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Belle Taylor-McGhee
Executive Director

Belle has led many state and national initiatives to secure women’s autonomy in private medical decisions, while promoting public policies that address the reproductive healthcare needs of underserved communities. Additionally, Ms. Taylor-McGhee’s extensive background as a former broadcast journalist enhances the organization’s capacity to promote the issues and policies that guide the work of Pharmacy Access Partnership. She is the current president of the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom, a coalition of more than 40 organizations dedicated to ensuring that every woman has the community support and access to make informed personal decisions about her physical and sexual health. Belle also serves on the Board of Directors for EngenderHealth, an international not-for-profit organization that works to improve sexual and reproductive healthcare for women and men worldwide.

Prior to joining Pharmacy Access Partnership, Belle served as the executive director of the Department on the Status of Women for the City and County of San Francisco – appointed by former San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Before this appointment, Belle served as the executive director of CARAL, and the director of communications for NARAL Pro-Choice America in Washington, D.C. She is a former investigative television news reporter with more than a dozen years of broadcast news experience in Seattle, Tampa/St. Petersburg, and Alabama markets.

Belle is an experienced public speaker and published writer. Her work and insights have been profiled in countless newspapers and national publications throughout the U.S. She has been an invited lecturer on women’s reproductive health issues at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. Belle completed the 2004 “Women and Power: Leadership in a New World” executive program at Harvard University at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and broadcasting from the University of Alabama.

Sharon Cohen Landau, MPH
Associate Director

Sharon Cohen Landau is nationally recognized as an expert in implementing EC pharmacy access programs and provides states with technical support and assistance around pharmacy access issues. She developed and manages www.GO2EC.org, a website that tracks legislation and activity in each state and brings the advocacy and pharmacy community together to improve access to emergency contraception (EC) in pharmacies. She also oversees Pharmacy Access Partnership’s research and program evaluation efforts to better understand women’s and pharmacists’ interest, attitudes, and experiences in accessing hormonal contraception directly in pharmacies. In an effort to share knowledge of how pharmacies can improve community health, Sharon and Pharmacy Access Partnership staff authored one of the few papers about emerging pharmacy programs in family planning in the Fall 2003 edition of Harvard Health Policy Review. Sharon also works to cultivate relationships with schools of pharmacy to include training in contraceptive management in their training curricula and leads new program development, especially related to improving access to hormonal contraception.

Prior to her work with Pharmacy Access Partnership, Sharon worked with Kaiser Permanente in the Department of Strategic Planning and Consulting and served as a clinic manager for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. She earned a Masters in Public Health, Health Services Management and Policy from UCLA and has a degree in Women’s Studies from University of California, Santa Cruz. Sharon has an extensive background in women's issues and was a Fellow of the California Women’s Foundation, Women’s Policy Institute in 2004-2005 and Women’s Health Leadership program in 2000-2001. Sharon is currently based in Los Angeles.

Nicole Monastersky Maderas, MPH
Program Administrator
Training and Special Projects

Nicole manages the States Network of advocates nationally working towards advancing access to EC and other reproductive health supplies and services in pharmacies at the individual state-level. She coordinates pharmacy training programs, leads a program to enhance pharmacy services in the Latino community, and is creating a new initiative to promote pharmacy environments that are inviting to adolescents. She previously managed the clinical demonstration project on injectable contraception and the Re-Granting Program. Her prior work experience includes Mexfam, Mexico’s family planning association, where she worked at the local level on an evaluation of family planning services provided in clinics nationwide. Nicole received her Masters in Public Health from UCLA, and completed her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley. She was a Fellow of the California Women’s Foundation, Women’s Policy Institute in 2005-2006.

Judith Allen
Administration and Communications

Judith facilitates EC provider certification and protocol establishment for pharmacists and enrolls EC pharmacies on our popular consumer website (EC-Help.org) and hotline (1-888-Not-2-Late). In addition, Judith provides administrative liaison and executive support, as well as professional graphic design and editing. She has been a communication consultant, researcher and project administrator in online education, public health and healthcare organizations.

Jane Boggess, PhD
Founder and Former Director (1999 – 2004)

Jane Boggess, PhD, founded Pharmacy Access Partnership and served as its Executive Director until she passed away on January 17, 2004. As a result of efforts by Dr. Boggess and Pharmacy Access Partnership, California became the first state to specifically adopt legislation allowing pharmacists to initiate prescriptions for emergency contraception. She testified at the FDA hearing in December 2003 to consider making emergency contraception available over-the-counter, and was widely recognized as one of the country’s leading experts on the issue.