Leilani Johnson, Executive Director (leilani[at]cohintl.org)
Leilani Johnson’s focus is on international health in complex situations.  She holds a B.A. in both Psychology and Sociology from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA, and Stockholms Universitet in Stockholm, Sweden. She then went on to pursue a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University. There, she concentrated on International Health, with a focus on complex humanitarian emergencies. After graduation, she volunteered for the United States Peace Corps, serving in Mombasa, Kenya from May 2004-July 2006. In Kenya she was a technical adviser for public health matters and helped coordinate a drug abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention and care program. Upon returning to the United States, Leilani advanced her health related studies in nursing and science related classes, including becoming fully trained in the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations. Leilani continues to work and travel in the public health field in various capacities including local volunteering opportunities through Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, Boston University, Boston and Worcester Medical Emergency Reserve Corps, and COHI. As Executive Director at COHI, continues the successful programs that COHI had started from its inception, and has spearheaded new programs, such as the Haiti reproductive health program. 

Sarah Morgan, IT Manager, Media & Print Communications (smorgan[at]cohintl.org)
Originally from Bristol, Tennessee, Sarah recieved a BS in Computer Science from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. While living in Florida, Sarah did work with the county Economic Development office that ranged from IT to web development. She now lives in Boston, Massachusetts where she works as a Systems Engineer.

Rachel Bedenbaugh, Haiti Program Manager , COHI Summit Coordinator
(rbedenbaugh[at]cohintl.org)
Originally from South Carolina, Rachel holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Animal Sciences from Clemson University. She was first exposed to public health while working at a community health center in Greenville SC, where she helped design and implement a diabetes program to help patients better understand and “self-manage” their diabetes in a resource-limited setting. She holds a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University School of Public Health, focused in international health, and more specifically women and children’s health. Rachel has been involved with Circle of Health International since January 2009, and currently serves as the Program Coordinator for their Haiti Relief Efforts.

Siobhan McNally, MD, MPH, FAAP, Board of Directors Chair
(siobhan[at]cohintl.org)
Siobhan McNally is a practicing pediatrician and long time maternal – child health advocate. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and medical degree from University of Massachusetts; and then went on to complete her pediatric training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Medical Center. Siobhan also received a Masters in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts, and is board certified in both pediatrics and public health & preventive medicine. She has practiced primary care pediatrics for over 25 years – both in the US and in various low resource settings including Ecuador, Cambodia, and Jamaica. She is active in a wide range of public health efforts focusing on maternal and child health, immigrant and refugee care, and health emergencies in large populations. In addition working as a pediatrician at CHP-Neighborhood Health Center, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, she serves as a physician advisor to Healthy Beginnings - a grass roots prenatal environmental health counseling program- and as a board member to Circle of Health International. In 2006, she received the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement Award for her efforts in maternal and child environmental health.

Heather Lane, Board of Directors Member
(heather[at]cohintl.org)
Heather Lane is the Development Officer for The Ocean Foundation in DC and brings more than ten years experience in philanthropy and non-governmental organization (NGO) development. Prior to joining The Ocean Foundation, Heather was the Foundation Officer for Jhpiego and was responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewardship of relationships and opportunities with private foundations and worked closely with Jhpiego's country offices in more than 26 countries to manage and coordinate the resource development efforts of program and technical staff. She has worked throughout South Africa and in Mozambique as an organizational development consultant to NGO's working on HIV/AIDS integration. She also worked as a Program Assistant with the C.S. Mott Foundation’s Environment Program on an international grants portfolio, designed to reform the policies of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and other finance and trade institutions in an effort to reduce their negative social and environmental impacts. Heather holds a BA in International Relations from Michigan State University's James Madison College and an MPIA from the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Heather is a co-founder and former board member of Pro Peninsula in San Diego. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Jirair Ratevosian, Board of Directors Member
(jirair[at]cohintl.org)
Jirair Ratevosian is Deputy Director of public policy for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. As a human rights activist specializing in government relations, building strategic coalitions and implementing innovative grassroots and advocacy strategies, Jirair works with a number of groups and organizations including: Global Health Council, Rotary International, Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur, Save Darfur Coalition, American Medical Student Association, Boston Public Health Commission, Whitman Walker Clinic, and American Public Health Association, where is currently chair of the International Health Section’s Advocacy and Policy Committee. Prior to moving to Washington D.C., Jirair lived in Boston where he received a master’s degree in public health from Boston University School of Public Health and was US Field Coordinator for the Health Action AIDS Campaign at Physicians for Human Rights. Jirair enjoys writing frequently for The Armenian Weekly, Huffington Post and using social networks such as Twitter and Facebook to mobilize for social justice.

Evelyn Resh, CNM, MPH Board of Directors Member
(evelyn[at]cohintl.org)
Evelyn Resh is a practicing certified sexuality counselor and nurse-midwife with a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University School of Public Health. She has worked in the field of women’s health care for over 20 years. She is a frequent and popular speaker on the subject of women’s health and sexuality. Her work focuses on helping individuals of all ages enhance their sexual satisfaction and in helping mothers of teenage girls facilitate their daughters’ healthy sexual development. Ms. Resh is the author of: The Secret Lives of Teen Girls: What Your Mother Wouldn’t Talk About but your Daughter Needs to Know published by Hay House Publishers, 2009. In addition, her articles have appeared on www.Oprah.com. Formerly of Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts, she is currently the Director of Women’s Health and Sexuality Counseling at Miraval Resorts, Tucson, Arizona.

Sera Bonds, MPH, COHI Founder and President of the Board of Directors
Sera is a social justice, grassroots activist committed to working towards balancing the scales of access, equity, and availability in women's reproductive health care. She has training in massage therapy, midwifery, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Women's Studies, and a Master's degree in Public Health. Her community organizing background ranges from reproductive rights to violence against women, to welfare and poverty issues to anti-war campaigns. She has worked on women's health issues with teenage and minority moms in rural areas of the Western U.S.; with refugee communities in Boston, Massachusetts; and with midwives in Northern India, Guatemala, Tibet, Palestine, tsunami-affected Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Haiti, and Israel; with commercial sex workers on issues of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam; and with female evacuees from hurricanes Rita and Katrina in Louisiana. She founded Circle of Health International, as US-based NGO, with the hope of giving voice to conflict- and disaster-affected women's reproductive health needs on an international scale. Sera recently served as a visiting lecture and Public Health Scholar-In-Residence at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel, an International Reproductive Health Fellow at NARAL-Texas, and was recently selected as a recipient of Boston University's School of Public Health's Distinguished Alumni Award. She currently lives and works in South Austin, Texas, as a consultant for international agencies focusing on humanitarian disaster/emergency management with her husband, toddler age son, and soon to be newborn baby, while watching her peas grow.

Jordyn Bonds, Founders Circle Member
Jordyn specializes in web and print wizardry, spinning straw into gold for non-profits and rock bands across the nation. She also has a deep background in feminist issues, focusing on pro-choice and reproductive rights. Jordyn's area of focus at COHI is in design and web-related activities. She is a student of religion and critical theory, and an activist for feminism and music.

Sarah Chynoweth, Founders Circle Member
Sarah was one of the founding members of COHI. From 2004 to 2005, Sarah managed COHI’s Tibet program on maternal and newborn health. She currently oversees International Planned Parenthood Federation’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme in Crises and Post-crises in East, South East Asia & Pacific (SPRINT Initiative) which focuses on building local capacity throughout the Asia Pacific to implement priority sexual and reproductive health service in humanitarian settings. Prior to working with IPPF, Sarah worked with the Reproductive Health Program at the Women's Refugee Commission for almost five years. Sarah's professional experience includes projects in China, Germany, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Romania, Sudan (Darfur), Thailand (Burma border), Tibet and Timor Leste. She holds a Master's degree from Columbia University in Human Rights and Health. Sarah is a certified carpenter, lives in Kuala Lumpur and is originally from small village in Germany.

Dr. Nathalie Kapp, Board of Advisors Member
A warm and motivated OB/GYN hailing from Idaho, Nathalie Kapp is a Medical Officer in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization in Geneva. She completed her training at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in New Hampshire after graduating from the University of Utah Medical School. Her current research topics include innovations in techniques of induction abortion, medical eligibility for use of contraception and detection of fetal genetic material in maternal blood. She recently completed her Masters in Biostatistics at Boston University's School of Public Health. She is an active member of multiple professional associations. When she is not providing instruction or conducting research, she practices yoga, is an active modern dancer and fabulous chef, plays a mean game of boggle, and passionately pursues adventures in rock climbing.

Kerri Kimball, Founders Circle Member
An advocate for global humanitarian and environmental causes, Kerri Kimball focuses her time at COHI on financial planning, management, and strategy. She earned her BA in Business Administration and Finance from Brigham Young University and went on to work for eleven years in corporate advertising and financial management in San Francisco, Sydney, and New York City. Currently a financial planner and coach, Kerri is also a student of Buddhism, ontology, and modern literature.

Adam Rosenbloom, MPH, Founders Circle Member
Adam is a budding young humanitarian aid worker who is currently earning his MD at Columbia University's Middle Eastern affiliate, Ben Gurion University, focusing on International Health. Adam served as COHI's Project Manager, demonstrating his ability to lead, work under incredibly challenging conditions, and his commitment to women's health. He has circumnavigated the globe (only once) and hopes to continue his journey while working to alleviate the suffering of the poor through small and focused community-based programs affecting women and children. Adam cites his experience as a High School teacher in rural Henderson, North Carolina, as a catalyst to use his privilege to serve those who are less privileged in an attempt to address issues of inequity. In his free time, Adam likes playing music, listening to music, and dancing to music.

Monica Onyango, RNM, PhD, Founders Circle Member
Monica Onyango is an instructor in the International Health Department at Boston University School of Public Health. Her recent research concerns women’s experiences with abortion complications, post abortion care and male involvement in reproductive health. She has years of experience working in relief and development in Southern Sudan, Kenya and Angola. She also served in the Kenya Ministry of Health (MOH) for ten years as a nursing officer, and as a lecturer at the Nairobi Medical Training College School of Nursing. Monica is interested in reproductive health, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, and health care among populations affected by disasters. Monica received her nursing and midwifery training from Kenya Medical Training College and Nairobi University, Masters in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health, Masters in Science from Boston College, School of Nursing, and a PhD from Boston College School of Nursing.