Suzanne Ehlers

Suzanne Ehlers is the president and CEO of Population Action International. She formerly acted as their Senior Associate for International Advocacy. "Her work is largely defined by the management of a sub-granting program of nearly $500,000 annually; the development of regional advocacy teams around the tenth anniversary of the Cairo Programme of Action; and the identification of new alliances and partnerships.

"For two years prior to joining PAI, Ehlers was an Independent Strategic Consultant for the HKH Foundation, World Resources Institute, Center for a New American Dream and National Voice. In these various capacities, she helped build progressive advocacy coalitions around the 2004 presidential election; she researched and wrote analytical pieces on policy reform vis-à-vis civil society’s access to and impact on decision-making at the international institutions; and she led a cross-sectoral investigation into how U.S. unilateralism impacts international treaties processes.

"From 1996-2001, Ehlers was Associate Program Officer with the Wallace Global Fund.

"She served with the United States Peace Corps in Central African Republic from 1995-1996 and is proficient in French and Sango. Ehlers received her BA in Government from Cornell University in May 1995.“ [1]

External links

• ”Biography”, Accessed January 2007.