About Us
Leadership
As a peer-based organization, Access understands what lack of access to reproductive options and quality health care really means for women's lives. Our board, staff and interns include women with first-hand experience seeking birth control as low-income women without insurance; navigating the health care system as immigrants with limited English skills; raising children as single mothers; and having legal and illegal abortions. Access direct services and campaigns grow out of our collective experiences and are designed by and for women just like us.
Staff Members
Destiny Lopez, Executive Director
Destiny joined ACCESS in December 2006 and is responsible for management, fundraising, administration and strategic visioning for the organization. Previously, Destiny served as an account director at Fenton Communications, the largest public interest strategic communications firm in the country, vice president of programs at NARAL Pro-Choice New York and as a policy advocacy consultant to reproductive justice organizations. Destiny currently sits on the boards of both the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and California Latinas for Reproductive Justice. She received a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and an M.P.A. from New York University.Guadalupe M. Rodriguez, Program Manager
Lupe joined Access in July 2006 after spending time abroad working for Salud Integral Para la Mujer, an organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's sexual and reproductive rights in Mexico. Lupe received her Bachelor's degree in biology from Harvard University where, while not studying, she worked with various community and nonprofit organizations advocating for social resources for disadvantaged families, promoting equal access to health care, and mentoring children with special needs.Desireé Beltrán, Program and Administrative Associate
Desireé joined ACCESS in October 2007 after completing an internship with Centro Las Libres, a grassroots reproductive rights organization based in Guanajuato, Mexico. In 2006, Desireé received her B.A. in International and Intercultural Studies-Latin America from Pitzer College, where she concentrated her volunteer efforts around immigrant rights, addressing gender violence and the student peace movement.
Board Of Directors
Zoe Harte, Chair
Zoe serves as the chief of staff for Global Customer Care at Yahoo! Inc. She has her MA in Feminist Philosophy and has worked as a clinic escort in Indianapolis; a hotline counselor for battered and substance-abusing women; and, a sexual assault survivor's advocate.Reichi Lee, Secretary
Reichi is a licensed attorney in California. Her practice is focused primarily on civil litigation, with an emphasis on labor and employment and construction defect cases. Currently, she is Of Counsel at Meyers Nave in their San Francisco office and a Teaching Fellow at Golden Gate University School of Law. Reichi is also a Board member of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area.Sepi Aghdaee
Sepi is a community organizer at the Children's Council of San Francisco. Prior to her child care policy advocacy work, she served as a health educator at a high school-based health center. Sepi was a hotline intern at ACCESS for over a year while completing her B.A. at UC Berkeley.Shailushi Baxi Ritchie
Shailushi is founder and lead consultant of Nonprofit Writing Solutions, a firm dedicated to meeting the written communications needs of public benefit agencies. She has more than a decade of experience on women.s issues including domestic violence, reproductive health, and other health and human service issues.Katiti Crawford
Katiti is the major and planned giving officer at Planned Parenthood Golden Gate. She has been a professional fundraiser for seven years. Prior to embarking on her career in fund development, Katiti was in media advertising sales for New York City-based magazines such as Saveur and InformationWeek. Along with her deep commitment to racial and social justice, women and girls empowerment, and reproductive rights, she brings fundraising, events management, and strategic planning expertise to ACCESS. Katiti studied English Literature at Vassar College and has served as an abortion recovery room, media relations, domestic violence and adult literacy volunteer.Rivka Gordon, PA-C, MHS
Rivka is a Physician Assistant with a clinical specialty in women's health and adolescent medicine. Rivka is currently and independent consultant in women's health and the director of the Association of Reproductive Health Professional Values Project and was previously the United States Program Director for Ipas, a global reproductive health and rights organization. She has recently moved to the Bay Area from North Carolina where she was board chair of Planned Parenthood of Central North Carollina.Jerrie Meadows
Now "retired", Jerrie worked in trade unions most of her life, as well as various civil rights and anti-war organizations. Jerrie also served on the Board of CARAL for more than 20 years. She continues to volunteer in political campaigns and on the board of the National Women's Political Caucus, Alameda-North.
Interns & Volunteers
2007-2008 Interns/Fellows: Lisa Banh, Silvia Estrada Murillo, Sophia Song, Pamela Stephens, Lauren Vose