Jacqueline Morby Elected Board Chair of Population Action International

November 1, 2006

Washington, DC, November 2006 – Jacqueline Morby, a private equity investor, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Population Action International (PAI). This comes at a critical juncture in PAI’s history as both board and staff engage in strategic planning to realign the organization's work. Morby is a long-time resident of Pittsburgh, PA.

“Jacqui brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and wisdom to PAI. Her business acumen and background in investments as a private equity investor and in depth board experience will be especially critical as PAI moves aggressively to advance its collaborative work, research and advocacy in a rapidly changing field of population and reproductive health,” said Amy Coen, PAI’s President/ CEO. “We look forward to her leadership.” Jacqui Morby joined the PAI board in 2003 and will replace Jack Gibbons, who served as PAI’s Board Chair for three years. She is on the PAI Budget and Finance Committee and chairs the PAI Investment Sub-committee.

Morby sits on several corporate boards including: ANSYS Inc; Axioma Inc; J&B Software Inc; Softmed Inc; and Pacific Life Corp. In addition, Morby is a member of the Board of Trustees of Simmons College, the Warhol Museum and the Carnegie Museum. From 1982 to 2002, Jacqui Morby was a Managing Director of TA Associates and served on the firm’s Executive Committee from 1988 to 2001. In 2003 she retired but continues to serve as a Senior Director of the firm representing the TA private equity funds on Boards of Directors.

During its recent Board Meeting, PAI also appointed two new members to its Board: Moises Naim and Bruce Smart. Naim is the Editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine and sits on the Time Magazine Board of international economists. He served as an Executive Director at the World Bank, was Venezuela’s Minister of Trade and Industry in the early 1990’s and directed policy studies on economic reforms at the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace. Smart is the former Chairman and CEO of the Continental Group and was the U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce of International Trade from 1985 to 1988. He is also a past Vice Chairman of the Board of the Nature Conservancy and of Smith College.

Population Action International advances political and financial support for sound family planning and reproductive health policies and programs around the world. Establishing reproductive health equity is at the center of PAI's research, advocacy and collaborative strategies to eradicate poverty and to ensure individual rights.

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