Isra leads Every Pregnancy as Chief Executive Officer, spearheading its vision to make every pregnancy safe by mobilising faith-inspired philanthropy, forging global partnerships, and driving high-impact campaigns like For Mama to save the lives of mothers and babies in the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Isra Chaker
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Marleen leads strategy and operations for Every Pregnancy, creating and overseeing the systems that enable our coalition to function effectively. She ensures partners can design, track and measure the impact of their work for mothers and newborns in crisis-affected communities.
Marleen Vellekoop
Chief Operations & Strategy Officer
Leeda coordinates Every Pregnancy’s partnerships and programs. She serves as our hub for coalition engagement, campaign execution, program reporting, and operational support to ensure partners are aligned and equipped to deliver impact.
Leeda Jewayni
Partnerships & Programs Manager
Mahboob leads partnerships and advocacy for Every Pregnancy in the United Kingdom (UK), building relationships with faith-inspired organisations, mobilising communities, and amplifying the coalition’s voice in the UK to advance maternal and newborn health.
Mahboob Hussain
UK Partnerships & Advocacy Officer
Sumayya is Public Relations Consultant for Every Pregnancy, shaping media outreach and storytelling to elevate the coalition’s voice and spotlight the impact of our coalition.
Sumayya Tobah
Public Relations Consultant
Harshita Dubey supports our content development. She creates compelling multimedia that amplify our message and showcases how our partners and campaigns impact lives of mothers and newborns globally.
Harshita Dubey
Communications Consultant
Shami is Strategic Communications Consultant for Every Pregnancy, helping the coalition communicate not only what it does, but why it matters and the difference it makes. He supports communications strategy, external affairs, and digital engagement, helping strengthen the coalition’s shared voice in pursuit of a world where every pregnancy is safe.
Ahmad Shami
Senior Communications Manager
Maisa coordinates Every Pregnancy’s financial grants management, internal programmatic logistics, and onboarding processes for staff and consultants. She serves as our hub for operational support and institutional knowledge management, ensuring Every Pregnancy staff are equipped to deliver impact.
Maisa Munawara
Operations Coordinator
Ibrahim is a public health and governance specialist with over 20 years of experience advancing maternal, newborn, and child health and strengthening health systems across Northern Nigeria. He brings deep expertise across MNCH, health systems, advocacy, and M&E, and is particularly recognised for his work with religious and traditional institutions to drive culturally grounded, community-led change.
Ibrahim Baban Galla
Senior Program Manager
Freckle Design Studio leads on our creative strategy and design. Creative Director Claudia Costa-Rowse and Brand Designer Juliette Van Rhyn shape the visual identity that brings our movement and campaigns to life.
Freckle Design Studio
Creative Strategy and Design
Advisory Board
Every Pregnancy’s Advisory Board is a partnership-guided body of senior leaders and experts who provide strategic direction, growth advice, and accountability. Drawing on deep experience in maternal and newborn health, philanthropy, and advocacy, the Board supports our leadership team to strengthen impact, expand partnerships, and advance our mission—ensuring every pregnancy is safe, especially in contexts affected by conflict and crisis.
Visionary Emirati business leader serving as Managing Director of Sales & Development at DAMAC Properties and founder of innovative proptech and real estate ventures, driving record-breaking growth and luxury development across the UAE and beyond.
Amira Sajwani
Managing Director, DAMAC Properties
Co-founder and CEO of global health strategy firm Axmed, bringing deep experience in healthcare delivery, systems strengthening and commercial leadership to advance resilient medical solutions worldwide.
Emmanuel Akpakwu
CEO, Axmed
Nigerian global health advocate, philanthropist, and Founder-President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa, championing maternal, newborn and child health and gender equity across the continent with decades of impact.
Her Excellency Toyin Saraki
Founder and President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa
Partner Assembly
The Partner Assembly is the collective forum of all Every Pregnancy coalition members. It ensures that our work remains partner-led, inclusive, and grounded in the realities of communities most affected by maternal mortality. The Assembly guides strategic priorities, reviews collective progress, and provides a vital link between partners and the Advisory Board, reinforcing shared ownership and transparent decision-making across the coalition.
CEO of Lady Fatemah Trust, leading international humanitarian efforts that empower mothers and vulnerable communities with sustainable health, education, and livelihood programs through faith-inspired global partnerships.
Mukhtar Karim
Lady Fatemah Trust
Vice Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of OB/GYN at Aga Khan University, with expertise in improving maternal care in low-resource settings. She is a key leader behind the E-MOTIVE approach to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), advancing evidence-based solutions to prevent one of the leading causes of maternal mortality.
Dr. Sidrah Nausheen
Aga Khan University
Founder and Chair of Rivers of Mercy, a UK-registered charity delivering free medical care and humanitarian support to families in Palestine, particularly focusing on maternal and community health.
Haifa Abd al-Hakeem
Rivers of Mercy
Associate Director of Resource Development & Communications at VITAL Pakistan Trust, advancing maternal, newborn and child health through strategic partnerships, advocacy, and cross-sector collaboration in underserved regions.
Peter Lobo
Vital Pakistan Trust
Every Pregnancy is a fiscally sponsored initiative of Capital for Good USA, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Paoli, PA, USA (EIN: 27-0915757)