Samantha Luffy

Sammy Luffy serves as the director of research at PAI. In this role, she leads PAI’s research translation and amplification efforts to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and advance the organization’s U.S. and global advocacy agenda in collaboration with partners and coalitions.

Sammy is passionate about designing intersectional research projects that amplify the needs of communities and key stakeholders, align with the broader human rights framework and support other social justice movements, such as gender justice, climate justice, racial justice and disability justice. She brings to PAI her deep experience in U.S. foreign assistance, policy research and advocacy, program management, gender transformative programming and coalition strengthening.

Sammy has an extensive background in global health, with a focus on SRHR, human rights and infectious diseases through her work with both governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Prior to joining PAI, Sammy was the policy research officer at Fòs Feminista (formerly CHANGE). In this role, she managed and led critical policy research projects to document the impact of national and U.S. foreign policies on key issues, such as access to contraception and abortion services; gender-based violence prevention and care; rights-based HIV/AIDS services; respectful maternity care; and integrated service delivery. Her research has improved technical guidance related to U.S. global health programs and increased congressional oversight of the implementation of U.S. foreign policies, such as the Global Gag Rule, by U.S. government agencies.