Our Team

Jeannette Cachan, M.A., M.Ed

Technical Advisor for the Passages FAM initiative

Ms. Jeannette Cachan has 25 years of experience working in family planning programs. At IRH she has developed and implemented training strategies for youth, family planning, and HIV/AIDS projects. She is responsible for designing, developing and evaluating appropriate solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of learning, performance and instruction for different reproductive health initiatives.

Franccesca Cesti-Browne, MPA

Director of Finance and Operations

Franccesca Cesti-Browne has over 10 years of experience in finance, operations and contract management. She also has over 8 years of experience in program management, grant writing and business development. Franccesca holds a master’s in Public Administration from Florida International University. As the Director of Finance and Operations, she leads the team that supports the Institute’s operating functions: HR, Contracts, IT, Field Operations, Administration and Finance. Franccesca manages the Institute’s annual budget, provides leadership and strategic management to all administrative, financial, and operational functions.

Jamie Greenberg, MPH

Program Officer

Jamie Greenberg has seven years’ experience in program management, research, and technical writing for both international and domestic health projects. Prior to joining IRH, she worked on international health systems strengthening projects and conducted qualitative research on reproductive health service implementation. She has an MPH from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and a BA in Biology and Community Health from Tufts University.

Susan Igras, MPH

Senior Technical Advisor

Susan Igras leads the Practice and Scale-up Work Stream of Passages. With over 25 years of global health experience in Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia and the U.S., she brings a unique mix of evaluation and implementation science, technical sexual and reproductive health and gender, including adolescents, and management to IRH’s work, with a keen ability to translate research and high-level concepts into practice. Committed to gender and social equity, and participatory processes leading to use of results, Susan is particularly interested in community-based programs, social change, and their relation to health systems and systems-oriented scale-up.

Rebecca Justus, MA

Program Associate

Rebecca has over eight years of experience working with organizations across the world to advance gender equity, social inclusion, and human rights. At IRH, she works on the Passages Project, supporting the Masculinité, Famille, et Foi intervention and the Learning Collaborative. Rebecca has a MA from the University of Sussex and a BA from Boston University.

Anjalee Kohli, MPH, PhD

Senior Research Officer

Dr. Anjalee Kohli has over a decade of international health and development experience focusing on research and practice for prevention of gender based violence, violence against children, HIV/AIDS and promoting improved mental health and resilience. Anjalee works as a Senior Research Officer, providing strategic leadership, research expertise and technical vision under the Passages Project. Anjalee received her PhD from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and holds an MPH. Anjalee previously worked with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

Courtney J. McLarnon-Silk, MSc

Senior Program Officer

Courtney brings has over six years of experience in international development, coordinating and managing initiatives related to gender equality and mainstreaming, women’s rights, and women’s empowerment. At the Institute, Courtney works on the Passages project, focusing her time on project management, management of the Transforming Masculinities/Masculinite, Famille et Foi intervention, and on establishing regional Communities of to strengthen regional work on normative change for AYSRH. Courtney also manages the Institute’s ongoing work on bringing CycleTel to market. She received an MSc from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA from McGill University. Originally from Montreal, Canada, she speaks fluent French.

Bryan Shaw, PhD, MPH

Senior Research Manager

Dr. Bryan Shaw has over a decade of international health and development experience, focusing on rigorous public health research and behavior change interventions. At IRH, Bryan works as a senior research officer, largely providing strategic leadership and quality control for research studies under the Passages Project. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in International Health and also holds a MPH and MS in Applied Medical Anthropology. Bryan worked previously with Population Services International (PSI), UNICEF, and USAID.

Catherine Tier, MAT, MAA

Research Associate

Catherine works on the Passages Project, supporting the development and promotion of Passages legacy products, other communication activities, and the Transforming Masculinities/Masculinité, Famille, et Foi intervention. She also supports the Learning Collaborative. Catherine has an MAA from the University of Maryland, where she studied the anthropology of health, with a focus on women’s reproductive health and decision-making. Catherine previously worked as an English teacher, and has an MAT from Trinity Washington University and a BA from Fordham University.

Frances Walker, MSc

Program Associate

Frances is an early career professional with research, policy analysis and project management experience. At IRH, she works on the FAM Initiative, where she provides project management support and assists in the development of products and communication activities.

Meet Our Team

Jeannette Cachan, M.A., M.Ed

Franccesca Cesti-Browne, MPA

Jamie Greenberg, MPH

Susan Igras, MPH

Rebecca Justus, MA

Anjalee Kohli, MPH, PhD

Courtney J. McLarnon-Silk, MSc

Bryan Shaw, PhD, MPH

Catherine Tier, MAT, MAA

Frances Walker, MSc

Jeannette Cachan, M.A., M.Ed

Technical Advisor for the Passages FAM initiative

Franccesca Cesti-Browne, MPA

Director of Finance and Operations

Jamie Greenberg, MPH

Program Officer

Susan Igras, MPH

Senior Technical Advisor

Rebecca Justus, MA

Program Associate

Anjalee Kohli, MPH, PhD

Senior Research Officer

Courtney J. McLarnon-Silk, MSc

Senior Program Officer

Bryan Shaw, PhD, MPH

Senior Research Manager

Catherine Tier, MAT, MAA

Research Associate

Frances Walker, MSc

Program Associate

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