Zobeida received her doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Florida and a MPH in maternal and child health from the Boston University School of Public Health. She has experience working with community health programs and coalitions addressing the health needs of the Latino population throughout the country. She developed the OBOS curriculum and training program for Latino immigrant women based on Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas, coordinated outreach efforts to recruit and train Latinas to serve as lay health advisors in their communities, and prepared the culturally adapted Spanish language translation of "Journey to Parenthood" by Maternity Center Association (now Childbirth Connection).

Wendy Brovold

Wendy joins the staff of OBOS from Minneapolis, MN where she worked for Pro-Choice Resources, a grassroots reproductive justice organization. She has extensive experience in community organizing, especially around issues of reproductive health and queer politics. Wendy is a co-founder of the Pride Collective and Community Center, which is the first and only queer specific space in the Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN area. She received a BA in Sociology and Women’s Studies from Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Ayesha Chatterjee

Ayesha joins the OBOS staff from New Delhi, India. Prior to joining OBOS, Ayesha worked as a counselor and trainer on sexuality and reproductive and sexual rights with TARSHI (Talking About Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues) and The Modicare Foundation. Her experience includes evolving communication protocols, defining documentation standards, and using client information to drive research for helpline services. She has also developed modules and facilitator support materials for trainers working on adolescent health and sexuality in rural and urban communities, and served as a consultant to Care International in Tajikistan on a pilot violence-against-women project. She holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology.

Christine Cupaiuolo

Christine has been writing and editing online since 2000, when she launched the magazine PopPolitics.com. In 2002, she created ms.musings, Ms. magazine's blog on media and culture, and later served as Ms.' online editor. She previously worked as a daily news reporter, and her writing has been recognized by the Vermont and New York press associations. She is a contributor to the 2005 edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves.

Pam McCarthy

Pam is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Masters of Science in Taxation from Bentley College. Pam is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant's, the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountant's, Beta Gamma Sigma, and Business Network International. Pam owns a public accounting practice that specializes in business consulting, accounting, and tax, individual tax, and not-for-profits. Pam has experience in public accounting for corporations, small business and not-for-profits for a variety of industries. Her knowledge in advisory services stems from her experience as Corporate Controller for publicly held biotech companies.

Judy Norsigian

A co-founder of the BWHBC and co-author of all editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Judy is a graduate of Radcliffe College and an internationally renowned speaker and writer on a wide range of women's health concerns. Her interests include national health care reform, tobacco and women, midwifery advocacy, reproductive health, genetic technologies, and contraceptive research. She has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including Oprah, Donahue, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. Longer bio for Judy. Photo.

Heather Stephenson

Heather worked as the OBOS program manager for Our Bodies Ourselves from 2003 to 2007. During this time she served as the managing editor of the 2005 edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, and as the editor of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. Heather is currently working as the publisher at the Appalachian Mountain Club, but she will continue to work as a consultant for OBOS, writing commentaries on women's health issues. Longer bio for Heather.

Anne Sweeney

Anne is the newest addition to the OBOS staff. She has 11 years experience working for a California based learning materials company. She used her skills to help source, design and test products to be used for early childhood education.

Rachel Walden

Rachel is a medical librarian, with a Masters of Library and Information Science, providing clinical evidence summaries to inform care at an academic medical center. She began writing the blog Women's Health News in 2005, covering policy, research, news, and online resources. Rachel has also written for and served on the editorial board of a medical librarianship journal, and previously worked in communications and tech support for a non-profit organization.

Sally Whelan

Sally established the organization's Women's Health Information Center, co-authored its Women and Health Thesaurus, and for six years coordinated the International Women and Health Documentation Center Project, which provided a computer and communications infrastructure for women's health information centers in Brazil, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, and the United States. Sally currently manages the Global Translation/Adaptation Program and has facilitated the publication of ten new editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves around the world. In 2004, Sally received Public Citizen's Public Interest Service Award, established to recognize "unsung heroes" in the public interest movement.

Kiki Zeldes

Kiki has worked for OBOS since 1997, when she brought the organization into the digital age by compiling Internet resources for the 1998 edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves and creating the organization's first website. Part of the editorial teams for Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause, and Our Bodies Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth, she also manages the OBOS website.

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