With over 15 years of experience in a variety of clinical and non-profit reproductive health and justice settings, I work to identify you and your team’s individual and collective strengths and help you deploy them strategically. I believe effective relationship-building is the cornerstone of any successful collaborative project, and it is the foundation of all of our work. An experienced project director, coalition builder, and trained facilitator, I hold space for partners and make change happen through systems analysis. I am adept at prioritizing, being efficient and decisive when necessary, all in service of achieving outstanding results for your team, in service of your mission. I am committed to working on how explicit and implicit bias on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, class, and size influences my work. I am skilled in facilitating difficult conversations, believing continued growth brings about a more just healthcare system and a more successful project.
About Me
Adina Koch (she/her/hers) is a relationship-driven project leader dedicated to working for health equity and reproductive justice, in order to enable bodily autonomy for all, by making health care services accessible and comprehensive.
Starting her career with the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund, helping those in need access abortion services and coordinating hotline volunteers. She most recently was the Director of Program Outreach and Engagement at Provide, Inc., implementing engagement strategies with providers and overseeing delivery of the Abortion Referrals Training. Prior to this role, she worked as Quality Improvement Advisor for Upstream Massachusetts, working with Community Health Centers across the state on implementing comprehensive family planning services. Adina has also previously worked as the Manager of the HIV and Sexual Health Department at Codman Square Health Center, Manager of Community Health Programs at Martha Eliot Health Center, and with the Fenway Institute of Fenway Health as part of the Connect to Protect® Boston Coalition – a community based research project that worked to examine the power of community mobilization and structural change as a means of HIV/STI prevention for Boston LGBTQ youth. Adina has also served a recent five year term as the President of the Board of Directors at Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, managing the development of non-profit organizational infrastructure and staff growth. She loves making change happen through systems analysis that is rooted in team collaboration and connection to lived experiences.
Adina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Women’s Studies from Northeastern University and a Master of Arts in Applied Sociology from Boston College. Adina lives in Boston where she also does work as a DONA trained Postpartum Doula. When she is not working to make health care accessible for all or minding babies, you can find her walking around Jamaica Pond and cultivating community through hosting meals and baking cakes.