Tracy Baird, MPH
President
Ms. Baird has worked for Ipas since 1995 on programs ranging from training midwives in postabortion care in Ghana to introducing new abortion technologies in Vietnam to expanding use of manual vacuum aspiration in Eastern and Central Europe. As Director of the Medical Abortion Initiative, she currently leads Ipas’s global initiative on medication abortion, managing a global grant designed to increase access to medication abortion and leading a team of staff to coordinate and maximize Ipas’s work in this field. Previously, as Ipas’s US/Europe and Asia Regional Director, she was responsible for developing and guiding strategies for Ipas’s efforts and for achieving sustainable results in those regions. Since joining Ipas she has authored numerous articles, monographs, and technical guides on various aspects of abortion care. Prior to joining Ipas, Ms. Baird worked as a manager of an abortion/family planning clinic in North Carolina and on programs to prevent sexual assault in California and North Carolina. She earned a Master of Public Health degree in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 1995, where her Master's Thesis was on abortion providers' perceptions of quality of abortion care.

To learn more about Ipas, visit www.ipas.org

Stanley K. Henshaw, PhD
Treasurer
Dr. Henshaw is a Senior Fellow at the Guttmacher Institute. He has authored or co-authored over 60 articles and publications on abortion utilization in the U.S. and internationally, abortion policies and services, teenage pregnancy, unintended pregnancy, and family planning. With colleagues at the Guttmacher Institute, he conducted two cross-national studies of family planning services and teenage reproductive behavior. Dr. Henshaw has served as expert witness in numerous legal proceedings involving abortion restrictions. For six years he served as member of the board of directors of the National Abortion Federation and received the Christopher Tietze Humanitarian Award from that organization. Dr. Henshaw holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University.

To learn more about the Guttmacher Institute, visit www.guttmacher.org

Wyndi Anderson

Director

Wyndi Anderson is a leading feminist and social justice advocate who has been working for the protection of human rights for over ten years. Her work for the rights of drug-addicted women has earned her national recognition as a leader in both the women's rights and the drug policy reform movements. She has been profiled in national publications, such as Ms. magazine and Glamour, and she is frequently sought out for comment by members of both the United States and international press. She currently works as a consultant for the International Harm Reduction Program of the Open Society Institute working with women drug users in Russia, Ukraine and Indonesia to improve access to harm reduction programs. Ms. Anderson has a vision that one day all women will have access to the health care they need, without question, harassment or fear.

Karen Edlund, RN
Director

Ms. Edlund has been Director of the Family Planning Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health since 1992, where she developed and manages the state’s family planning program, which provides comprehensive family planning services in over 80 sites statewide. She has been responsible for developing and shaping the program standards, as well as developing other systems such as billing, reporting, monitoring and evaluation. She has also developed significant program initiatives in the areas of emergency contraception, abortion access and social marketing. She has served as chair of the State Family Planning Administrators, a national family planning organization, and has been a member of its Steering Committee since 1996.

Melanie Zurek, EdM
Director
Ms. Zurek has been the Executive Director of the Abortion Access Project since August 2004. Prior to joining AAP, Ms. Zurek managed education and training programs for the Family Planning Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and was the Coordinator of Professional Education at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund.