leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While at UAB, Erin studied under some of the leading reproductive health researchers in the country and assisted in an academic study that examined the complication rate for first trimester surgical abortions.
Tommy Chesbro, Regional Director
Tommy Chesbro has a Master's Degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. He is the owner of Chesbro Consulting, LLC. Current and past contracts have been funded through Indian Health Service, Office of Minority Health Resource Center, Family and Youth Services Bureau, and private philanthropy.
He is also an adjunct instructor at Tulsa Community College and Langston University. He is a past Vice President of Education and Professional Training for Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma. Tommy serves on the Board of Directors for the National Minority AIDS Council and the National Association of People with AIDS. He is a member and past Co-chair of the Racial and Ethnic Populations Advisory Committee for the National Institutes of Health's Office of AIDS Research and serves as a consultant to Indian Health Service on HIV/AIDS related issues. He has served as a Training Consultant for the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, and has also served on the Education Advisory Committee for the Association of American Indian Physicians. He served for thirteen years on the City of Tulsa's Human Rights Commission and is a past Chair of the Commission. In the past he has also served in an advisory capacity to the Journal of the American Medical Association, the U.S. Department of Human Services, and the American Foundation for AIDS Research. He has been featured in the books "Voices from the Heart: In Celebration of America's Volunteers" and "The Faces of AIDS: Living in the Heartland".
Tommy has given at least two thousand workshops or lectures on topics such as reproductive health, human sexuality, sexually transmitted infections, healthy relationships, diversity, and living with HIV. His presentations include being a Keynote speaker at the 2008 United States Conference on AIDS, a Keynote speaker at the 2006 National Institutes of Health HIV Conference for Indigenous Peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands, and an invited panelist to the 2011 Centers for Disease Control National Conference on HIV/AIDS Prevention. He also presented at the first HIV/AIDS Skills Building Conference held in South Africa in 1996.
Karolyn Chowning, MS Oklahoma Field Coordinator
Karolyn Chowning currently serves as the Oklahoma State Coordinator with Provide, where she works to expand access to reproductive health services. She lives in Oklahoma City's south side and is a doula-in-training with Birth Matters. Karolyn also serves on the board of Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, a 503(c)(4) organization formed in 2010.
Before relocating to Oklahoma, Karolyn grew up in Dayton, Ohio: home of the Wright Brothers and birthplace of modern aviation. At age 10, she was the youngest cadet to join Civil Air Patrol, the official civilian auxiliary of the USAF. In September 2001, Karolyn enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve and served for ten years as a construction specialist and training sergeant.
Prior to Provide, Karolyn directed two U.S. Department of Education college access TRiO grant projects, Upward Bound and Student Support Services, hosted at Oklahoma City Community College which provide support to increase the number of bachelor's degrees obtained by first-generation, low-income students. At the University of Oklahoma, she worked for the Center for Independent and Distance Learning assisting administrators, instructors and students with high school and college course management; for the College of Liberal Studies as an adjunct professor; and for the College of Arts and Sciences as a research assistant and instructor. Karolyn has taught college courses in introductory psychology, introductory writing, personality, research methods, and adores teaching behavioral statistics. She has worked on research projects addressing traumatic brain injury, smoking cessation, assertiveness, self-focus, incivility, decision making, and optimism. She received her B.S. from Wright State University and her M.S. from the University of Oklahoma in personality and social psychology.
LaTonya Dixon, Tennessee Trainer
LaTonya is a native Memphian with a passion for service. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University, receiving her Bachelors of Business Administration. She is currently completing her Master's of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration at Strayer University. With over 7 years of experience in public health, LaTonya was recently an Outreach Educator/Program Liaison for LeBonheur Children's Hospital. Working under the Be Proud Be Responsible Memphis! Program, LaTonya has individually educated over 2500 adolescents, ages 13-18, on pregnancy prevention, HIV/AIDS, and positive sexual behavior. Prior to her work at LeBonheur, she served an outreach educator at Case Management Inc. At CMI, LaTonya began as a homeless advocate and later became the Regional Training Coordinator for SSI/SSDI Outreach and Recovery. When LaTonya is not advocating for health professionally, she is serving as Co-Chair of the Social Action Committee, Memphis Alumnae Chapter, of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. As the Co-Chair, LaTonya has held an annual Economic Empowerment Summit for Teens since 2012. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and spending time with family.
LaTischa Drake, Program Assistant
LaTischa is originally from New York City, and has just relocated back from the North Carolina area. She serves as the Program Assistant for Provide. LaTischa's professional experience consists of fifteen years of diverse administrative duties within various corporate sectors. December 2014 is the projected completion date of her Bachelors of Science degree in Healthcare Administration. Although LaTischa is new to the field of reproductive health, she understands and is committed to the mission in which Provide supports. In her spare time, LaTischa enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and a good ole laugh.
Liz Epperson, Kentucky State Coordinator
Liz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has extensive experience working with immigrant and refugee communities. Most recently, she worked as a mental health practitioner at a Title X Community Health Center where she helped integrate pregnancy referrals into her workplace. Liz also brings lots of connections throughout the state through her work as an adjunct faculty member in the UK College of Social Work, as well as great energy and passion to this work.
Camilla Eubanks, Regional Director
Camilla Eubanks is the new Regional Director with Provide, a national organization focused on women's access to safe abortion care. Prior to her role with Provide, Camilla was the Research and Development Director for WV FREE, a reproductive justice organization that works every day for West Virginia women and families to improve education on reproductive options, increase access to affordable birth control, and protect personal decision-making. At WV FREE, Ms. Eubanks managed major donor gifts, grant writing as was the Provide liaison for the state.
Ms. Eubanks also worked for over 10 years at the NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCCADV) promoting development growth, organizing special events, raising awareness about domestic violence and working with domestic violence advocates and victims in North Carolina. Ms. Eubanks was the former Chair of the NC Community Shares Board of Trustees and participated with the Association of Fundraising Professionals Board of Directors as the Diversity Chair. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Women's Studies and a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Guilford College as well as the Non Profit Certificate in Management from Duke University. Additionally Ms. Eubanks received the Above and Beyond Award for most dedicated service in 2010 and 2012 from the NC Community Shares.
Rebecca Hart Holder, Associate Director of Programs
Rebecca is an attorney who has dedicated her career to ensuring women live free from violence and have access to comprehensive reproductive health care. She is the Associate Director of Programs at Provide. Prior to joining Provide, she was the Federal Policy Director at the National Abortion Federation, the professional association of abortion providers in North America. Rebecca held legal fellowships with the U.S. Legal Program of the Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Congress of American Indians. She has published two law review articles on violence against Native American women, including an article in the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society entitled "No Exceptions Made: Sexual Assault against Native American Women and the Denial of Reproductive Healthcare Services." She earned a JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she was the Senior Publishing Editor of the California Law Review and co-chair of Law Students for Reproductive Justice. Prior to attending law school, Rebecca received a Fulbright Fellowship to examine human rights abuses against indigenous women in Guatemala and worked at Human Rights Watch. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a BA in History and Spanish. When not at work, she can be found extolling the virtues of homemade canned goods.
Sarah Hudson, Executive Assistant
Sarah is a nontraditional age student at Wellesley College, with previous work experience in retail and a leadership role at the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund as the volunteer coordinator.
Shannon Ivey, MFA, South Carolina Coordinator I
Shannon, MFA, is a professional actor, director, educator, and Tedx Presenter. She holds an MFA in Acting from UNC Greensboro and a BA in Theatre from Mississippi University for Women. Shannon is a member of Actor's Equity Association, and a certified Hatha Yoga teacher. Shannon has 20 years of experience facilitating workshops, and directing/devising plays, musicals, and performative experiences for audiences of all ages. Shannon is a Joker (facilitator) for Theatre of the Oppressed (Augusto Boal) as well as a Board Member for the international nonprofit Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Inc. Her work in theatre activism in South Carolina lead her out of Higher Ed (where she was for the last 10 years) and to this amazing opportunity with Provide as the new South Carolina State Coordinator. Shannon is the proud solo parent of one amazing little ninja: Zoe. Shannon and Zoe love to get into all sorts of shenanigans in their free time, mainly music, art, yoga, and dance.
Sara Kaye Larson, Storyteller and Content Marketing Officer
Sara Kaye Larson is joining us as the Storyteller and Content Marketing Officer in the Fund Development team on Thursday, Nov 5. Sara is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who is dedicated to telling stories that inspire new ways of understanding people and bringing human insight to tough issues. A lifelong advocate for women's rights, she volunteered for NARAL while attending Wayne State University in Detroit, MI where she earned her Masters Degree in Media Arts. She currently lives in Memphis, Tennessee and has brought her writing and video skills to national and international nonprofits, championing literacy and community building. As an independent filmmaker, Sara is involved in the Memphis chapter of the Film Fatales filmmaking group that advocates for more women in directing and producing roles. A huge fan of the south and the outdoors, if she could work from a canoe on the Buffalo River, she would.
Fausta Luchini, Training Coordinator
In the role of Training Coordinator, Fausta offers technical assistance to keep the trainings successful and accessible to all of the audiences that we are in front of– keeping us sharp! A native of Kentucky, Fausta is a licensed Psychological Practitioner, with a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology and over 15 years of experience as a therapist, mostly in community mental health. She currently has a small private practice, working primarily with adults and older teenagers. Fausta takes a strengths-based approach to therapy, and believes that we all have our own answers within us. She is trained in cognitive behavioral therapy and has extensive experience working with survivors of trauma, especially sexual abuse. Fausta also offers classes and trainings on cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-informed care, as well as a workshop on self-care for activists. As a community volunteer, Fausta has focused on issues of poverty, racism, and social justice, especially women's reproductive health. She has been an escort at Louisville's only abortion clinic for about four years and is a frequent contributor to the escort blog "Every Saturday Morning." She enjoys reading, trying new restaurants, and visiting her daughter and granddaughter in Mexico.
Brooke McConnell, JD, Director of Fund Development
Brooke manages the individual donor development program, ensuring consistent financial support for Provide and encouraging individual donor involvement and partnership in Provide's efforts. She is inspired by Provide supporters' passion and concern, and seeing the collective impact their contributions can have on abortion access for women across the U.S. Prior to joining Provide in 2009, Brooke worked for the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government as Assistant Director of Major Gifts. Brooke holds a Juris Doctor from Albany Law School. She is author of "Quality Control: The Implications of Negative Genetic Selection and Pre-Birth Genetic Enhancement," 15 UCLA Women's L.J. 47, 2006, which is cited in model curriculum for courses in reproductive rights, law and justice. Other experience includes donor management as the Associate Director of the Harvard Kennedy School Women's Leadership Board as well as work with the Family Planning Advocates of New York State and MergerWatch as a legal intern. Brooke is a former director of the Board for Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson. Additionally, she is a co-founder and steering committee member of SAVE Saratoga, a grassroots citizen movement in her hometown aimed at stopping the development of a mega-casino. She also sits on the Saratoga Institute Board. Brooke lives in rural upstate New York with her husband, two young daughters and a rowdy puppy.
Hannah McGovern, MA, Fund Development Officer
Prior to working for Provide, Hannah was the Assistant Director of Annual Giving at Carnegie Mellon University. She created the annual strategic plan for all annual giving donors, directed engagement activities for first time donors and consecutive givers, and increased the use of nontraditional solicitation communications and tactics throughout the university. Hannah received her master's degree in Arts Management from Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon University and bachelor's degree in Viola Performance from Pennsylvania State University. When she is not at work, Hannah enjoys cooking, gardening, playing music, and hanging out with family and friends. She currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and furry child (Sam the dog).
Annie Norman, MPH, Oklahoma State Coordinator II
Growing up in rural Oklahoma with limited access to reproductive health care, and a mother who is a nurse, have inspired Annie to dedicate her efforts to ensuring women and teens have access to the reproductive health care they need, regardless of where they grow up. Annie also serves on the board of Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, a 503(c)(4) organization formed in 2010. Annie holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma and a master of public health from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She served in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica (RPCV, 2008-2010) where she spent two years working on community economic development and sexual health education projects in Tierra Blanca de Cartago, in Costa Rica's central valley. She has also worked in reproductive health policy, organizing, and sex education for Planned Parenthood affiliates in Waco, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Most recently, (2014 – 2015) while finishing graduate school, she assisted Ibis Reproductive Health and the Center for Reproductive Rights in a multi-state research study evaluating the impact of restrictive state policies on abortion.
Jenny O'Donnell, MSc, Deputy Director
Jenny serves as the Deputy Director for Provide. As Deputy Director, she stewards organizational development and oversees the Core Functions team and work in development, communications, operations, personnel and research/evaluation. As a member of Provide's Management Team since 2010, Jenny works with colleagues to ensure strategic and effective programming in support of the organization's mission.
Prior to the role Deputy Director, she managed Provide's communication activities. Other past experience includes NSF-sponsored research/ writing with Professor Rosanna Hertz on her 2006 book capturing a qualitative study of single motherhood, work with the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School, and consultation with Harvard University's Women's Leadership Board as well as internships at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts' development department, Planned Parenthood Federation of America's government relations department, and Our Bodies Ourselves' translation and adaptation program.
Jenny has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College, a Master of Science degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, and is pursuing a Doctorate of Science from the Harvard School of Public Health, concurrent with her work at Provide. A Maternal and Child Health concentrator, her research interest is the intersection place and identity as it influences access to reproductive health, specifically abortion care. Jenny is Fellow in the 2012-2013 cohort of the National Council for Research on Women-Amex Fellowship, a program dedicated to developing women leaders in the nonprofit sector. As a coastal dweller (both right and left) for most of her life, she is delighted that her work with Provide has introduced her to the art-deco buildings of Oklahoma, the soybean fields of Iowa, and the small town bakeries of Kentucky.
Dafina Ward, JD, Associate Director of Special Projects
Dafina is a self-described "recovering attorney", who left private legal practice in 2007 to pursue HIV work in Alabama. Dafina most recently served as Director of Prevention and Community Partnerships at AIDS Alabama where she managed all of the agency's community-focused educational programs and initiatives. She has developed and implemented regional programs serving groups facing the greatest health disparities, including women of color, transgender women, and survival sex workers. She has also led trainings and seminars nationally on inclusion, culturally competent communication and program development. In 2013, Dafina was selected as the first southern board member of the Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS), a national organization focused on government and community collaboration for improved community health outcomes. Dafina currently serves as Co-Facilitator of a regional Women and Trauma Workgroup convened by the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Division. Dafina received her BA in Mass Media Arts from Clark Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA) and her Juris Doctor from Temple University's Beasley School of Law (Philadelphia, PA). She and her husband, Ahmad, are the proud parents of two brilliant girls, Masani and Aminah.
Abby Woodhouse Online Media Assistant
Prior to her role as Online Media Assistant, Abby worked for Provide as an Individual Giving Intern for two years. She is currently a senior undergraduate psychology student at Skidmore College who hopes to continue on to law school with a focus on human rights. At Skidmore, Abby is the head of the Peer Health Education program, a network of students trained in peer counseling and public health in order to provide the student body with non-judgmental and free assistance specialized for college students. She is also active in the movement surrounding sexual assault on college campuses, having founded Stand with Survivors, an online organization. She also works with students to navigate the sexual misconduct progress and connect them to on- and off-campus resources.