STAFF
New York, NY

Sharon Abbott, Ph.D.
Staff Associate
HIV and AIDS Program
sabbott@popcouncil.org

Mar Aguilar
International Finance Manager
International Programs
maguilar@popcouncil.org

Mohcine Alami, M.D.
Medical Safety Expert and Head of Medical Affairs
Reproductive Health Program
malami@popcouncil.org

Arthur Allen
Quality Assurance Unit Manager
Reproductive Health Program
aallen@popcouncil.org

Sajeda Amin, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
samin@popcouncil.org    

Wendy Baldwin, Ph.D.
Director
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
wbaldwin@popcouncil.org

Benjamin Bilbao 
Recruitment Manager
Corporate Affairs Division
bbilbao@popcouncil.org

Gary Bologh, Ph.D.
Managing Editor
Corporate Affairs Division
gbologh@popcouncil.org

John Bongaarts, Ph.D.
Vice President
Distinguished Scholar
jbongaarts@popcouncil.org

Martha Brady
Senior Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
mbrady@popcouncil.org

Rebecca Brodsky
Special Assistant
Corporate Affairs Division
rbrodsky@popcouncil.org

Judith Bruce
Senior Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
jbruce@popcouncil.org 

Hannah Carter-Menn
Fellowship Coordinator/Staff Assistant
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
hcartermenn@popcouncil.org

Agnes Chan
Financial Analyst
Office of the Treasurer
achan@popcouncil.org 

Chuen-yan Cheng, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Reproductive Health Program
ycheng@popcouncil.org

Ethel Churchill
Director of Publications   
Corporate Affairs Division
echurchill@popcouncil.org

Peter Conlon
Program Manager
Reproductive Health Program
pconlon@popcouncil.org    

Ruth Copeland   
Program Administrator
HIV and AIDS Program
rcopeland@popcouncil.org

Elizabeth Cottrell
Finance and Grants Manager
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
ecottrell@popcouncil.org 

Paul Demeny, Ph.D.
Distinguished Scholar
pdemeny@popcouncil.org   

Judith A. Diers, Ph.D.
Associate   
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
jdiers@popcouncil.org

Peter J. Donaldson, Ph.D.   
President    
pdonaldson@popcouncil.org    

Gina Duclayan
Senior Writer/Editor
Corporate Affairs Division
gduclayan@popcouncil.org

Suzanne P. Elliott   
Public Information Specialist   
Corporate Affairs Division
selliott@popcouncil.org    

Barbara Friedland
Associate
HIV and AIDS Program
bfriedland@popcouncil.org

Irene Friedland
Applications/Support Specialist
Corporate Affairs Division
ifriedland@popcouncil.org     

Jesse Gass
Regional Coordinator, Sub-Saharan Africa & Latin America and the Caribbean
International Programs
jgass@popcouncil.org 

Marlena Gehret
Senior Data Manager
HIV and AIDS Program
mgehret@popcouncil.org

Sharon Ghuman, Ph.D.
Bernard Berelson Fellow
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
sghuman@popcouncil.org

Max Gill
Senior Grants & Contracts Administrator
Office of the Treasurer
mgill@popcouncil.org

Marc Goldstein, M.D.  
Senior Scientist
Reproductive Health Program   
mgoldstein@popcouncil.org 

Nicole Haberland
Associate 
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
nhaberland@popcouncil.org

Elizabeth Hallin
Director of Human Resources
Corporate Affairs Division
ehallin@popcouncil.org

Kelly Hallman, Ph.D.
Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
khallman@popcouncil.org 

Paul Hewett, Ph.D.
Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
phewett@popcouncil.org

Deirdre Hoare
Human Resources Specialist
Corporate Affairs Division
dhoare@popcouncil.org

Gary Hunnicutt, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Reproductive Health Program
ghunnicutt@popcouncil.org    

Anrudh K. Jain, Ph.D.
Vice President
International Programs    
ajain@popcouncil.org   

Virginia Kallianes  
Program Coordinator  
HIV and AIDS Program
vkallianes@popcouncil.org       

Scott Kellerman, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Associate
HIV and AIDS Program
skellerman@popcouncil.org

Narender Kumar, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Reproductive Health Program
nkumar@popcouncil.org     

Victoria Lichtman
Staff Assistant
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
vlichtman@popcouncil.org

Sarah Littlefield
Study Coordinator
HIV and AIDS Program
slittlefield@popcouncil.org

Cynthia B. Lloyd, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
clloyd@popcouncil.org 

Robin Maguire
Director, Microbicides Product Development
HIV and AIDS Program
rmaguire@popcouncil.org  

Melissa May
Director of Public Information
Corporate Affairs Division
mmay@popcouncil.org  

Geoffrey McNicoll, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
gmcnicoll@popcouncil.org 

Barbara S. Mensch, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
bmensch@popcouncil.org  

Ruth B. Merkatz, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Development
Reproductive Health Program
rmerkatz@popcouncil.org 

Stanley Mierzwa
Director of Information Technology
Corporate Affairs Division
smierzwa@popcouncil.org     

Mark R. Montgomery, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
mmontgomery@popcouncil.org 

Patricia L. Morris, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Reproductive Health Program
pmorris@popcouncil.org

Sarah Needham
Research Assistant
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
sneedham@popcouncil.org

Scott Newman
Chief Financial Officer
Office of the Treasurer
snewman@popcouncil.org

Maxine Opperman 
Clinical Database Manager
Reproductive Health Program
mopperman@popcouncil.org

David M. Phillips, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
HIV and AIDS Program
dphillips@popcouncil.org      

Saumya RamaRao, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Reproductive Health Program
sramarao@popcouncil.org 

Johanna Rankin
Research Coordinator/Data Analyst
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
jrankin@popcouncil.org

Catherine Rapelje
Core Facility Manager/Research Coordinator
Reproductive Health Program
crapelje@popcouncil.org  

Alan J. Ring
Director, Grants & Contracts
Office of the Treasurer
aring@popcouncil.org 

Melissa Robbiani (Pope), Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Director of Biomedical HIV Research   
HIV and AIDS Program
mrobbiani@popcouncil.org

Eva Roca
Program Coordinator/Data Analyst
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
eroca@popcouncil.org

Diane Rubino
Communications and Media Specialist
Corporate Affairs Division
drubino@popcouncil.org  

James E. Sailer
Director, Corporate Affairs
Corporate Affairs Division
jsailer@popcouncil.org

Craig Savel
Webmaster
Corporate Affairs Division
csavel@popcouncil.org     

Frederick Schmidt, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Head of Regulatory Affairs
Reproductive Health Program
fschmidt@popcouncil.org 

Sheldon Segal, Ph.D.
Distinguished Scientist
ssegal@popcouncil.org  

Agam Sinha, Ph.D.
Senior Statistician
HIV and AIDS Program 
asinha@popcouncil.org

Régine Sitruk-Ware, M.D.
Executive Director, Research and Development
Reproductive Health Program
rsitrukware@popcouncil.org  

Irving Sivin
Senior Scientist
Reproductive Health Program
isivin@popcouncil.org  

Wendy Suermann
Clinical Research Associate
Reproductive Health Program
wsuermann@popcouncil.org

Heather Sussman
Senior Clinical Research Associate
Reproductive Health Program
hsussman@popcouncil.org    

Barbara Tokay
Manager, Medical Writing
Reproductive Health Program
btokay@popcouncil.org

Christina Tse
Assistant Director, Publications Office & Creative Director
Corporate Affairs Division
ctse@popcouncil.org

Yun-yen Tsong, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Reproductive Health Program
ytsong@popcouncil.org 

Patricia C. Vaughan, J.D.
General Counsel and Secretary
pvaughan@popcouncil.org

Maya Vaughan-Smith
Staff Associate
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
msmith@popcouncil.org

Maria Vinardell
Benefits Manager
Corporate Affairs Division
mvinardell@popcouncil.org   

Adam Weiner
Research Coordinator
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
aweiner@popcouncil.org

Deborah Weiss
Special Assistant, HIV and AIDS
HIV and AIDS Program
dweiss@popcouncil.org

George Young
Senior Business Analyst
Corporate Affairs Division
gyoung@popcouncil.org

Roman Zadorozhny  
Financial Manager
HIV and AIDS Program
rzadorozhny@popcouncil.org 

H. Neil Zimmerman
Librarian
Corporate Affairs Division
nzimmerman@popcouncil.org

Thomas Zydowsky, Ph.D.
Scientist
HIV and AIDS Program
tzydowsky@popcouncil.org

 

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