Board of Directors
Meet the Guttmacher Institute’s Board of Directors. To learn more about each member, please click their name to read their bio.
Erin Armstrong, Member-at-Large – Executive Committee
Gail O. Baity, Secretary – Executive Committee
Ernestina Coast, Immediate Past-Chair - Executive Committee
Lida Coleman
Alex Ezeh
Susan Frelich Appleton
Caroline Greene
Benjamin Kahrl
Michael Klein, Vice-Chair - Executive Committee
Pamela Merritt, Board Chair – Executive Committee
Mugdha Mokashi
Melissa Murray
Laura Philips, Treasurer – Executive Committee
Jessica Pinckney Gil, Member-at-Large – Executive Committee
Laura Rosenbury
Fajer Saeed Ebrahim
Nozer Sheriar
Barbara Singhaus, Member-at-Large – Executive Committee
Allana Welch
Charles F. Westhoff, Emeritus
Herminia Palacio, President and CEO (Ex-officio: non-voting member)









Prior to joining Itad, Mr. Klein served as director for IMC Worldwide’s US office, where he helped found the organization’s Digital and Data Governance practice, and as a partner at International Solutions Group.
He joined Itad in 2021, as US Director. In addition, he serves as an Executive Board Member and Treasurer of the Guttmacher Institute, is a member of SID-Washington, ALNAP, and is a regular guest lecturer at American University.
Specific Areas of Expertise: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Direct Service Provision, Intimate Partner Violence
Geographical Focus: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean











