Funders for Reproductive Equity Announces Interim Executive Director

Crystal Plati is currently Interim Executive Director at Funders for Reproductive Equity. She is also founder and Principal of The CP Factor, a consulting firm which provides a range of organizational development and programmatic services to foundations, nonprofits, and individuals to advance justice and equality in the U.S. Crystal's areas of expertise are short and long-term program and strategy planning, managing 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 advocacy campaigns, organizational assessments, meeting facilitation, leadership transition planning and on-boarding, executive coaching, and board development. Recent and former clients include the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, Coalition for Abortion Access and Reproductive Equity (CAARE), General Service Foundation, Ms. Foundation for Women, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), National Coalition of State STD Directors, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, United for Gender and Reproductive Equity (URGE), Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR) and the Guttmacher Institute.

Crystal has led national progressive nonprofit, political, and philanthropic organizations across the U.S. as Executive Director for Choice USA, 21st Century Democrats, and Progressive Majority. She also served as an Interim Director/Manager for the General Service Foundation and for the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. Crystal was the Campaign Director for CAMBIO, the campaign to win comprehensive immigration reform and reform harsh enforcement policy in 2013. She worked with the National Immigration Law Center to develop and launch a long-term campaign to ensure that immigrants have access to affordable health care. Throughout her career, Crystal has served on numerous boards and is currently the Board Chair of the Management Assistance Group and a board member of the New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice. Crystal and her family immigrated from Cyprus to New York City in the 1970s. She is proud to call Washington, D.C. her home for the last 25 years and enjoys down time with the amazing group of friends and colleagues she has developed through her work and travels!