October Monthly Meeting - Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 7pm

Special Guest Speaker - Lori Carpentier, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Michigan

The Canton Democratic Club is pleased to announce Lori Carpentier, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan (PPAM) and Planned Parenthood of Michigan (PPMI) will be our speaker at our October meeting.


Before being named CEO in 2005, Lori Carpentier also was Director of Education, Director of Patient Services, and Vice President of Medical Affairs. She led PPAM through five mergers to become one statewide affiliate in 2016, with 20 health centers, nearly 65,000 patients and serving another 17,000 with educational programming. Carpentier advocates for access to quality reproductive health care and represents the public policy interests of Planned Parenthood patients and supporters across the state. A leading expert in Michigan on women’s reproductive health care, she has testified before Congress and the Michigan State Legislature.


Nationally, Carpentier served on numerous task forces and workgroups for Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Since becoming CEO, she served as a member and is now Chair of 416 Holdings, Inc. (the parent company for Afaxys Pharmaceuticals), and is the liaison between Planned Parenthood’s Affiliate Chief Executives Council and the Medical Directors Council. Carpentier also currently serves on the national Planned Parenthood Action Fund Board of Directors as an affiliate CEO representative.


Carpentier, who began her career with PP as a medical assistant in 1985, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Michigan State University with a concentration in Adolescent Sexuality.

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