Fatimah Gifford – Executive Director
Fatimah Gifford (she/her) is a committed advocate who brings extensive experience in reproductive health and justice and organizational leadership to her role as Executive Director of Provide.
Staff
Provide’s staff live in and love the communities in which they work. Our expert trainers have the benefit of training and support experience in substance use services, HIV service delivery, domestic violence case management and safety net health services. This experience roots us in a deep compassion for health care workers and the people they serve, and positions us to be effective in engaging and supporting these teams.
Ashley Bordas – Director of Development
Ashley Bordas (she/her) oversees and leads all aspects of Development, including individual, major donor, and institutional giving initiatives.
Monika Carey-Gilliard, CHE – Major Gifts Officer
Monika Carey-Gilliard (she/her) cultivates the growth of the major donor program within Provide’s Fund Development department. As Major Gifts Officer, she acts as an ambassador for Provide within the community, working in conjunction with the Director of Development and other staff to represent the organization’s philanthropic interests with supporters throughout the US.
Tiffany Collins-Webb – Trainer & Outreach Coordinator
Tiffany Collins-Webb (she/her) advances Provide’s abortion referrals initiative by developing and supporting state and regional teams around program implementation, while proactively contributing to the leadership and growth of the organization’s abortion referrals work.
Ann Dills, CSW – Technical Assistance Manager
Ann Dills (she/her) leads the development and implementation of strategies that build provider and site capacity to compassionately and proactively respond to their clients’ needs around abortion and other stigmatized services.
Sara Hunter – Development Coordinator
Sara Hunter (she/her) provides fundraising support, administrative operations, and task coordination within a growing Fund Development department, including support for Provide’s individual giving, major donor, and institutional grants programs.
Tara Johnson, M.Ed. – Training Design & Delivery Specialist
Tara Johnson (they/she) designs and delivers dynamic in-person and virtual trainings that incorporate anti-racism and anti-oppression concepts, frameworks, and tools to a variety of diverse audiences.
Adina Koch – Director of Program Outreach & Engagement
Adina Koch (she/her) leads Provide’s Program Outreach and Engagement team to drive programmatic expansion and strategic partnerships.
Kelli Lynch – Trainer & Outreach Coordinator
Kelli Lynch (she/her) advances Provide’s abortion referrals initiative by developing and supporting state and regional teams around program implementation, while proactively contributing to the leadership and growth of the organization’s abortion referrals work.
Crystal Kwan Norwood – Communications Manager
Crystal Kwan Norwood (they/them) develops and implements marketing and communications strategies in support of outreach to Provide’s stakeholder audiences and funders.
Ondine Quinn, MSW, CSW, CSE – Director of Program Development
Ondine Quinn (she/her or they/them) oversees the creation, execution and implementation of new programmatic content, pilot programming, and technical assistance strategies.
Dannielle Shaw, JD – Managing Director
Dannielle (Dannie) Shaw (she/her) ensures that internal infrastructure, systems, and processes are effective and in alignment with Provide’s core values.
Eric Wilson – Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
Eric provides administrative, logistical, and operational support to Provide’s Executive Director and Board of Directors.
Board
Provide benefits from a stable and engaged Board of Directors made up of state, national, and global leaders in women’s and community health, including service providers, administrators, policy experts, and advisors.
Fatimah Gifford – Executive Director
Fatimah Gifford (she/her) is a committed advocate who brings extensive experience in reproductive health and justice and organizational leadership to her role as Executive Director of Provide.
Betty L. Farrell, CNM, MSN, MPH – President
As a women’s health care professional for more than 35 years, Betty Farrell (she/her) began her career in nursing, moving into midwifery. After ten years of full-scope midwifery practice in New York City and San Francisco, Ms. Farrell entered international health and development with a focus on reproductive health service delivery as a technical advisor, trainer of facility- and community-based health personnel, and program designer.
Isela Arras – Treasurer
Isela Arras (she/her) is the Chief Operating Officer at the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCADV). Isela oversees the Data Quality, Housing, AmeriCorps, Certification, Meaningful Access, and Substance Use Disorder projects that exist to support the Coalition’s 15 member programs and the survivors who seek their services.
Sarah Dietrich, MSN, PMHNP-BC – Clerk
Sarah Dietrich (she/her) is a board certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, trained to provide mental health services to patients in a variety of settings. She currently works at an outpatient community mental health center in an underserved, rural area of Tennessee, and at a local inpatient psychiatric hospital in Memphis.
Jamarr Brown – Director
Jamarr Brown (he/him) has over a decade of experience working as a campaign strategist, leadership trainer, and nonprofit leader. Now, he is making history as the first-ever Black executive director of the Texas Democratic Party. Prior to this role, Jamarr served as the Director of Civic Engagement Programs at re:power, stewarding partnerships with progressive civic engagement and labor groups and overseeing a portfolio of programs to train and support organizers, campaign managers and staff, and candidates.
Denise Holmes, JD, MPH – Director
Denise Holmes (she/her) is an attorney and foundation executive, currently serving as chief counsel for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. In 13 years on the program/policy staff of a national association, she developed and operationalized national and global initiatives, wrote on an array of health policy issues, and engaged in strategic planning. Ms. Holmes has served on boards of directors of several global health nongovernmental organizations and is an active volunteer in her local community.
Walt Klausmeier – Director
Walt Klausmeier’s (he/him) dedication to reproductive health has spanned over 40 years of hands-on policy implementation and leadership including most recently his position as President & CEO of Planned Parenthood Health Systems (PPHS), responsible for operational and fiscal oversight of a four-state regional affiliate of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Mugdha Mokashi, MPH – Director
Mugdha Mokashi (she/her) is a medical student at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she received a Master of Public Health in health behavior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is also the current president of the Board of Directors of Medical Students for Choice. Mugdha has been involved in reproductive health and reproductive justice organizations since undergrad as a student organizer. She is interested in abortion provision, family planning, and queer-inclusive, structurally competent reproductive healthcare.