Executive Team

Erin Matson is the co-founder and president and CEO of Reproaction, a direct action group working to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice. She leads a team which presents unique and bold voices to hold American leaders accountable for attacks on access to reproductive health.

Erin Matson's portrait

Erin Matson is co-founder and president and CEO of Reproaction, a national group using bold action to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice. A longtime feminist leader with expertise in creating and deploying unique, forceful national and state-level campaigns, Erin has appeared on MSNBC, CSPAN, Al-Jazeera English, ABC World News, BBC World News, and PBS’ To The Contrary. Erin served as action vice president for the National Organization for Women, and at age 23 she was elected to be the youngest NOW state president in the country. She also served as an editor at large for Rewire News Group. Her writings have appeared in a variety of publications, including Rolling Stone and three books. Erin serves on the steering committee of the American Society for Emergency Contraception and recently completed three terms on the NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Foundation board of directors. Erin is a writer, and her blog is available at www.erintothemax.com. She is on X @erintothemax.

Headshot of Shireen Shakouri, woman with long dark hair and glasses against a green background

Shireen Rose Shakouri is executive vice president and chief of staff of Reproaction. She is Iranian and Italian-American, and has a fire in her belly for reproductive justice work largely driven by a commitment to affirming the leadership of Earth-colored people, with direct action and direct service as her favored tools. This drive led her to building hard-hitting campaigns and managing special research projects at Reproaction before she was promoted to leadership in early 2021. Shireen is trained as an abortion doula and serves as a clinic escort at a local clinic. In her spare time, she is involved in various other local D.C. activism projects, and she writes on issues of identity, feminism, and culture. You can follow her work and activism on X @sheermean.

Evonnia Woods headshotEvonnia Woods, PhD is the senior vice president of research and movement building at Reproaction. Evonnia is a Black feminist sociologist specializing in social inequalities, political economies, power, and movements. She has been a community organizer and movement builder working on economic, racial, and reproductive justice issues for over 10 years in Mid-Missouri. Evonnia has spent the last seven years with Reproaction launching, leading, and working on campaigns to increase birth control and abortion access, address racial health disparities, and end HIV criminalization. She also conducts research and directly supervises Reproaction’s research team who is responsible for Reproaction’s stellar opposition research products. She frequently partners with other movement leaders to educate and train folks on organizing and movement building best practices. Evonnia’s relationship building in Mid-Missouri has positioned her as a co-founding member and convener of the recently formed Mid-MO Reproductive Justice Coalition, as well as a monthly co-host of Women’s Issues, Women’s Voices on kopn.org – a weekly feminist community radio show where she discusses reproductive justice issues.

Jessica Ensley headshot Jessica Ensley is the senior vice president of outreach at Reproaction. As a first-generation queer college student, she started her activism journey fighting against rape culture, white supremacy, and anti-LGBTQ activities on college campuses. She began organizing for reproductive justice causes after seeing first-hand how anti-abortion laws negatively impacted her community in the state of Ohio. Her passion for human rights led her to launch media campaigns calling out the hypocrisy of the so-called ‘pro-life’ movement at Reproaction. She leads tech accountability work, drives Reproaction partnerships, and leads a team dedicated to bold action and communications advancing reproductive justice. In her spare time, she has volunteered for projects related to conservation work and feminist advocacy.

 

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