Our Team

Kai is a career women’s health provider with extensive experience in maternal, child, and reproductive health policy, programs and clinical operations. In 2018, Kai founded Juno4Me— an inclusive, user-friendly digital platform that connects patients with trusted, highly skilled contraceptive care providers. Kai is a Certified Nurse Midwife with Northwestern Medicine’s Prentice Women’s Hospital and served as the Deputy Commissioner/ Chief Program Officer for the Chicago Department of Public Health overseeing the Maternal, Infant, Child and Adolescent Health Bureau and STI/HIV Bureau. Prior, she was the VP of Clinical Operations and Associate Medical Director for Planned Parenthood of Illinois. Under Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, Kai served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Director at the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services where she co-created the Illinois Family Planning Action Plan—a multi-pronged approach to increasing contraceptive access via payment reform. Kai participates in multiple perinatal health committees, is currently an active voting member for the Illinois Medicaid Advisory Council and is a board member with Health and Medicine Policy Research Group. Kai received her Master of Science and Nursing Doctorate from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and her Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. ​

Katie is a tireless champion for women’s health. As the CEO of Bright Pink, she led the organization’s strategic growth and programmatic initiatives. As the VP of Development Planned Parenthood of Illinois, she tripled annual philanthropic revenue, and as the Executive Director of the Chinook Fund, she worked to support grassroots social and economic justice organizations. Katie has also held leadership roles at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Rape Assistance and Awareness Program and Clean Water Action. Katie is an experienced public speaker and media spokesperson on the topic of women’s health and her remarks have been featured in such outlets as the 2018 Women’s March Chicago, USOW Galvanize, ABC7, CBSN, WBEZ, WCIU, tastytrade, and SPIT Podcast. Katie earned her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.​

As State Policy Director, Abbi leads state teams in advancing advance and implementing innovative policies that expand contraceptive care quality and access. She brings a decade of nonprofit experience spanning legal aid, community services, and policy advocacy. Most recently, she worked on voter protection for the Harris-Walz campaign. Prior to joining ICAN!, Abbi served as a supervising attorney at MetroWest Legal Services, specializing in intimate partner violence and family law. She has worked in non-profit organizations for ten years in a range of disciplines including community services and legal aid. She received her Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and her Juris Doctorate from New England Law | Boston. 

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As Program Director, Jordan oversees training and technical assistance for thousands of community health and social service providers working with people of reproductive age. Prior to joining ICAN!, Jordan worked with the Illinois Department of Public Health to expand vaccination access for hard-to-reach populations. She previously worked with the United Nations Foundation’s Family Planning 2020 initiative where she coordinated stakeholders across government, civil society, and philanthropy to advance national family planning goals in 13 countries. Jordan served with the United States Peace Corps on community health and HIV prevention programs in Senegal and South Africa. She was selected as a 2024-2025 Obama Foundation USA Leader. Jordan received her Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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As Policy Analyst, Kira researches and analyzes state and federal reproductive health and Medicaid policy and develops policy recommendations and technical assistance resources to support state policymakers. She joined ICAN! in 2024 as a Reproductive Justice Legal and Policy Fellow with If/When/How. Prior to this, she worked in Illinois doing client-centered advocacy with survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence and engaged in writing and research focused on identifying reproductive justice responses to healthcare disparities and ending gender-based discrimination and violence. She received her Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. in Public Policy and Law from Trinity College-Connecticut. 

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Meg develops and communicates ICAN!’s strategy and impact and cultivates, solicits, and stewards funder relationships. She began her career at NARAL Pro-Choice America where she worked to develop and monitor state reproductive health policy. Since then, she has held leadership positions with Bright Pink and with Planned Parenthood of Illinois. Meg has also worked as a philanthropic advisor to high net-worth families helping to develop and execute multi-issue grantmaking strategies. She was part of the inaugural cohort of the Social Impact Scholars mini-MBA program at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business. She received her master’s degree in social service administration from the University of Chicago School and her BA in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan. 

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Sameen oversees ICAN!’s program evaluation and digital development work. She began her career at the Guttmacher Institute in New York City, where she worked on national abortion access studies and the provider census. Since then, she has worked in sexual and reproductive health research at the Contraceptive Choice Center at Washington University in St. Louis, and on studies related to prenatal health and reducing disparities in birth outcomes at the University of Chicago. She serves on the Advisory Council for the South Side Healthy Community Organization (SSHCO). Sameen received her Master of Public Health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and a B.S in Biology from Cornell University.

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Skylar supports ICAN!’s digital marketing, development, and communications efforts, oversees ICAN!’s volunteer Community Action Team, and supports partnership development and community outreach work. Prior to working with ICAN!, Skylar was a part-time Abortion Out Loud project organizer with Advocates for Youth and worked as an assistant researcher at Loyola University Chicago with a focus on abortion attitudes and maternal health care. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Loyola University, Chicago. 

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As Program Manager, Vanessa develops technical assistance and training resources for community health centers, supports continuous quality improvement through data capture and analysis, and leads patient communications through ICAN!’s Live Chat interface. Before joining ICAN!, Vanessa served as the Title X Family Planning Program Coordinator at Tapestry 360 Health where she worked to increase access to affordable family planning services through community outreach and workflow improvements to enhance coverage enrollment. Vanessa received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and her B.S in Exercise Science from Grand Valley State University. 

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Hannah is supporting the team with projects related to health center quality metrics, data analysis, and website content development. 

Hannah is a graduate student at DePaul University College of Science and Health. She is passionate about the intersection of reproductive healthcare, maternal and child health, policy, and science. She holds a B.A. in Biology from North Park University. 

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