Caitlin Arlinghaus, BA - Associate Program Officer Arlinghaus provides support to develop, approve, administer, and monitor subagreements and technical assistance at the global and country-level activities of the YouthNet program.
Joy Noel Baumgartner, PhD, MSW - Senior Research Associate Dr. Baumgartner conducts research related to HIV and pregnancy prevention among youth and improving quality and access to reproductive health services; her research interests include prevention of gender-based violence and access to mental health services.
Holly McClain Burke, MPH - Senior Research Analyst McClain Burke has experience working on research studies and evaluations that investigate the relationship between mass media and adolescent sexual health.
William Finger, MSW - Knowledge Management Team Coordinator
Finger has worked as a journalist for 25 years, focusing since 1989 on reproductive health and HIV, including adolescents, men, and information dissemination projects.
Cynthia Waszak Geary, PhD - Senior Scientist and YouthNet Research Coordinator
Dr. Waszak Geary is a social psychologist whose recent research has focused on evaluation of youth reproductive health programs and services and whose research interests also include youth and the media, the relationship between self-concept and reproductive and sexual health behavior and gender norms and reproductive and sexual health.
Garrett Hubbard, MPH - Associate Program Officer Hubbard provides programmatic support to field projects and staff. His past experiences include working as a HIV/AIDS Advisor in Southern Africa and as a public health educator in Brazil.
Barbara Janowitz, PhD - Director of Health Services Research
Dr. Janowitz, a widely published researcher, has over 25 years of experience at FHI in programmatic research design and analysis and in economics.
JoAnn Lewis, MPH - Senior Vice President, Reproductive Health
Lewis provides corporate oversight to this project linking FHI's Reproductive Health and AIDS Prevention and Care Departments. Lewis has more than 38 years of experience working in international and domestic health and family planning programs as an educator, researcher, and manager.
Hally Mahler, MHS, MA - Associate Director, Behavior Change Communication and Youth Participation Team
Mahler brings innovation in designing, implementing, and managing behavior change communication (BCC) programs with and for youth in both reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention.
Maxwell O. Marx, MALA, HRCS - Youth Involvement Associate
Marx has experience working with international organizations on youth participation and empowerment from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Julia Masterson, MA - Country Support Coordinator
Masterson brings over nine years of experience in the design and oversight of international development programs for women and youth that focus on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention.
Donna R. McCarraher, PhD, MPH - Senior Research Associate
Dr. McCarraher has worked on programmatic evaluation in various reproductive health settings and research on violence against women and its impact on various reproductive health indicators, including contraceptive use and discontinuation, covert method use, and unintended pregnancy.
Tonya Nyagiro, MA, MSc, DrPH - Director
Dr. Nyagiro is the project director of YouthNet and oversees the technical, administrative, and programmatic aspects of the project. She has over fifteen years global and field-based program experience in international reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and youth.
Al Nimocks, MA - Senior Administrative Officer/Global Leadership Coordinator
Nimocks brings over ten years experience highlighting the work of international public health programs through events, exhibits, and publications.
Maryanne Pribila, MPH - Program Officer
Pribila supports YouthNet country programs and technical staff. Her past experience includes working as a community health educator in Cameroon and a research intern on a social marketing program.
Heidi W. Reynolds, PhD, MPH - Senior Research Associate
Dr. Reynolds focuses on research and program evaluation related to adolescents, maternal health, contraceptive and HIV services, and integrated service delivery.
Claudia Daileader Ruland, MA - Writer
Ruland writes frequently about international public health issues including HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and mental health.
Edward A. Scholl, MPH - Deputy Director
Scholl has worked in the international health and population field for more than 20 years, most recently as a health and population advisor in Guatemala.
Jane Schueller, MA - Gender Specialist
Schueller brings 12 years of experience in the field of gender and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and violence prevention; she is coauthor of a manual on integrating gender into reproductive health programs and is actively involved in USAID's Interagency Gender Working Group.
Gary Svenson, PhD, MS, MSW - Senior Research Associate
Dr. Svenson has worked on the development and implementation of youth health programs for 17 years, including the 15-country European Joint Action Plan on Youth AIDS Peer Education (Europeer). He brings both a social science and public health background to research focusing on condom use, community mobilization, and youth peer education.
Sharifah Tahir, MSc - Policy Advisor
Tahir, seconded by RTI, brings 15 years of international experience in strategic planning, policy, advocacy, and program management in various areas including reproductive health, particularly adolescent reproductive health.
Shyam Thapa, PhD - Senior Scientist
Dr. Thapa specializes in research, monitoring and evaluation of primarily reproductive health programs.
Sarah Thomsen, PhD, MPH, MA - Senior Research Associate
Dr. Thomsen focuses on research and program evaluation related to adolescents and VCT, and to barrier methods, service delivery, and peer education amongst high-risk groups.
Matthew Tiedeman, MA - Country Director/Tanzania
Tiedemann has over 15 years experience in international development, including youth reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, research utilization, NGO development, democratic governance, and program management.
Mercedes Torres, MA - Dissemination and Use Officer Torres focuses on the strategic dissemination and use of YouthNet's materials, publications, and global technical leadership. She works with technical, country, and research staff to develop and implement dissemination plans for the major YouthNet global tools.
Marija Vasileva-Blazev, BS - Program Assistant Vasileva-Blazev supports Behavior Change Communication and Youth Participation Team activities related to gender and youth, youth peer education programs, and youth participation. She brings six years of experience in youth reproductive health and HIV/AIDS; she worked as a program coordinator in a local NGO in Macedonia as well as a Master Peer Trainer and Focal Point for Y-PEER Macedonia.
Usha Vatsia, MPIA – Community Involvement Advisor Vatsia, seconded by CARE-USA, brings over 16 years of international development experience, including youth sexual and reproductive health, HIV prevention, youth participation in governance and development, community involvement, NGO capacity development, and field experience in Africa and Asia.
Haguerenesh Woldeyohannes, MPH Woldeyohannes works on youth reproductive health policy related activities, which include advocacy, documentation of effective policy implementation, research, and technical support of programs.
