| The majority (61%) of U.S. women who have abortions are already mothers, more than half of whom have two or more children. |
|  | | | The Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health (WAWH) serves to unite, coordinate and amplify the voices of Wisconsin's women's health supporters to protect and enhance access to comprehensive health care and information. Our allies, supporters and leaders include Wisconsin organizations and their representatives who are dedicated to raising the status of Wisconsin women's health. |
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| Board of Directors | | Araceli Alonso - President
Adrian Adekola - Secretary/Treasurer
Dalvery Blackwell
Karin Clark
Alie Eykholt
Kate Masley
Shira Rosenthal-Phelps
Nicole Safar
Norma Jean Simon
Matea Varvodic
Lauren Weeth-Feinstein
Venice Williams
Barbara Zabawa |
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Staff |  Sara Finger, Executive Director
Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
P.O. Box 1726
Madison, WI 53701-1726
608.251.0139 local
866.399.WAWH toll free
608.256.3004 fax
Since June of 2004, Sara has been leading the effort to develop a new organizational coalition to unite, coordinate and amplify the voices of women's health supporters in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health is dedicated to advancing comprehensive women’s health in Wisconsin by engaging, educating, empowering and mobilizing individuals and organizations. Prior to assuming this role, Sara was the Northeast Director of Membership and Professional Relations for the Wisconsin Medical Society. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. She was a 2009 Mid-America Public Health Leadership Institute Fellow and currently serves as a Steering Commttee member of the Wisconsin Covering Kids & Families and board member of the Wellness Center for Door County. In 2010, Sara received a Champion of Women's Health Award from the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation. In 2011, she was recognized by the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault with a Voices of Courage Award. |
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 Amy Olejniczak, MS, MPH, Project Director
Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
P.O. Box 1726
Madison, WI 53701-1726
608.251.0139 local
866.399.WAWH toll free
As a public health professional and women’s health advocate, Olejniczak dedicates the majority of her time to ensuring that women in Wisconsin are able to reach their highest health potential. Olejniczak earned a masters degree in Family and Consumer Communication in 2005 and a Masters of Public Health degree in May of 2010 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked for a number of years inside the health care industry at Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin where she was intimately involved in health communication and health promotion efforts. Olejniczak also partnered independently with a number of non-profit and scientific research organizations to enhance their outreach before shifting her dedication solely to the efforts of the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health where she acts as Project Director. Olejniczak is currently owner of Third Culture Design, Inc.; a key collaborator for the Wisconsin Relationship Education Project (WiRE); Co-Chair of the Maternal & Child Health Section of the Wisconsin Public Health Association and a member of the Low-Income EC Access Steering Committee.
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 Emma Hynes, MPH, MPA, Public Health Fellow
Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
P.O. Box 1726
Madison, WI 53701-1726
608.251.0139 local
866.399.WAWH toll free
608.256.3004 fax
As a public health professional and health policy advocate, Emma works to improve the health of women and families across Wisconsin by way of her work at the Department of Public Health (DPH) in the Maternal and Child Health Division and through her work at the WI Alliance for Women's Health (WAWH). Emma's dual roles at these organizations allows her to play a unique role in the health policy process. Currently, Emma is working with DPH and WAWH on the Wisconsin Healthiest Women Initiative that will develop a life course perspective program to improve women's health. In May of 2010, Emma completed both a Masters in Public Health (School of Medicine and Public Health) and a Masters in Public Affairs (La Follette School of Public Affairs) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Emma's public health and community work includes serving as a patient advocate at the Center for Patient Partnerships (UW-Madison), working with the Dept of Health Services and University of Wisconsin staff to evaluate the efficacy of Wisconsin's low-income family health care policy (BadgerCare Plus), and analyzing the potential health benefits from increasing beer taxes. In addition to her role as a public health professional, Emma strives to improve the health of Wisconsinites as a community yoga teacher. |
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 Sara Eskrich, Health Care Reform Project Coordinator
Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
P.O. Box 1726
Madison, WI 53701-1726
608.251.0139 local
866.399.WAWH toll free
Formerly an intern at the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health, Sara Eskrich returned to work one quarter of the week for the Alliance in January 2010. Her focus is on meaningful implementation of the Affordable Care Act (national health care reform) for women and families in Wisconsin, which includes the Raising Women’s Voices Campaign. She works the rest of the week as a Health Care Policy Analyst for the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (www.wccf.org). Before returning to Wisconsin, Sara was the Policy Director for the Boston City Council President. Prior to that position, her interest in health care reform took shape as she followed health reform developments around the country. She spent time working for the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Office of Youth Ministries in Boston while MA health reform was passed, and in Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin’s DC Office the summer before passage national health care reform. She has a degree in Political Science and Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. While at UW Madison, she organized Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom, the youth voice of the WI Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. |
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| Interns | | Thanks to the following individuals for volunteering their time and talents to the development and work of WAWH!
Stephanie Arneson, Sara Arnsdorf, Emma Barnes, Rebecca Bleil, Michele Coleman, Hannah Cutts, Krista Czerwinski, Lyndsey Drake, Sara Eskrich, Rachel Fassbender, Hayley Maloof Gallaher, Stephanie Goerl, Emily Gordon, Laura Grogan, Heidi Katchkey, Tamara Kozyckyj, Lacy Langbecker, Cole Leiter, Kelsey Lensmire, Kristin Lewis, Maggie Lyons, Azin Moghadam, Mike Noto, Amy Olejniczak, Emily O'Malley Laursen, Rachel Maslansky, Mike Noto, Jenn Ryan O'Melia, Kristine Omen, Amanda Parrish, Rebecca Pfender, Katie Remmington, Kate Reynolds-Gooch, Brooke Saias, Vibha Sanghvi, Anna Schettle, Sherri Schroeder, Lara Shoemaker, Norma-Jean Simon, Rachel Vallens, Robyn Vinje, Abbe Walsh |
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| Development Team | | Luann Bird
Jacquie Boggess
Bryan Brooks
Wendy Cooper
Darcy Haber
Janet Kusch
Kathleen Vinehout
Abby Watermolen
Trish Welte
A special thanks goes out to the Development Team, our original Steering Committee and all individuals who participated in our valuable Listening Sessions. |
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