Leadership

Jess Bryski (she/her) began volunteering with Exhale Pro-Voice in 2018 as a peer counselor. Over the years, she has taken on increasing leadership roles, including Textline Coordinator, Director of Peer Counseling Services, member of the Board of Directors, and, as of early 2025, Co-Executive Director.

With more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit organizational development, particularly in the field of reproductive health, Jess brings a collaborative spirit and a deep commitment to equity and social justice. She is honored to help lead Exhale’s groundbreaking work providing after-abortion emotional support, a critical yet often overlooked part of the abortion care spectrum.

Jess holds Master’s degrees in Gender Studies and Clinical Social Work. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her teenager and two rescue dogs. In her free time, she enjoys cross-stitching, hiking with her pups, and volunteering in her local school community.

April Greene (she/hers) joined Exhale as a peer counselor in 2023 and began her term as the organization’s board chair in 2025. After navigating abortion care as a young person in the rural south in 2006, April found her home in the abortion support and reproductive justice movements; she is committed to ensuring everyone has the resources they need to make the reproductive decisions that are best for them. She is especially passionate about challenging abortion stigma and believes that Exhale’s mission of providing emotional support to people who’ve had abortions is a radical, loving act of community care.

In her day job, April serves as the executive director of the Blue Ridge Abortion Fund in Virginia where she has the immense privilege of providing compassionate, non-judgmental support to thousands of abortion seekers each year. She holds a bachelor’s degree in gender studies and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling, as well as more than fifteen years of experience in organizational leadership, nonprofit program management, community engagement, and abortion support. When she’s not thinking or talking about abortion, she’s probably playing Stardew Valley with her impossibly cool twelve-year-old daughter and incredible partner or snuggling her two chunky kitties, Smokey and Shadow.

Tia Chu (she/her) began volunteering with Exhale Pro-Voice in late 2020 as a Peer Counselor and later served as a Textline Coordinator. Through these roles, she has been honored to contribute to Exhale’s mission of providing compassionate, non-judgmental support after abortion. Tia is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling at Stanford University, with aspirations of working in the perinatal speciality. Her passion for reproductive justice and autonomy informs both her academic and professional goals, and she is committed to advocating for equitable, person-centered reproductive healthcare as a future genetic counselor. Outside of her academic and advocacy work, Tia enjoys reading, taking long walks with her girlfriend (while growing flowers in the Pikmin Bloom app), watching sports, and practicing embroidery.

Dené (she/her) has served on the Exhale Board for almost six years and has served as treasurer for the last five. Her introduction to Exhale, through Rev. Susan Chorley, an Exhale founding member, began in 2019 during a fundraising event in Oakland. Dené’s ministry background, where she recognized her call for active listening, for providing confidential care to others and walking alongside others during difficult times in their lives, drew her to the vision and purpose of Exhale. Her time with Exhale has been a journey of service, of growth and tremendously rewarding. As the treasurer, she uses her business acumen, attention to detail, integrity and wisdom to support the mission, stability and growth of Exhale.

Dené is a technical program manager and brings over 20 years of management experience from the high tech and telecommunications industries. She holds a MS degree in Information Technology from the University of Maryland and a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Howard University. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she enjoys cooking, reading, pilates, and spending time with her husband. She is a proud parent to her son and future daughter-in-love and a loving caregiver to her mother.

Nat (she/her) started with Exhale as a hotline counselor back in March 2019 and has held multiple positions within the organization since. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health and Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley and is currently enrolled in a Masters of Public Health program at Johns Hopkins. Nat has a wide variety of personal and professional experience in the sexual and reproductive health space spanning from crisis counseling to clinical research to sex education. She is deeply passionate about providing mental health support in reproductive health spaces and ensuring equitable access to knowledge, tools and resources for people to achieve their personal health goals. Nat currently works at Planned Parenthood in Honolulu, HI as a Community Outreach Educator. Her favorite place is at home with her weird little dog, 2 precious cats and her lovely girlfriend.

Rachel’s (she/her) path in life is significantly guided by having an abortion as a 15-year-old girl living in rural Wisconsin. She is a scholar, psychologist, and activist working at the intersection of abortion and mental health. Trained as both a researcher and mental health therapist, Rachel focuses on how dominant sociocultural narratives impact pregnancy and family-building desires, decisions, and experiences, and how mental health and other care providers can support clients/patients around these experiences. From 2021-2023, Rachel served as the Executive Director of Exhale Pro-Voice. Under her leadership, Exhale Pro-Voice explicitly grounded its services in research evidence and cultivated strong partnerships with the mental health community.

Rachel graduated with her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 2024. She works as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology at Lawrence University–a small liberal arts college in Appleton, Wisconsin. She is a white, bisexual/queer, cisgender woman from the Midwest. She is the eldest daughter and a big sister, a wife, and a friend. When she is not working, Rachel can usually be found hiking, eating, listening to Dungeons & Dragons podcasts, and practicing resting.

Casey Culhane (she/her) first encountered Exhale Pro-Voice as a texter. She was so moved by the uplifting, nonjudgmental counseling provided by her textline peer counselor that she joined Exhale in 2021. Over the years, she served as a Peer Counselor and a Textline Coordinator before joining the Board of Directors in 2025. Casey is also part of Exhale’s Data Management Team that shares current data trends within the Exhale community.

Professionally, Casey is a fourth year medical student located in rural Western Pennsylvania. Her medical interests include OB/GYN and Infectious Disease. With a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a background in immunology, her previous research examined the role of regulatory T cells in recurrent spontaneous abortions and contributing cytokine signaling. She passionately believes that after abortion emotional support should be championed by all members of the healthcare team, and she enjoys sharing ways for clinics to amplify Exhale’s pro-voice philosophy. She aspires for all patients to receive unprejudiced and de-stigmatized care along their reproductive journey.

When caught up on emails (or not!), Casey enjoys making a mess in her kitchen vaguely resembling cooking, running, and climbing at her local gym.

Dana (She/Hers) is originally from Argentina and moved to the US to pursue an education and career in reproductive health over a decade ago. She has been a part of Exhale since 2021, where she started off as a Peer Counselor before transitioning into a Coordinator role. Now serving as the Director of Internal Training, Dana oversees training design and implementation to ensure that trainings are reflective of the texters’ needs and empower new counselors to feel confident emotionally supporting those who have had abortion experiences. She has a background in sexual health education, having worked with thousands of High School Students across New York City and Westchester County. She graduated with her Masters of Science in Public Health in Health Education and Health Communication from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. When she’s not working, Dana enjoys spending time with her newborn daughter, knitting, and running.

Angi (she/her) is a bisexual Peruvian-American adoptee living on the ancestral lands of the Onk Akimel O’odham and Xalchidom Piipaash peoples. She first discovered Exhale Pro-Voice in 2016 while searching for a reproductive justice organization grounded in intersectionality, following her own abortion experience.

After spending time in prison, Angi pursued a Master’s degree in Psychology and Justice Studies, deepening her commitment to transformative justice. She reconnected with Exhale in 2021, joining as a textline counselor, and now serves as the Director of Peer Counseling.

Outside of Exhale, Angi works closely with her community through counseling, reentry programming, and partnerships with nonprofits and government agencies. Her focus is on providing sustainable, evidence-based, and abolitionist support to justice-impacted individuals. She is passionate about the intersections of incarceration, reproductive injustice, and healing, and is dedicated to creating spaces where people feel heard, supported, and empowered.

When she’s not supporting others, Angi can be found trail running in the Arizona desert, chasing after her three wild pups, exploring craft beer spots, or spending time with her family.