About The Training Center

Meet the Staff

Katie Quimby, MPH

Training Center Director

Katie has served as the Director of the New York State Family Planning Training Center since its inception in 2018. She has been developing and delivering training and technical assistance (TA) for family planning providers for over ten years. She is passionate about leveraging training and TA to translate new research into on-the-ground practice, with the end goal of ensuring everyone has access to the reproductive health services they need. She currently also serves as the Deputy Director of the federally-funded Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC), which supports the national Title X and Teen Pregnancy Prevention program networks.

Caitlin Hungate, MDP

Training and TA Advisor

Caitlin Hungate, MDP,  has twelve years of domestic and international experience providing training and technical assistance (TTA). She has worked on a variety of TTA projects that focus on sexual and reproductive health, family planning, and reproductive justice and integrates principles of adult learning theory and using evidence-based approaches. In addition to her work for the New York State Family Planning Training Center, Ms. Hungate has also served as a TTA provider on three subsequent national training center projects from 2012-present to support Title X family planning providers through TTA on topics related to financial management, billing and coding, cost analysis, integrating with primary care, integrating substance use screening in reproductive health visits, integrating telemedicine, and applying a health equity lens to sexual and reproductive health services.

Chanel Richmond, MPH

Training and TA Advisor

Chanel Richmond, MPH, has over 5 years of public health experience in direct services, facilitation, training and technical assistance (T/TA), and conducting qualitative health research. She has worked on projects related to reproductive services, women’s health, infant mortality, chronic disease, HIV, and more. Ms. Richmond currently provides technical assistance for the New York State Family Planning Training Center. In this role, she co-leads TTA services including the Patient Experience learning collaborative, the Trauma-informed, resilience oriented learning collaborative, and family planning related webinars. Overall, Ms. Richmond has a passion for creating a more equitable world and addressing health inequities created by racism.

Daphne Mazuz, MPH

Training and TA Advisor

Daphne Mazuz, MPH has 15 years of experience in public health, non-profit management, and communications. Along with her work on the New York State Family Planning Training Center she provides TTA for the Massachusetts Sexual and Reproductive Health Training Center. In her last role, Ms. Mazuz provided training and technical assistance to healthcare providers and systems, primarily in the OB/GYN space, on implementing and sustaining patient-centered group care. Her past experience also includes community health needs assessments for public housing residents and people living with HIV, supporting a federally-funded Healthy Start site in its efforts to reduce racial disparities in birth outcomes, and contributing to large-scale maternal and child health research. In addition, Ms. Mazuz has spent over a decade with direct service and grassroots leadership in the abortion funds movement.

Allison Finkenbinder

Training and TA Advisor

Allison Finkenbinder, MSN, WHNP-BC has worked in the areas of sexual and reproductive health since 2009, and as a clinician since 2004, with a focus on STI and HIV prevention, family planning, and contraceptive care. As a clinical trainer, Allison has provided training and technical assistance to clinical providers and health care organizations focused on improving and expanding STI/HIV prevention services including PrEP and nPEP, DoxyPEP, syphilis screening and management; prevention of congenital syphilis; and promoting health and racial equity through anti-racist clinical care.

Adjoa Sankofia Tetteh

Training and TA Advisor

For 20 years, Adjoa Sankofia Tetteh has worked at the intersection of education, capacity building, advocacy, and research within the field of sexual/reproductive health, rights, and justice. Adjoa is passionate about helping agencies provide the best quality of care they can, and creating a world where healthcare professionals and care systems are guided by principles of humility, self-determination, and a re-envisioning of power that places the people they serve rightfully at the center. As part of the NYS Family Planning Training Center, she provides training and technical assistance to agencies participating in the FP program, and co-leads Strengthening the Family Planning Program (SFPP), a community of practice for program leaders within the network. In addition to supporting the NYSFPTC, she also serves as a Grantee Liaison and Training and Technical Assistance provider to the national Title X network as part of the Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC). Prior to joining JSI, she has held roles as a senior trainer, project director, and technical assistance specialist where she led a portfolio of work supporting healthcare and social service professionals to integrate and embody principles of reproductive equity and justice in their work with patients, within their institutions and in engaging communities.

Becky Milner

Analyst

Becky Milner is an Analyst in JSI’s Boston Office. As a member of the New York State Family Planning Training Center, she assists with communication between providers and the team, research and data analysis, training facilitation and project coordination and administration. She is passionate about maternal health equity and care access as well as the reduction of sexual and reproductive health stigmas. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring all that New England has to offer and running along the Charles.

Cara Poblete

Program Coordinator

Cara Poblete is a Program Coordinator in JSI’s Boston office. She graduated with a degree in Public Health from George Washington University in DC, where she developed a strong passion for community and global health, sexual and reproductive health, and mental health. Prior to joining JSI, Cara served as a Program Assistant for GWU’s Urban Health Program. In this role, she designed and managed initiatives aimed at implementing public health interventions and creating promotional materials for local DC communities and organizations. At JSI, Cara leverages her experience to assist with program coordination for the New York State Family Planning Training Center, furthering her commitment to impactful public health work.