Population Council Research that makes a difference

Senior management

Peter J. Donaldson, Ph.D.
President

Mar Aguilar, M.A.
Director
International Support

Wendy Baldwin, Ph.D.
Vice President
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program

John Bongaarts, Ph.D.
Vice President and Distinguished Scholar

Safaa El-Kogali
Regional Director
Middle East and North Africa

Scott Newman, M.B.A.
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Saroj Pachauri, M.D., Ph.D.
Regional Director
South and East Asia

Naomi Rutenberg, Ph.D.
Vice President
HIV and AIDS Program

James E. Sailer, M.P.P.
Vice President
Corporate Affairs Division

John W. Townsend, Ph.D.
Vice President
Reproductive Health Program

Patricia C. Vaughan, J.D.
General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

Board of trustees

Mark A. Walker
Chairman
Managing Partner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
New York, New York

Darcy Bradbury
Managing Director
The D. E. Shaw Group
New York, New York

Howard Cox
Advisory Partner
Greylock Partners
Waltham, Massachusetts

Peter J. Donaldson
President
Population Council
New York, New York

Wafaa El-Sadr
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, New York

Lynn A. Foster
New York, New York

Anna Glasier
Honorary Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Werner Holzer
Bad Homburg, Germany

Henry L. King
Senior Counsel
Davis Polk & Wardwell
New York, New York

Charles D. Klein
Managing Director
American Securities Capital Partners, LLC
New York, New York

Anna Mastroianni
Professor of Law
University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, Washington

Cheikh Mbacké
Independent Consultant
Dakar, Senegal

Robert B. Millard
Partner
Realm Partners LLC
New York, New York

Jotham Musinguzi
Regional Director
Partners in Population and Development
Africa Regional Office
Kampala, Uganda

Anne R. Pebley
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

 

What's New

Venture capitalist Howard Cox was recently elected to the Population Council's board of trustees. (more)

Breakthrough in microbicide research: A gel tested by CAPRISA in South Africa indicates that it is safe and effective in reducing the risk of HIV and herpes infections among women participants; confirmatory research is needed. (more) Naomi Rutenberg, Population Council vice president and director of the HIV and AIDS program, discussed the results of the CAPRISA study on PRI's "The Takeaway." (offsite link)

Mahidol University has awarded Council president Peter J. Donaldson an honorary doctorate in demography in recognition of the significant role he has played in the development of population and social science research in Thailand. (more)

A Closer Look: Stories of Impact, the Population Council’s 2009 annual report, is now available. Read first-person accounts and view striking photographs of our lifesaving work around the world. This year we are also featuring a short documentary, slideshows, and podcasts about our projects. (more)

The Population Council celebrates five decades of American women’s access to the birth control pill. The Council continues to work toward improving reproductive health for all through research and testing of an array of reversible contraceptive methods for both men and women. (more)

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