Who is FACTS?

FACTS was founded in 2010 by two family physicians: Dr. Marguerite Duane and Dr. Bob Motley. Since then, more than 130 people have joined FACTS via the FMEC.  Healthcare professionals make up the majority of our group, including family physicians, obstetrician/gynecologists, pediatricians, midwives, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, and students. We also have a number of researchers, natural family planning and fertility awareness educators, and women and men who use each of the various methods. We are a diverse group of individuals united by a common goal: to share the best evidence available with health care colleagues so they can educate women and men about their fertility, empower them to make more informed choices about family planning, and enable women to collaborate with their physicians to better monitor and manage their reproductive health.

We also have members who are women’s health advocates and promote these methods as a way to empower women, and other who offer these methods in faith based settings. We have members from Oregon to Arizona to Florida and New York with solid representation from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic States. We are proud to have experts and/or leaders representing each of the evidence-based FABMs: Billings, Creighton, Sympto-Thermal, Marquette, Two Day, Standard Days, and the Lactation Amenorrhea Method.

To ensure our continued success, all members are expected to support our mission and vision and to abide by the Principles of Dialogue instrumental to fostering relationships and deeper understanding within groups and organizations. Our 5-member Executive Team, led by Dr. Duane and Dr. Motley, steers our work. Larry Bauer, CEO of the FMEC, serves as an ex officio member.

Here is a brief introduction to our Executive Team members:

Dr. Marguerite Duane, a family physician and FACTS co-founder, is trained as a Creighton Medical Consultant and TeenSTAR educator. She has a faculty appointment at Georgetown University, where she teaches a course on modern FABMs. She previously served on the board of the FMEC.

Dr. Robert Motley, a family physician and FACTS co-founder, is also a Creighton Medical Consultant. He is a member of the residency faculty at Lehigh Valley Health Network, where he also serves as President of the Medical Staff. He also works with a non-profit organization in his community that supports fertility care.  

Dr. Mike Manhart, Executive Director of the Couple to Couple League (CCL), joined the FACTS Executive Team in 2011. He has a doctorate in Microbiology and worked for Procter and Gamble in healthcare research and development. He and his wife have been volunteer teachers for CCL for over 25 years.

Ashley Stone, a medical student at the University of Texas Southwestern, serves as the student liaison to the FACTS Executive Team. She is the founder and President of the FACTS student group at UT Southwestern and is trained as a Billings instructor.

Dr. Amina White is an obstetrician-gynecologist and Creighton-trained medical consultant. She serves on the faculty at Howard University College of Medicine. She works at the National Institutes of Health in the Clinical Center Department of Bioethics, where she studies the ethical challenges physicians face when caring for vulnerable patient populations.

To learn more about our Executive Team, go to:  http://www.factsaboutfertility.org/about/executive-team/