Who makes inroads?

Katie Gillum

inroads Executive Director

Katie Gillum sets the vision and agenda for this vibrant global network. She relies and focuses on the needs and expertise of network members and the Steering Committee to ensure the network vision and agenda is relevant to members and practically useful for ending the stigma and discrimination associated with abortion. When planning activities and processes, Katie works with the team to remain grounded in the purpose of this network and making sure our processes are aligned with the network values. She is responsible for strategic program management and providing key oversight and design strategy for inroads systems, programs, processes and tools. Katie leads inroads external partnerships, including donor relationships and inroads’ presence at conferences and events, and authors opinions and editorials for publications. Katie sits on the inroads Steering Committee as a non-voting member and also supervises the inroads Communications Strategy and the two lovely inroads Program and Communications Specialists.

She came to the role after serving as Campaign Co-Convenor for the Abortion Rights Campaign in Ireland. Katie ran research and strategy at Mule Design Studio; was Managing Director of Disposable Film Festival; and has led media and arts engagement initiatives producing advocacy films and content including an award-winning film addressing abortion stigma.

Kati LeToureau

inroads Research and Operations Director

Kati LeTourneau manages the day-to-day operations of inroads, including membership, the inroads Collaboration Workspace and listerv, travel support and technical assistance processes, and the various budget and grant management processes inside of inroads’ host organization, Ipas. She also manages the inroads Partnership Fund, and gets great joy from supporting members around the world to try innovative stigma-busting projects. Kati is responsible for the research and evaluation components of inroads, which includes both evaluating the impact of the different network activities (have you ever completed a survey after a gathering or a webinar? She synthesizes these responses and uses your input to plan for future activities), and sifting through the research about what works to reduce stigma as it emerges. Kati also coordinates the inroads Global Steering Committee, and sits on the Network Impact Working Group of the Steering Committee.

Prior to inroads, Kati provided training and technical assistance to abortion-providing clinics for Planned Parenthood when medical abortion was being rolled out across the United States. She has also worked on evaluation and training for research and program delivery on adolescent and reproductive health.

Aditi Pinto

Aditi is one half of the inroads Program and Communications duo. She is energetic and committed about written and oral storytelling, agricultural and environmental histories, social justice and feminist movements, traditional knowledge sharing especially arts & music exchange. She grew up in Mumbai, India, but in the last decade has spent several years living in North & South America and currently lives in rural India. She has experience working with La Via Campesina rural social movement and Jagori-Grameen feminist organization. For any communication in Spanish, Hindi, basic isiXhosa and any language with similar roots to those mentioned, feel free to reach out to Aditi.

Paige Fulton

Paige is the other half of the Program and Communications duo at inroads. Originally from the southern United States, she has been a collective member, fundraiser, and facilitator for the Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project, Virginia's only full-spectrum abortion fund that supports leadership of color. Paige approaches busting abortion stigma from a reproductive justice framework, valuing interSectionality, racial justice, grassroots organizing, creativity, self-determination, and reproductive health for all genders. Reach out to Paige if you want to talk about your art, your dreams of collective liberation, and your strategies for ending abortion stigma in your community. She is currently based in Mexico City and is happy to interact in Spanish and English.

Sheila Odongo

Sheila is the Member Support Specialist at inroads. She is very passionate about sexual reproductive health and rights and particularly about universal access to safe abortion. She has over the past 6 years at Marie Stopes Kenya, worked with health care providers from all cadres in urban and rural populations of Kenya to increase access to abortion pills. She is a trained PSW (Provider Share Workshop), VCAT (Value Clarification and Attitude Transformation and PBCC (Provider Behavior Change and Communication) facilitator. She has taken lead in organizing, planning, implementing and facilitating PSWs, health care provider trainings and both national and regional product launches across Kenya. She has also supported people from different parts of the world at safe2choose as an online abortion counselor, offering information before, during and after the abortion, using client relationship management software and a live chat tool. She lives in Kenya and communicates in English, Swahili, Luo and basic French.