Gates Institute Leadership

Claire Silberg leads the development and implementation of global PMA data management and data monitoring systems. She also supports capacity building strengthening efforts across ...More

Born and raised in Baltimore, I started my career at JHU as an office clerk in the SOM HSE in 2015. There, I built my foundation and took advantage of the multitude of development ...More

Ashley Njagi, Senior Administrative Coordinator for the Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health. I provide administrative support to the Anchor Grant team and financ...More

Jordan Freeman, MPH, is a Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. A...More

Jessica Mirano is a Master of Public Health graduate from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she earned certificates in biostatistics and epidemiology, and i...More

Dr. Ian Salas is an applied microeconomist whose work in research and practice lies at the...More

Laura O’Donnell currently serves as Program Officer for The Challenge Initiative where she provides both programmatic and administrative support for activities including program...More

Bethany has worked in the financial industry for over 10 years. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Colorado Technical University. Her prior work experience...More

Kim Martin is an accomplished writer/editor and public affairs specialist with 20+ years’ experience at Johns Hopkins. She is also a digital content strategist and has led the de...More

Dr. Dana Sarnak studies the intersection of sexual and reproductive health and demography, particularly their intersection around fertility. Specifically, she studies how fertility...More

Wutyi provides technical support and oversees public release of data across all program countries. Prior to joining PMA, Wutyi was a
Research Associate of the Department of Medici...More

Dr. Aisha Siewe provides oversight to the array of data collection, management, analysis, and release activities for PMA and related projects. She oversees PMA technical capacity-b...More

Suzanne Bell, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health,...More

Salma serves as the Anglophone Program Officer, working directly with and offering technical support to PMA's in country partners throughout survey operations.

At PMA, Audrey supports the data processing systems and ensures the data is readily available. Audrey's role encompasses organizing and preparing data for public use, maintaining a...More

Ms. Shana Kagan is the Capacity Strengthening Program Officer at PMA and is responsible for coordinating and leading the Technical Knowledge Exchange (TKX) initiative. She received...More

Jose “Oying” G. Rimon II is the Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...More

Meagan has been working at PMA since 2018 and currently leads the project's survey operations team. She received a Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public H...More

Selam leads the planning and implementation of the PMA Ethiopia project. In her role she oversees several aspects of the project’s work including, development of survey and train...More

Passionate about global health, women's reproductive health issues in particular.

Kurt Dreger has worked at Johns Hopkins for 22 years as a computer programmer and data analyst for research projects.

I am a health economist focused on understanding demographic processes and their effect on economic development. I am particularly interested in the influence of women’s sexual a...More

Kellie Welborn joined the Gates Institute in February of 2017. She honed her event planning, marketing and media production skills at two of the world’s top media brands, Walt D...More

Darby is a dedicated Program Specialist and communications strategist with a passion for advancing global health and empowering communities. Driven by the belief that access to qua...More

Christina Cherel is a Senior Technical Advisor at Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wher...More

Anastasia Pierron has been with the Gates Institute since September 2018. As the senior event planner, she provides logistics planning and management for meetings & events, inc...More

As a Program & Communications Specialist at Gates Institute, Molly oversees an array of written and visual communication needs. Principally among her roles, she produces video ...More

Lindsey Capps is finance professional with over eight years of experience in higher education. As a Certified Research Administrator, she is knowledgeable in both pre-award and pos...More

Dr. Elizabeth Gummerson provides technical and operational leadership for the PMA project. Prior to joining PMA, she designed and implemented household surveys in Africa for over a...More

Kojo Lokko brings an ideal combination of skills and experience with over twenty years of work in family planning, expertise in scaling up programs especially in reproductive heal...More

Dr. Philip Anglewicz is the Principal Investigator of the Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) Project. In this capacity, he provides overall strategic direction to PMA as well ...More

Beth Fredrick is a lifelong advocate and an effective leader, administrator, and communicator. For over three decades she has worked to ensure that no one is left behind in attaini...More