Meet Our Team
Our small but mighty team is made up of people from across the country, each bringing a unique set of skills, experience and passion for advancing reproductive justice and access. What binds us together is the idea that healthcare is a human right, including abortion care. We use our talents and passion to build programs that provide students, nurses, midwives, and SRH allies with education and resources to become skilled care providers and social change agents.
Operations
Lina B, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
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Lina (she/her) is a “maker” with a love for clay and textile arts; this creative spirit informs her social entrepreneurship, which spans the non-profit and for-profit sectors. She believes that we must take a holistic and creative approach to our work if we hope to close the persistent equity gaps plaguing humanity. Lina is an experienced Program Officer, Executive Director, and Entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience developing and leading mission-centered organizations. While her diverse experience spans multiple sectors, they are all aligned within an unwavering passion for social justice and equity. In addition to her leadership experience, Lina has over 13 years of experience developing curriculum and teaching in institutions of higher education. Before coming to NSRH she co-founded the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative. Lina earned her BA in Philosophy from Spelman College and a PhD in Philosophy from Emory University.
Christy A
Chief Operations Officer
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Christy (she/her/hers) is a nonprofit professional committed to racial and gender equality. She has over 15 years of development experience. During her tenure she has worked with state and federal agencies to secure funding for organizations serving marginalized communities. She has worked for various local and national organizations including the Alzheimer’s Association, Think First National Injury Prevention, UCSD Health, and SURE Helpline and Crisis Center as a member of the Imperial County Sexual Assault Response Team.
Tracy Y
RHSC Grants Admin and Project Coordinator
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Tracy Yassini (she/her) brings over 25 years of experience to NSRH. She has deep experience with city and state funding, federal grants, corporations and foundations. Her efforts have secured funding for organizations and entities focused on education, community programs, environmental issues, rare disease research, indigenous communities, and many more worthy endeavors. Tracy held key leadership positions at larger “institutional nonprofits” such as City of Hope National Medical Center, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the American Heart Association – experiences which have fortified her ability to shape persuasive, solid grant proposals that get funded. Her understanding of programs, budgets, and organizational development enables her to “put all the pieces together” in a cohesive manner. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from California State University, Dominguez Hills and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Los Angeles region.
Carolina A
Communications Coordinator
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As a seasoned communications and marketing expert, Carolina (She/Her/Hers) brings over 5 years of experience in developing and implementing successful strategies to help organizations achieve their business goals. With a proven track record of driving brand awareness, increasing engagement and generating leads, Carolina is dedicated to delivering impactful and measurable results. Throughout her career, Carolina has worked with a diverse range of clients across various industries including healthcare, consumer goods and non-profit organizations. She is skilled in developing integrated marketing campaigns that leverage a mix of traditional and digital channels to reach target audiences effectively. In addition to her professional expertise, she is committed to staying current on industry trends and best practices to ensure partners are always ahead of the curve. When Carolina is not busy working, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and reading books.
Anna H
Executive Administrator
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With over 20 years of experience, Anna Houchin is a seasoned Executive Administrator specializing in data management and operational support. Throughout a distinguished career, she has consistently demonstrated expertise in streamlining processes, enhancing organizational efficiency, and optimizing data workflows. Anna has worked across various industries, but her heart gravitates towards racial justice and building strong communities. Anna’s personal interests include crafting, painting, and spending time with her family and most especially, her granddaughter.
Programs
Jace A, MSN, RN
Director of Education
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Jace (she/her) is a Registered Nurse with experience working with inpatient populations in Labor & Delivery, Anterpartum, Postpartum, and Orthopedics. In her work as a nurse educator for an L&D and postpartum units, she found passion in educating and training nurses. She now serves as the Director of Education for NSRH and uses that passion to advocate for nurses to have access to education that prepares them to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare.
Rosie L, MPH
Student Engagement and Advocacy Manager
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Rosie Laine (she/her) facilitates student-led activism and education through our national chapter program and Karen Edlund Future Nurse Leader Fellowship. She enjoys making reproductive justice a reality for more people by organizing and empowering the next generation of care providers. Alongside her work for NSRH, she is pursuing a doctoral degree in public health, specializing in Health Policy & Bioethics. She has experience in qualitative research, patient advocacy, and community organizing. Outside of work, she loves to read, cook, and explore the local food scene.
Sulianie M
Research Assistant
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Sulianie (she/her) is currently an Evaluation Analyst at the District of Columbia Public Schools. As an analyst, Sulianie is responsible for the planning, development, and coordination of the school-based HIV/STI prevention program’s evaluation and performance management plan. Sulianie has eight years of experience in applying social and behavioral science and public health practice to program development, research, and evaluation – with a more recent focus on school-based and adolescent sexual health. Sulianie earned a bachelor’s degree in Biobehavioral Health and a minor in Health Policy and Administration from The Pennsylvania State University. She also holds a master’s degree in Public Health from La Salle University and is a certified health education specialist. Dedicated to leading research and practice that address disparities limiting access to sexual health education and services in urban communities, Sulianie continues her educational pursuit as a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Seynabou N, MPH
Director of Membership
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Seynabou Niang is a community health specialist with a focus on health equity, health promotion, social change, and reproductive justice. As the Director of Membership at NSRH, she cultivates an engaged and empowered network of nursing professionals dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive health. With a background in program management, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement, Seynabou has spent her career developing strategies that strengthen member-driven organizations and amplify voices in public health. She has worked with organizations focused on maternal health, health equity, and grassroots organizing, always centering collaboration and impact. Seynabou holds a Master of Public Health in Global Health with a concentration in Community Health & Development from Emory University, equipping her with the expertise to build sustainable and inclusive membership networks. When she’s not working to expand and support NSRH’s membership, you can find her hosting a podcast that alchemizes communal intimacy, perfecting her latest crochet project, or binge-watching medical dramas—occasionally critiquing their accuracy, but mostly just enjoying the drama.
Emily B
Instructional Design Manager
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Emily (She/Her) comes to her role as Instructional Design Manager with a background in outdoor education and nursing. She has experience as a Labor and Delivery, Perinatal, and in-home Hospice nurse. Emily finds great joy in using her education skills to empower patients during times of transition. She is passionate about designing educational materials that embolden nurses to provide equitable and just care to patients while acting as change agents in healthcare. Outside of work you can find her in or on the water, gathering with family/friends, or taking a walk outside.
Our Board
The Board of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health (NSRH) is comprised of talented and skilled reproductive health professionals from throughout the nation.
Executive Committee
Jacki Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP-BC, FAANP
Chair
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Jacki Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP-BC, FAANP, is a Clinical Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies and a Principal Investigator in the Collaborative to Advance Health Services. She has provided health care services to diverse, mainly under-or uninsured, women for over 40 years and has taught at all levels of nursing education for over 30 years. During her career, she has been certified as a nurse midwife (CNM) and as a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE-A). She currently maintains certification as a women’s health nurse practitioner and sees patients at adult and adolescent correctional facilities near Kansas City. Jacki has been the Project Director for the Title X-funded National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning since its inception in 2006, as well as the Project Director for an OPA-funded Natural Family Planning research project (2012 – 2014), a HRSA-funded HIV curriculum integration project (2018 – 2021) and a SAMSHA-funded Medication Assisted Treatment curriculum integration project (2018 – 2023). Jacki has authored or co-authored over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles about contraception and family planning. She is the Past Chair of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) Board of Directors (2016-2018) and is a past member of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association’s (NFPRHA) Board of Directors (2015 – 2021). Jacki is the President of the Board of Directors (2020-2021) for the National Certification Corporation (NCC) where she previously served as the Secretary-Treasurer (2014-2018).
Chantel Neece, DNP, MSNED, MBA
Vice Chair
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With over 20 years of healthcare experience, Dr. Chantel Neece, currently serves as the Director of Social Determinants of Health, Member Outreach, and Community Development at Virginia Premier Health Plan. From a Nurses’ Aide to Doctor in Nursing Practice, her current role includes oversight for Virginia Premier’s Maternal Health Program which is dedicated to eliminating healthcare disparities to enhance access to care. Her business acumen spans multiple settings to include Critical Care, Accountable Care, Ambulatory practice, and Managed Care. In addition to Chantel’s Doctor in Nursing Practice degree, Master’s in Nursing Education, Master’s in Business Administration, and Family Nursing Practice post graduate certificate, she maintains certifications as a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, Gerontological Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner (licensed), and Six Sigma Black Belt. She has also volunteered with the American Nurse Credentialing Center’s Standard Setting Committee, and the National Association for Healthcare Quality as a change agent to refine nursing practice and healthcare fundamentals. In her spare time, Chantel enjoys gardening, traveling, and sampling international cuisine with her family.
June Gupta, MSN, WHNP-BC
Treasurer
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Pronoun: She/Her, June is a women’s health nurse practitioner. She is currently the Director of Medical Standards at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. As a per diem clinician, she also maintains clinical practice with Planned Parenthood of Maryland and Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington. June holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She lives in central Maryland with her husband and three children.
Ellen Solis, DNP, CNM, FACNM
Secretary
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Dr. Solis (she/her/hers) is a certified nurse-midwife at Quilted Health in Renton Washington and professor of nursing and midwifery at the University of Washington. Prior to relocating to Washington in 2022, she was the lead midwife at Carle Health Systems in Urbana, Illinois and an instructor at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign. She has been a practicing midwife for over 16 years and approaches the care of women and gender expansive people through a reproductive justice and anti-racist lens. Her current research focuses on effective clinical communication skills, simulation learning and evidenced based pregnancy care for individuals with obesity. Dr. Solis is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse Midwives and a member of Sigma Theta Tau international honor society of nursing.
Board Members
Lindsey English Hull, RN, JD
Board Member
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Lindsey English Hull, RN, JD, (she/her/hers) obtained her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Tennessee, after which she spent five years as a labor and delivery nurse on a high-risk obstetrics unit at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. As a nurse, she is nationally certified in in-patient obstetrics and has helped hundreds of women through some of the best, worst, and hardest days of their lives. Lindsey loves bedside nursing and misses her team, but she decided to go back to law school as a result of a growing disenchantment with our healthcare system and a desire to advocate for positive policy changes. She obtained her JD from the University of Tennessee in the spring of 2020, where she had the opportunity to assist Professor Wendy Bach in researching and documenting the negative effects of Tennessee’s criminal “fetal assault” law. Upon graduation, Lindsey moved to New York City to complete a legal fellowship in reproductive justice at Pregnancy Justice, where she served as a staff attorney – advancing policies and litigating cases that protected healthcare providers and their patients from criminal liability for their actions or inactions during pregnancy and delivery.
Morgan Nuzzo, MSN, CNM
Board Member
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Morgan Nuzzo (she/her) is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and co-founder of Partners in Abortion Care located in College Park, Maryland. Partners opened in October 2022 and serves people seeking abortions throughout all trimesters of pregnancy. Morgan became a midwife to become an abortion provider. She has spent her career in service to abortion patients, but specializes in working with those seeking abortion in later pregnancy. She feels strongly that training Advanced Practice Clinicians (Nurse midwives, Nurse practitioners, & physician assistants) is an important step in assuring the continuation of abortion services throughout this country, even Post-Dobbs. Prior to founding Partners in Abortion Care Morgan worked at both independent and Planned Parenthood clinics across the greater Maryland, Virginia and DC areas. Morgan has been featured in Cosmopolitan, NPR, FiveThirty-Eight, Time Magazine, Slate & The Washington Post.
Joely Pritzker, MS, FNP-C
Board Member
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Joely Pritzker, MS, FNP-C (she/her) is a Family Nurse Practitioner who specializes in reproductive and sexual health. She began her career in the field over 15 years ago, first as a health educator at a teen and young adult clinic before earning her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings and currently practices at an FQHC in Vista, California where she provides comprehensive SRH care, including prenatal care, gender-affirming care, and contraception. In addition to her clinical work, Joely is a reproductive and sexual health consultant and trainer. She leads trainings for the National Clinical Training Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health National Training Center, Envision SRH and other organizations on the PATH Framework, client-centered counseling, LARC placement and removal, contraceptive methods and patient self-advocacy. She is a contributing author for the 22nd Edition of Contraceptive Technology, co-authoring the chapter on person- centered reproductive health conversations and contraception counseling. Joely is particularly passionate about finding ways to operationalize Reproductive Justice principals in clinical practice and is dedicated to helping providers, medical assistants and other support staff develop their counseling skills and clinical knowledge.
Amber Rose Washington, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Board Member
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Amber Rose Harper, DNP, APRN, FNP-C is a family nurse practitioner and uses she/her pronouns. She has spent her advanced practice nursing career working in federally qualified health centers, where she provides primary care and reproductive health care to underserved populations. Amber has focused her clinical scholarship on improving the health outcomes of BIPOC, specifically Latinx and Black persons through quality improvement initiatives and implementation of evidence-based practice research. Her research has examined the effectiveness of culturally relevant educational interventions in improving patients’ sexual and reproductive health knowledge. In addition, Amber’s research interests having focused on improving utilization of long-acting reversible contraception and adherence to preventative screenings such as cervical cancer and breast cancer. She maintains a clinical practice at Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Center in North Carolina, where she also serves as an Associate Clinical Officer. During her spare time, Amber loves to bake, tend to her patio garden, create canvas paintings, and create floral arrangements.
Colette Williams, RN
Board Member
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Colette (she/her) is a registered nurse working in Family Planning in the Bronx, NY. She is completing a Master of Science in Nursing at SUNY Downstate to become a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from CUNY Lehman College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. Her passion for working with and for underrepresented communities began when she was a volunteer and eventual board member for the student-run organization, Bronx Community Health Leaders. This led her to become a prenatal coordinator for a federally qualified health center in Harlem, NY. Since then, she has been an advocate for bridging the gap between resources and equitable care for women and families in minority communities.