Alumni
Erica

Program Facilitator ? - 2010

  • Major: Med school
  • Pets: Josefina Manley, a 12-lb cat with serious digestive issues whose favorite activities include sleeping right next to Erica's head and defecating in unconventional areas
  • Vices: Red wine, shoe shopping, and craigslist's Missed Connections
  • Fun fact: MTV asked (nay, begged) Erica to do an episode of True Life once. What was the theme, you ask? She'll never tell.
Chelsea

Program Facilitator 2009 - 2010

  • Major:Legal Studies Philosophy with certificate in ILS & Theater
  • Goal: Graduate in 3 years
  • Hometown: Big Apple (NYC)
  • Pets: None =(
  • Hobbies: Reading Drinking Coffee and Chillin with friends are my guilty pleasures
  • Favorite Food: Chocolate Anything =)
Jahna

Program Facilitator 2009 - 2010

  • Interesting Info: Jahana likes taking long walks on the beach and listening to Kenny G while taking a bath. Also, pineapples
  • Favorite mythical being: Awesomegasauruselopodicus... I just made that up. It's my own breed of awesome dinosaur consisteng of only awesome things... and other stuff
  • Biggest Dream: Jahana would love to take a trip around the world entirely on a chair held afloat with only helium balloons
  • The name of her future child: Maximilian Orlovius Von Nincompoop-DeLlamaville
Abbe

Program Facilitator 2009-2010

  • Hometown: Buffalo, NY -- the world's greatest place to grow up!
  • Major: Gender & Women's Studies, English Concentration, LGBT Studies Certificate
  • Loves, Loves, Loves: traveling, loud music, ice cream, dance parties, asking the questions that seem inappropriate, but everyone wants to know the answers to
  • Someday: Would love to be a doctor! Ideally I would love to travel the world more extensively & teach women, (both globally & locally) about their bodies, rights, health, & potentials & empower them in doing so. I want to find a way to have exceptional health care for everyone & be the doctor who helps you, makes you laugh, & gets you to tell her everything you couldn't tell the other doctors who stink & lack social skills!
  • Fun Facts: I remember the date of everything
  • Dream Date: Mark Wahlberg telling me how funny & fabulous he finds me...
Alana

Program Facilitator 2009-2010

  • Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts (but my heart is in Kenya)
  • Gender Identity/PGP: female
  • Major: International Studies, African Studies, and Gender & Women's Studies
  • Favorite Cuisine: Indian and Mexican
  • Ultimate Fantasy: Professor Jeffrey Sachs calls and personally offers me a job with him in NYC, then I meet Ne-Yo at a fundraiser and he instantly falls in love with me and serenades me with "Miss Independent"
  • Zodiac Sign: Scorpio ;) rawr
  • Favorite Color: sparkly
Chris

Event Coordinator 2008-2009

  • Major: I identify primarily as a Gender and Women's Studies Major.
  • Favorite Sex Position: Kitty Style. (loud)
  • Favorite TV Show: Gilmore Girls or Daria.
  • Bribery Advice: Give me hot chocolate.
  • Significant Feats Performed: Sky diving; graduating college in four years; balancing my time, traveling alone in Africa; having and retaining a great relationship with my freshman roommate (I got lucky); bungee jumping from the highest point in the world; attempting to overcome my fear of ski-lifts; cooking (anything); catching anything someone throws at me without screaming, ducking or seriously injurying myself; not getting into car accidents (watch me drive sometime, you'll understand); livin' my dream.
  • What I do to relax: Watch movies. At my house, at someone else's, in a theater (alone OR with others) And eat popcorn. Copious amounts of popcorn.
  • Favorite thing about Madison: the Students.
Ariel

Program Coordinator 2008-2009

  • Major: History
  • Sign: Leo
  • Favorite TV Shows: The L Word, America's Next Top Model, Elimidate
  • Interests: Madonna, karaoke, eating sweets until my heartburn kicks in, my crazy family, reggaeton, traveling, and staying in bed as long as possible
Emily S.

Outreach Coordinator - 2007-2008

  • Current Occupation: Helping people with disabilities enjoy the outdoors, particularly mormons
  • Where: Logan, U-TAH
  • What You Learned in SOL: Everyone thinks about sex, even if its just a little bit.
    Wearing shirts with dildos makes for great conversation.
    Wearing shirts with dildos makes it easier to get laid.
    Most people don't know what cunnilingus means.
    Sex is as diverse as the people that have it.
    Carpe diem!
  • I miss SexOutLoud!
Ellen Schleicher

Program Facilitator - 2000-2003

  • Current Occupation/School:Maternal and Child Health Policy Analyst for the Association of State and Territorial Health Official; I work to increase the importance of maternal and child health (including adolescents) in state public health. We have a state by state document about which states are using abstinence only education funds and which states refused on our website (under access, then MCH, then technical assistance).
  • What You Learned in SOL: Humor and honesty are the best ways to talk about sex.
Jonathan Oppenheimer

Program Facilitator - 2004-2005

  • Current Occupation/School: Reproductive/Sexual Health Hotline Counselor in Philadelphia for CHOICE, Community Interviewer doing sexual health surveys for the Family Planning Council, Community Educator for Planned Parenthood
  • What You Learned in SOL: When facilitating sexual education programs, I found the work to be particularly satisfying because the information we provided seemed relevant to absolutely everyone - gay, straight, bi, sexually active or not - because we are sexual beings. Even if those attending our programs were not highly vocal, I could see light bulbs turning on in students' heads or young men and women quietly nodding and acknowledging the importance of what we did. It was that recognition of the necessity of the work I did there that made it so worthwile.
Kara Chitwood

Program Facilitator - 2000-2001

Project Coordinator - 2001-2002

  • Current Occupation/School: High School PE and Health Teacher, Fairview High School - Boulder, CO (although we live in Denver)
  • What You Learned in SOL: My brain is failing me in coming up with something clever... all I can think of is something lame, like skills that have helped me work in the education profession :)
  • Pictures: My loves of my life Dan and 8 1/2 month old Olivia (in Aspen)
Mae

Program Facilitator - 2004-2005

Outreach Coordinator - 2005-2006

  • Current Occupation/School: Working for more affordable housing with amazing community organizations. Learn more about it!
  • What You Learned in SOL: If you only think of penetration as sex and everything else as foreplay, you're probably not having very good sex.
Nina Woldenberg

Program Facilitator - 2004-2005

Program Coordinator - 2005-2006

  • Current Occupation/School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - Class 2010
Meredith Schonfeld-Hicks

Event/Outreach Coordinator - 2002-2003

Program Coordinator - 2003-2004

Project Coordinator - 2004-2005

  • Current Occupation/School: State Strategist, Advocates for Youth (working on the state level to get comprehensive sex education into the schools and abstinence only programs out)
  • What You Learned in SOL: I have so many great memories! I learned that candy helps distribute condoms. Most other programs I've encountered have been strictly public health/prevention but the pleasure aspect is really important too!
Roger Schimberg

Program Facilitator - 1997-1998

Program Coordinator - 1998-1999

  • Current Occupation/School: Public Health Consultant, Photographer, Writer
  • What You Learned in SOL: The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the top. What can I say, my years with SOL shaped my life, changed me forever, and for that I am thankful. The past 10 years of my life have been a magnificent world journey that began when I fell into SexOutLoud.