WHO WE ARE
Gates Institute Leadership
With main offices in Baltimore and partners across the globe, our work carries impact for the world.
A global leader in family planning and reproductive health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at BSPH, plays a key role in advancing evidence-based family planning policies, practice, and programs worldwide.
The Institute features a dynamic, innovative working environment, with opportunities to work with leaders in research and advocacy, both established and emerging; to contribute at a high level to the organization’s forward progress; and to contribute to sustainable, positive change for women and men, communities, and countries.
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Project Teams
Advance family planning
PERFORMANCE MONITORING FOR ACTION
THE CHALLENGE INITIATIVE
Senior Management

Jose G. Rimon II, MA, PgDip
Director and Senior Scientist
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Kojo Lokko, MPH, MBA
Executive Director
The Challenge Initiative
Deputy Director, Gates Institute

Beth Fredrick
Executive Director
Advance Family Planning
Deputy Director, Gates Institute

Philip Anglewicz, PhD
Principal Investigator and Director of Research Programs
Performance Monitoring for Action
Deputy Director, Gates Institute


Carolyn Combs, MBA
GI Financial Director
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health


Linnea Zimmerman, PhD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Performance Monitoring for Action Ethiopia

Elizabeth Gummerson, PhD, MPA
Executive Director, Technical Unit
Performance Monitoring for Action

Kellie Welborn, MAS
Senior Program Officer II
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
Anchor Team

JT Brown
Sr. Administrative Coordinator
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Lindsey Capps, MA, CRA
Senior Grants & Contracts Analyst
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Christina Cherel, MPH
Sr. Technical Advisor
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Carolyn Combs, MBA
GI Financial Director
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Jordan Freeman, MPH
Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Darby Major
Program Specialist
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Molly Moesner
Program & Communications Specialist
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Anastasia Pierron
Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Jose G. Rimon II, MA, PgDip
Director and Senior Scientist
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

Kellie Welborn, MAS
Senior Program Officer II
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health