Contraceptive Access Initiative

The nonprofit Contraceptive Access Initiative (CAI) works to increase access to contraception for all: free from stigma, bias or coercion.

CAI has three main areas of focus:

  • CAI supports affordable over-the-counter access to the combined hormonal contraceptive pill and the progestin-only pill (mini-pill) without age restrictions. 

  • CAI works to reduce financial barriers to contraceptive choices.

  • CAI works to reduce misinformation and challenges disinformation about contraception, while uplifting educational content that helps people make the choices that are right for them.

CAI was established in 2020 as a project of the Hopewell Foundation. Our funding comes from individuals and foundations; no funds are received by pharmaceutical companies.

Management team

  • Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley, MD, MPH, FACOG, is the chief medical advisor for CAI and is the CEO of Power to Decide. Her full biography is here.

  • Ann O’Hanlon is a longtime reproductive health advocate, a former congressional chief of staff and former Washington Post reporter. She serves as CAI's Senior Consultant.

  • Dana Singiser has been at the forefront of every major reproductive health care policy and legislative initiative during the past 15 years, including as a member of the Obama administration. Her full biography is here.

  • Elizabeth Toledo is an award-winning national communications strategist, leading some of the most high-impact reproductive health, rights and justice challenges.

CAI Board of Advisors*

  • Tshombe Hubbard, CFO and chief administrative officer, Voting Rights Lab

  • Samantha Miller, co-founder and CEO of Cadence Health

  • Shilpa Phadke, former deputy director of the White House Gender Policy Council

  • Stephanie Sober, global director, Medical Affairs, Women’s Health at Perrigo

  • Jennie Thompson, former managing director of development for Planned Parenthood Federation of American (PPFA)

  • Shalini Vallabhan, Ph.D, senior policy advisor, Venable LLP

*Affiliation for informational purposes only

Our Founder

Ann McGuiness was the driving force behind launching Contraceptive Access Initiative (CAI) with the goal of making reproductive health accessible to all: free from stigma, barriers or coercion. 

Throughout her career, Ann inspired foundations and philanthropists to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to lift up the lives of women and girls. She informed them about ways to extend purposeful support to reproductive rights initiatives. Her influence and strategy have propelled organizations such as Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Families USA, NARAL Pro-Choice America, International Women’s Health Coalition, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and Rewire Group. In honoring Ann’s legacy, CAI is proud to continue her vision for access to contraception.

Read her obituary in The New York Times.