Our Staff and Board
Catholics for Choice employs a diverse team of thought-leaders, experts and advocates who manage our programs and drive our efforts.
Board of Directors
Erin Matson, Board Chair
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Erin Matson is co-founder, president, and CEO of Reproaction, a national organization leading bold action to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice. Erin
previously served as an executive officer of the National Organization for Women. She is a content expert on abortion and contraception for Our Bodies Ourselves. Her writings have appeared in a variety of publications. Erin received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, and an MFA in creative writing from Mississippi University for Women. Once, she debated Phyllis Schlafly.
Meghan Holden
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Meghan Holden is the director of communications and marketing for The Connecticut Project. She is a graduate of Wheaton College in Massachusetts and has worked in development, policy, and communications roles with organizations focused on civil rights and civil liberties, girls’ empowerment, feminist literature, reproductive freedom and justice, abolition, and financial support for people living with HIV
Jennifer Villavicencio, M.D., MPP
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Jennifer Villavicencio, M.D. is a Cuban American who was born in Miami, Florida. She is the daughter of an immigrant and a nurse. She received her bachelor’s in neuroscience from the University of Miami and her medical education at the University of Central Florida. She graduated from OB-GYN residency at Brown University and completed her Complex Family Planning Fellowship at the University of Michigan. She also received her Master’s in Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She is an expert in OB-GYN and complex family planning, health policy, and strategic communication of socially complex subjects. In addition to clinical caregiving, her passions include reproductive justice-informed health policy, structural equity, and anti-racism and effective messaging around abortion.
Jessica Avery, MPPA
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Jessica Avery has worked at the intersection of state policy, politics, and philanthropy for the past decade. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College, majoring in gender studies with a Nexus minor in law, public policy, and human rights. Jessica received her Master of Public Policy and Administration, focusing on nonprofit management, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Sonja Spoo
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Sonja Spoo is a communications maven, campaigns pro, and a jane-of-all-trades for political strategy, advocacy, and organizing. She has spearheaded campaigns and communications that have altered the political landscape and disrupted the status quo. Sonja’s work is grounded in her experiences of organizing at the intersections of race, faith, and gender within her community. As a full-spectrum doula, she is committed to practicing reproductive justice. You can find her playing with any dog she sees, drinking as much tea and coffee as possible, and getting into various adventures and hijinks in her free time.
Kimberly Vitolo
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Affiliations listed for identification purposes only.
Leadership
Christopher Wimbush he/him
Co-President, Executive Administration
Caitlin Borgmann she/her
Co-President, Programs and Development
Steph Hanson-Quintana she/her
Vice President of Organizing and Engagement
Taylor Tuckerman she/her
Vice President of Finance and Development
Finance and Development Division
Tina Cisarik Garza she/her
Senior Development and Organizational Initiatives Manager
Meagan Stuck she/her
Senior Finance and Shared Services Manager
Organizing and Engagement Division
Emily Harrison she/her
Senior Director of Digital Organizing and Engagement
Taylor Githens she/her
Senior Digital Organizing and Engagement Specialist
Aïsha Biyo she/her
Senior Digital Organizing and Engagement Specialist
Lauren Bailey she/her
Director of Organizing and Engagement, Policy and Campaigns & Campus and Workshops
Nicole Morino she/her
Senior Organizing and Engagement Specialist, Campus and Workshops
Maddy Niziolek she/they
Organizing and Engagement Specialist, Campus and Workshops
Nicole McCurdy she/her
Organizing and Engagement Specialist, Policy and Campaigns
Lilian Medina Romero she/ella
Latinx Outreach and Spanish Communications Consultant
Kate Hoeting, MTS she/her
Director of Education and Research
Mary Ann Montgomery she/her
Organizing and Engagement Associate, Education and Research
