Melanie Zurek has spent more than a decade working on issues of reproductive health and serves as the Executive Director of the Abortion Access Project, a national resource for innovative approaches to improving access.  An educator and writer by training, Melanie's career began teaching autobiographical writing workshops in New York City battered and homeless women's shelters and has included work with government agencies, Native American tribes, and adjudicated minors. She has consulted on numerous health communications, curriculum development and professional training projects and served on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund. She received her B.A. from the New School for Social Research in New York and her Masters in Education from Harvard University.

Courtney B. Jackson, Director of Research and Evaluation at the Abortion Access Project, is a sociologist with expertise in reproductive health, health professions, and evaluation research. Between 2006 and 2008 she was awarded the Charlotte Ellertson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Abortion and Reproductive Health at Ibis Reproductive Health in Cambridge, MA where she conducted research on abortion training in ob/gyn residency programs and the provision of abortion care by APCs.  Courtney also serves as Visiting Adjunct Faculty in the Women's Health Program at Suffolk University. She received her PhD in sociology and a graduate certificate in women's studies from Rutgers University and a Bachelor's degree from Colorado College.