Lois Quam is assuming leadership of Pathfinder International at a particularly tumultuous time for the reproductive health and family planning sector under a new U.S. administration.
It’s this challenge — and the excitement she feels about tackling it — that drove her to accept the position with the 60-year-old family planning-focused nonprofit.
Quam, who officially began her new role as CEO on Monday, feels a strong commitment to helping mothers give birth safely, she told Devex, having first seen the barriers of access to family planning while growing up in rural Minnesota.