Our Staff
Executive Director
Patricia was previously the Alliance’s longtime Director of Public Policy, with over 20 year experience working to ensure that Massachusetts’ youth have access to comprehensive pregnancy-prevention services and that pregnant and parenting teens and their children have the resources and support they need to thrive. Her strategy for achieving these outcomes is to educate, empower and support young people and the adults who work with them to become leaders on the issue of teen pregnancy prevention and the needs of young parents. In her time at the Alliance, Tricia has significantly expanded the public engagement efforts of the agency as the key strategy for achieving our policy objectives.
Deputy Director
Claire has spent her career working in education and nonprofit organizations. She joined the Alliance in 2006 as Director of Finance and Operations. Prior to her work at the Alliance Claire held positions in programs and in fundraising at The Steppingstone Foundation and Citizen Schools. She has an MBA from Boston University with a Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management and received her undergraduate degree in Spanish from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Claire has numerous volunteer experiences including Board experience for the Ignacio Martín Baró Fund.
Prevention Program Director
Erica Fletcher is the Prevention Program Director at the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, where she provides training and technical assistance on science-based approaches to teen pregnancy prevention. She has over 10 years’ experience in the youth development field, including directing an after-school program in Boston and five years developing national programs for Girls Incorporated. She holds a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Public Policy Manager
Liz is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s Masters in Public Policy Program. She has been with the Alliance since 2008 and had previously interned in our public policy department. Liz launched the TPPAB (Teen Parent Policy Advisory Board) in November 2008 and has had great success in recruiting and maintaining members as well as executing the policy efforts with the TPPAB. Liz’s background is in working on issues of Sexual Health and Women’s equality issues with the Alliance and with Advocates for Youth. She is responsible for managing the campaigns and initiatives to promote teen pregnancy prevention and support for pregnant & parenting teens. She organizes youth and community partners; advocates for teen pregnancy prevention, and drafts testimony to support comprehensive health education.
Prevention Program Associate
Consuela has been with the Alliance since 2008 and has over 10 years of experience working with local and state-wide initiatives focused on healthy outcomes for youth and families in areas of education, youth development, family economic self-sufficiency and affordable housing. She has a dynamic combination of knowledge skills as a researcher, facilitator, and project manager with the commitment to social justice and improving the lives of children and families through collaborations and maximizing resources for effective outcomes. She has diverse experience working with youth, families, schools and communities as vital stakeholders that must work collaboratively in order to effect change through education and training, community organizing, and participatory action research and evaluation. At the Alliance she works with the Partners in Prevention Initiative and provides technical assistance and training to school and community based partners to promote the use of evidence based approaches to teen pregnancy prevention in communities across Massachusetts. In April 2009, she coordinated the Working Together for Latino Youth: Mobilizing Communities to Address Teen Pregnancy Conference in Marlborough MA.
Communications and Social Media Manager
Gretchen joined the Alliance as an intern in January 2009, and now manages the organization's use of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology at Boston College where she studies medical sociology and reproductive health, specifically teen pregnancy and young parenthood, infertility, and adoption. Gretchen is a graduate of Amherst College, with degrees in psychology and gender studies.
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