Ann M. Starrs, Executive Vice President, Family Care International

Ann is responsible for overall program development, strategic planning, and administration at FCI.  FCI's mission is to improve women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in developing countries, with a special emphasis on making pregnancy and childbirth safer.  Ann has been part of FCI since its founding in 1986, helping to establish the organization and launching its in-country activities in Eastern and Southern Africa while based in Uganda.  From 1992-1996 she directed FCI's Africa program, before stepping into the role of vice president. As vice president, she was integrally involved in FCI's work as the secretariat for the Safe Motherhood Inter-Agency Group, a role the organization fulfilled from 1987 to 2004.  She currently serves as co-chair of the Steering Committee of the global Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.