Our Team
Executive Leadership
Fatimah Gifford, MAODC
Executive Director
Fatimah Gifford (she/her) sets the organizational visions while providing strategic leadership and overall management of Provide, ensuring alignment with our mission, vision, and values.
Dannie Shaw, JD
Deputy Director of Organizational Strategy
Dannie Shaw (she/her) ensures that implementation, internal infrastructure, systems, and processes are effective and in alignment with Provide’s core strategies and values.
Michelle Dowell-Vest
Deputy Director of Finance & Administration
Michelle Dowell-Vest (she/they) leads Provide’s financial and administrative functions, including human resources, IT, and corporate operations.
Training and Outreach
Ondine Quinn, MSW, CSE
Senior Director of Programs
Ondine Quinn (they/them) oversees the creation, execution and implementation of programming and capacity building strategies that prepare healthcare and social service providers to support and facilitate access to abortion care.
Tiffany Collins-Webb
Outreach & Engagement Manager
Tiffany Collins-Webb (she/her) facilitates dynamic trainings, builds partnerships, and engages communities to advance abortion access across the Southeast.
Ann Dills, MSW
Technical Assistance Manager
Ann Dills (she/her) leads the development and implementation of strategies that build organizations’ capacity to compassionately and proactively respond to their clients’ needs around abortion and other stigmatized services.
Danielle Hurd-Wilson
Outreach and Training Manager
Danielle Hurd-Wilson (they/them) facilitates dynamic trainings, builds partnerships, and engages communities to advance abortion access across the Southeast.
Tara Johnson, M.Ed.
Training Design & Delivery Manager
Tara Johnson (they/them) oversees the design and delivery of Provide’s dynamic in-person trainings and virtual programming.
S. Low, MSW
Technical Assistance Specialist
Low (they/them) facilitates dynamic trainings, builds partnerships, and supports capacity building strategies that facilitate abortion access.
Program Evaluation
Lauren Pring, MPH
Director of Program Evaluation
Lauren Pring (she/her) oversees the design, implementation, analysis, and communication of Provide’s evaluation and research activities to measure effectiveness and advance equity through a lens of data justice.
Marketing & Communications
Becca Lee-Simpson, MA
Director of Marketing and Communications
Becca Lee-Simpson (she/her) leads the development and execution of marketing strategies, public relations, and internal communications to enhance Provide’s impact.
Ambreia Meadows-Fernandez, MA
Communications Manager
Ambreia Meadows-Fernandez (she/her) oversees content creation, programmatic marketing, and communication strategies to support training and outreach initiatives at Provide.
Development
Dominique-Laura Pierce
Director of Development
Dominique-Laura Pierce (she/her) oversees and manages institutional giving, donor relations, and resource development to ensure financial support for Provide.
Monika Gilliard, CHE
Individual Giving Manager
Monika Gilliard (she/her) cultivates, solicits, and stewards individual donors to secure financial support and raise organizational awareness for Provide.
Sara Hunter
Development Specialist
Sara Hunter (she/her) provides administrative, operational, and fundraising support for Provide’s individual and institutional giving programs.
Administrative Support
Dionne Alexander
Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
Dionne Alexander (she/her) provides administrative, logistical, and operational support to Provide’s Executive Director and Board of Directors.
Max Winbigler
Executive and Program Assistant
Max Winbigler (they/them) provides administrative, logistical, and operational support to Provide’s Deputy Director of Organizational Strategy and programs division.
Board of Directors
Jamarr Brown
President, Executive Director, Color of Change PAC
Jamarr Brown (he/him) has 15 years of experience working as a campaign strategist, leadership trainer, and nonprofit leader. He previously made history as the first-ever Black executive director of the Texas Democratic Party and has served in leadership roles at re:power, Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, and a range of other progressive campaigns across the country.
Cheryl Prelow, DrPH
Board Treasurer | Healthcare Strategy and Operations Consultant
Cheryl Prelow (she/her) offers more than 25 years of experience in high-level roles at companies that include Prism Health North Texas, Dallas County Medical Society, and Texas Health Resources. In her current role, Cheryl provides consulting services for local nonprofits that address the determinants of health by focusing on social justice and race equity issues.
Bridget Bohannon, MPH
Board Clerk | Healthcare Strategy and Operations Consultant
Bridget Bohannon (she/her) is a strategic leader, community organizer, and health justice advocate driving innovation and collaboration in family planning services. She is passionate about abortion access and more broadly health justice for populations and communities excluded from and/or actively harmed by the health care system.
Kate Boulton, JD, MPH
Board Director | Senior Legal Technical Advisor, Vital Strategies
Kate Boulton (she/her) is a health and human rights attorney committed to challenging the criminalization and punishment of marginalized communities. In her current role, she focuses on addressing legal and policy barriers to harm reduction and promoting evidence-based overdose prevention strategies.
Ashley Brink
Board Director | Senior Health Center Manager, Planned Parenthood North Central States
Ashley Brink (she/they) has spent over a decade working in the reproductive health and rights movement, from managing abortion clinics and providing direct patient care to reducing abortion stigma to working on electoral campaigns. She currently serves as a Senior Health Center Manager for Planned Parenthood North Central States and serves on the board of directors for Pro-Choice Minnesota, an advocacy organization, and Our Justice, an independent abortion fund.
Dione Friends
Board Director | Campaign Director, Project of The New Venture Fund
Dione Friends (she/her) is a strategic communications leader and organizer with experience at The New Venture Fund, the Equality Federation, the ACLU of Texas, and Houston Organization of Public Employees Local 123.
Alexis Hicks
Board Director | Strategic Engagement and Initiatives Director, Casey Family Programs
Alexis Hicks (she/her) is an advocate, storyteller, and community organizer committed to dismantling systemic inequities and fostering transformative change. In her current role, Alexis leads the Delta Proud Youth Initiative, a collaborative effort to advance the academic achievement and post-secondary success of African American males and other students of color across the Mississippi Delta.
Ivana Thompson, MD MSCI FACOG
Board Director | University of Washington
Dr. Ivana Thompson (she/her) is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, board-certified Complex Family Planning Specialist, associate professor, and associate department chair of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Washington. As a national reproductive health leader, Dr. Thompson focuses her clinical and academic work on emergency contraception, complex contraception, family planning, and racial and cultural health disparities.
Adrienne Weil
Board Director | Senior Vice President – Member Engagement and Services, American Hotel and Lodging Association
Adrienne Weil (she/her) is a strategic marketing and partnerships professional currently driving hotelier membership and revenue growth for the AHLA. She previously served as VP of Partnerships at Partnership for a Healthier America and spent several years leading marketing strategy at the National Restaurant Association.
