TANYA BASS, PHD, MS, MED, CHES®, CSE
Advisory Board Member
Tanya Bass, PhD, MS, MEd, CHES®, CSE (she/her/hers) is the founder of the North Carolina Sexual Health Conference (NCSEXCON). She is An award-winning sexuality educator and subject matter expert in sexuality education, reproductive health, and health equity. Tanya is an alumna of North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) Department of Public Health Education, where she has served as an adjunct instructor for several years. She is the lead instructor for Sexuality Education. She completed her PhD in Education at Widener University in the Center for Human Sexuality Studies. She is a member of the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WoCSHN), the Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians (ABSC), and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator (CSE). She is a current member of the editorial board for the American Journal of Sexuality Education.
MAGGI BOYER
Advisory Board Member
Maggi Boyer, now retired, is a former Director of Education for Planned Parenthood of Bucks County (now Planned Parenthood Keystone). After leaving Planned Parenthood as an employee, she served on the Board of the affiliate. She is a former Board member of SIECUS and one of the founders of the Bucks County AIDS network and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Taskforce. She was a Vice President for a financial corporation, working on leadership and management development, and helped develop a corporate university. She then went on to do consulting primarily with non-profit organizations, focusing on leadership and management development, strategic thinking, creative and innovative processes, organizational roadmapping, and her particular fascination with chaos theory in organizations. She is the recipient of several awards for excellence, including the Mary Lee Tatum Award and the Margaret Sanger Award. She has received a Woman of Distinction award from the Women’s Center at her alma mater, Gettysburg College. She is a published author. In her retirement, she continues to serve on several boards of directors, occasionally engages individuals in problem-solving conversations over coffee, enjoys time with her family, and indulges her passion for photography.
AMBER BROWN
Advisory Board Member
Amber Brown (she/they), Director of Education & Training at Planned Parenthood Keystone, has been a sexuality educator with Planned Parenthood since 2004. A Penn State graduate, she has delivered evidence-based education directly to youth as well as provided training and professional development for educators and youth-serving professionals. She oversees the education department, including PPKeystone’s five LGBTQ+ youth programs and Berks County’s Health Resource Center. She leads the internal training program, focusing on contraceptive counseling, abortion stigma, customer service, and LGBTQ+ issues. In 2021, she began the Patient Navigation program at PP Keystone as part of the Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy program. She’s passionate about high-quality sex ed that affirms the identities and autonomy of all young people.
MARIAH CAUDILLO
Advisory Board Member
Mariah Caudillo is a passionate sex educator and digital learning designer focused on making sex education more inclusive, accessible, and culturally responsive. She believes that high-quality sex ed equips individuals and communities with the knowledge and skills to lead healthy, fulfilling lives and build meaningful relationships. As the creator of Sex Ed Files, Mariah leverages social media to expand access to comprehensive sex education, engaging her audience through anonymous Q&As, open discussions, and relatable content. By fostering a shame-free learning environment, she encourages individuals to explore their sexuality with confidence and knowledge.
NANCY DALEY-MOORE, PHD, CPH, CHES®
Webmaster
Nancy Daley-Moore, PhD, MPH, CPH, CHES®’s research areas explore wellness perceptions among college students, identifying how people talk about sex, perceptions about abortion, and the incorporation of technology in the classroom.
KELLY JEAN GAINOR
Advisory Board Chair
Kelly Jean Gainor is the Training Manager for ETR, focusing on the development and implementation of virtual Training of Educators in a variety of evidence-based interventions. Prior to working at ETR, Kelly has worked at several non-profit organizations delivering evidence-based education directly to youth, training and providing professional development for educators and youth-serving professionals, and writing/designing lesson plans for group of all ages, orientations and identities. Kelly attended Cornell University for her undergraduate work in Communications, then enrolled at Widener University where she received her master’s degree in Human Sexuality Education in 2012. Since then, she has focused primarily on HIV prevention education throughout her professional career. Her favorite topics to teach and train about include body image and LGBTQ+ education. In 2020, Kelly had four lesson plans published in the teaching manual Orientation: Teaching about Identity, Attraction and Behavior.
LORI GOLDMAN, CPA
Financial Consultant
Lori Goldman is a Certified Public Accountant who, over the course of her career, has led the financial team of several not-for-profits. In addition, Lori is a tax practitioner, preparing tax returns for individuals and businesses. For over 20 years, Lori was the CFO for a Planned Parenthood affiliate in New Jersey where she worked with Bill Taverner, the founder of Sex Ed Lecture Series (SELS). Recently retired from her full-time position at Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey, Lori joined SELS as their Financial Consultant, supporting the team with financial expertise, helping to further their mission of providing quality programming for sexuality educators.
KAYLA HENRY, CHES®
Advisory Board Member
Kayla Henry, CHES® is a graduate of Montclair State University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in public health with a concentration in community health education and a minor in African American studies in 2020. Currently, Kayla is an MPH student at Montclair State University, where she will be graduated May of 2022.
AMY LASTER
Advisory Board Member
Amy (she/her) lives in Kittery, Maine, and is a passionate advocate for sex education. Amy holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development and Family Studies from the University of Maine and a Master’s Degree in Human Sexuality from New York University. She has also spent time studying sexuality education while abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an educator and counselor in a sexual and reproductive health setting for many years before becoming the Community Education Coordinator for an organization dedicated to providing awareness, education, and prevention of domestic abuse and teen dating violence in 27 different towns and cities. She has presented workshops on relationship health/safety at several conferences and in classrooms — kindergarten through college, community establishments, and law enforcement agencies. After taking some years off to raise her three now-grown children, she has returned to work part-time for a nonprofit organization serving people of all ages with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges. Its mission is to promote respect, full inclusion, and empowerment of those individuals and their families. Amy loves spending time with her big, blended family – two grandbabies and two rescue pups. She loves being in the garden and playing in the dirt to help make pretty things grow! She loves cooking, traveling, and being by the sea. She loves laughing until her ribs hurt and coming across a really GOOD book. Finally, she looks forward to connecting with and learning from others who share an interest in sex education.
BREANNA LEWIS
Advisory Board Member
Breanna is a sexual health educator and wellness coach who empowers individuals to prioritize pleasure and sexual wellness. She attended Liberty University where she earned a Master of Public Health degree. She is the owner of Pretty Sexucated, designed to promote pleasure-centered experiences and works as a sexual health program coordinator.
PARTNERS IN SEX EDUCATION
Collaborator
Partners in Sex Education has been providing comprehensive sex education to schools since 2006, and supports school districts with curriculum development, teacher training, community engagement and policy. Partners’ goal is to provide support for educators and schools to increase the availability of age appropriate, factual and culturally relevant sex and relationships education to all students. The overall mission is to give young people the information and skills they need to become happy, healthy adults. Partners collaborates with Sex Ed Lectures to increase the availability of affordable professional development in sex education.
WAYNE V. PAWLOWSKI, MSW, LICSW
Advisory Board Member
Wayne V. Pawlowski, MSW, LICSW is an independent trainer and clinical social worker who has worked for thirty-five years in sexuality education and reproductive health. Previously, he was the director of training for Planned Parenthood Federation of America and for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington D.C. Wayne is an internationally recognized trainer/educator, having trained in all fifty states and fourteen nations. He is an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator and Supervisor and recipient of the AASECT Educator of the Year award (2018). In addition, his work has been recognized with such awards as the First annual “Educators Award” from the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (1995).as been providing comprehensive sex education to schools since 2006, and supports school districts with curriculum development, teacher training, community engagement and policy. Partners’ goal is to provide support for educators and schools to increase the availability of age appropriate, factual and culturally relevant sex and relationships education to all students. The overall mission is to give young people the information and skills they need to become happy, healthy adults. Partners collaborates with Sex Ed Lectures to increase the availability of affordable professional development in sex education.
PEYTON PHAN
Intern
Peyton, a Vietnamese-American from a first-generational family of immigrants, is passionate towards addressing health inequities as it impedes individuals from achieving their self-identified optimal state of health, happiness, and wellbeing — especially within sexuality, sexual & gender expression, and reproductive justice. Peyton is currently earning her Master in Public Health degree in Health Policy and Management, while also specializing in maternal, child, sexual and reproductive health. During her undergraduate studies, Peyton held a position as a peer sexual health educator. After graduating she worked as an HIV tester and counselor at the largest non-profit healthcare provider in San Diego County, and now she is currently a family planning health educator at one of the top health systems in New York City. Lastly, Peyton is an executive board member for the Maternal and Child National Network as the Social Media Communications Coordinator and Manager.
Ash Philliber
Advisory Board Member
Dr. Ash Philliber (they/them) has worked with Philliber Research & Evaluation since 1995,
becoming the Managing Director in 2020. Ash has worked on a wide variety of sex ed programs.
Their projects often require evaluation planning, analysis, data collection, and reporting. Their
specialties include randomized control trials, long-term follow up studies, database creation, and
inclusive evaluation design. Ash often leads workshops and presentations across the country in a
wide variety of topics. They have been awarded the Douglas Kirby Award for Excellence in
Research for their impact on inclusive research and evaluation.
DEBORAH ROFFMAN, MS, CSE, CFLE
Advisory Board Member
Deborah Roffman, MS, CSE, CFLE is a teacher (grades 3-12), trainer, and parent educator who’s worked in the field of human sexuality education since its infancy in the 1970s. Her three books for parents and teachers on nurturing healthy sexuality are considered classics in the field, and she’s published widely in the lay and professional worlds. A consultant to more than 500 schools and youth serving agencies nationwide on curriculum development and implementation, in winter 2022 she will publish her first book for young children and their parents and teachers, The Science of Babies, to support families and schools everywhere in becoming children’s primary reference points about sexuality.
LORI ROLLERI INSIGNARES, MSW, MPH
Advisory Board Member
Lori Rolleri Insignares, MSW, MPH has 30 years of experience in designing, implementing, managing, and evaluating behavior-change interventions in the U.S., Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. Most of her work focuses on sexual and reproductive health, youth development, intimate partner violence, and gender equality. Before starting her consulting practice in 2012, Lori served as Team Lead for Gender Programming at EngenderHealth and Director of the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health Promotion at ETR. She is a highly skilled trainer, lecturer, meeting facilitator, and conflict mediator (Part 146 & CDRC approved for NY State). Lori has a BS in policy analysis from Cornell University and MPH and MSW degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in New York.
BRENT A. SATTERLY
Advisory Board Member
Brent A. Satterly, PhD, LCSW is a Professor of Social Work at Widener University’s Center for Social Work Education. With 30 years clinical and educational experience, his areas of expertise include human sexuality and social work pedagogies, clinical work with LGBTQIA+ populations, professional identity management, HIV/AIDS, family therapy, trauma, the pedagogy of drag, and the use of pop culture in teaching social justice. He is well published, including his recent in press co-authored textbook, Sexuality Concepts for Social Workers (3rd ed.).
HALEIGH SULLIVAN, MSc
Intern
Haleigh Sullivan (she/her) is a graduate of Montclair State University with a master’s degree in
biology. She teaches college level microbiology and anatomy courses at Kean University and
Monmouth University. Currently, she is an MPH student at Montclair State University, with a
concentration in community health education. Her interests are in in sex education and
reproductive health.
BILL TAVERNER, MA, CSE
Founder & President
Bill Taverner, MA, CSE, has been a leading voice in sexuality education for nearly 30 years. He is the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Sexuality Education and the founder and president of the Sex Ed Lecture Series. Previously, he served as the executive director of The Center for Sex Education at Planned Parenthood, where he worked for 27 years. During his tenure, he built the National Sex Ed Conference into the largest gathering in the world dedicated exclusively to sex education, bringing together professionals from across the globe to advance the field.
A prolific writer and editor, Bill has authored or edited more than 85 publications, including books, curricula, journal articles, and other educational resources. His latest editorial project is Representation in Sex Education: Cultivating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging by Dr. Tanya M. Bass.
Bill’s dedication to advancing comprehensive sexuality education extends beyond publishing—he has twice addressed U.S. congressional briefings to advocate for evidence-based sex education. His impact has been recognized with numerous national awards, including multiple honors from the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), the social justice award from the Academy for Adolescent Health, and Planned Parenthood’s Golden Apple Award. Most recently, the American Board of Sexology awarded him the title of diplomate, recognizing his expertise and leadership in the field.
SUSIE WILSON
Advisory Board Member
Susie (Susan M. Neuberger) Wilson is an educator and political activist who has lived in Princeton, NJ, for over 50 years. She served for 23 years as executive coordinator of Answer, a Rutgers University program supporting comprehensive sex education. Wilson led efforts to mandate sex education in New Jersey schools while on the State Board of Education (1978–82). In 1997, she was honored at the White House for her work with Sex, etc. A Vassar and Bank Street graduate, she was a Life magazine reporter and educator. Her memoir, Still Running, recounts her career, marriage, and family life.