Joan Healy received her MPH from the Gillings School and has extensive background in U.S. and global health systems strengthening and capacity building, including development, testing, implementation and scale-up of […]
Sherie Lou Santos
Sherie Lou Santos, MPH, MCHES is the current Director of Policy and Government Affairs at the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP). In this role, she serves as a core […]
Lynn Tomkins
An English native with meticulous event planning and project management professional with over twenty years of medical event planning experience. Until recently she was working as VP of Conference Services […]
Janet Place
Janet has over 30 years of experience in public health practice and workforce development globally, nationally, regionally, and at the local level. Her most recent position was as a senior […]
Kelly Bower, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN
Kelly Bower’s research and her public health nursing practice focus on the elimination of racial disparities in women’s, maternal, and infant health. She aims to understand the structural and social […]
Kristie Bardell, MPH
Professionally, I have gained an extensive amount of experience in senior level public health roles. I have lead the development of public health initiatives and co-created fund development strategies that […]
Jameshyia Ballard
I am an energetic, goals- driven public health advocate. As an entrepreneur, I help nonprofit and public health organizations secure funding and reach their strategic goals through grant writing, program […]
Catrina Williams
Dedicated to servicing the women, children, and families of the greater Metro Atlanta area since 1999, Catrina Williams’ role as an Assistant Nutrition Counselor and resource mom allowed her to […]
Kristina Wint
Kristina Wint, MPH, is the senior program manager for reproductive and maternal health and wellness. She obtained her master’s degree in public health in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences from […]
Samuel Wainwright
Dr. Sam Wainwright is board-certified Internist and Pediatrician, a physician in Two Generation Clinic, and completing a health services research fellowship in UIC’s School of Public Health. He is researching […]
Becky Terrazas
Director-Perinatal Neonatal Program, University Health in San Antonio, Texas. Rebecca has collaborated with rural South Texas healthcare professionals for the past 25 years. Our goal is to provide evidence-based care […]
Nan Strauss
Nan Strauss, JD has worked in maternal and reproductive health for over 17 years as an attorney, human rights researcher, policy expert, consumer, and advocate. She is the Managing Director […]
Karie Stewart
Karie E. Stewart is a full-scope midwife practicing on the south side of Chicago with the UIH Miles Square Auburn-Gresham clinic and the former Director of Midwifery Services at the […]
Erica Shoemate
Erica is a Maternal Health Strategist and Advocate with extensive expertise in Tech Policy and National Security. She is also a philanthropist dedicated to serving as a Maternal and Infant […]
Meredith Shockley-Smith
As the Executive Director of Cradle Cincinnati, Dr. Meredith Shockley-Smith is committed to building on the substantial reductions in infant mortality with a sustained focus on health equity and the […]
Shirley Scott
Dr. Shirley Scott is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner on an HRSA-funded State Maternal Health Innovation Program entitled “Innovations to ImPROve Maternal OuTcomEs in Illinois (I PROMOTE-IL).” I PROMOTE-IL, a […]
Amy Romano
Amy Romano MBA, MSN, CNM is a maternity care leader and nurse-midwife committed to improving perinatal and reproductive care through care model innovation, community-integrated care, and quality improvement. She is […]
Aida Rodriguez
Aida Rodriguez, MSW, is a bilingual Social Worker in the Two Generation Clinic at UIC. Aida has over ten years of experience working with diverse populations in the Chicago area […]
Laura Phelan
Laura Phelan is the Policy Director for the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), the state’s Medicaid agency, which she has worked to improve maternal and child health […]
Crystal Patil
Dr. Patil has a PhD in anthropology from Ohio State University and her research focuses on how the social world becomes embodied and expressed as health, illness, or suffering. The […]
Giannina Ong
Giannina completed her master’s degree at the University of Toronto’s Women and Gender Studies Institute, where she specialized in women’s health. She has a breadth of skills in qualitative methods. […]
Josselyn Okorodudu
Josselyn Okorodudu is a community organizer with over 15 years experience helping families navigate medical and social systems in Cincinnati. She currently leads community and clinical engagement for Cradle Cincinnati […]
Dorian Mundy
Ms. Dorian Mundy is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toledo where her research focus is maternal and child health. Prior to attending UT, Ms. Mundy was part of […]
Mariluz Martinez
Assistant Director at University Health and Program Coordinator for TX RMOMS Program. She has designed and managed health promotion and disease prevention programs for over 10 years and prides herself […]
Erica Livingston
Erica Livingston is a postpartum centric full spectrum doula, educator, doula mentor, curriculum and content builder and co-founder of Birdsong, and a Connector at JustBirth Space. Erica has been serving […]
Ky Lindberg
Kyesha (Ky) Lindberg is an experienced nonprofit executive currently serving as the Executive Director of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia (HMHBGA). Mrs. Lindberg has over 15 years of […]
Kylea Liese
I am a medical anthropologist and certified nurse midwife who engages a reproductive justice framework to contextualize and address the social drivers and repercussions of maternal morbidity and mortality. I […]
Leandra Lacy
Leandra Lacy, MPH, CHES is a Training and Technical Assistance Specialist at the Urban Institute. Her educational and professional background is in behavioral sciences and health education, particularly in the […]
Francoise Knox-Kazimierczuk
Francoise Alisha Knox-Kazimierczuk earned her Ph.D. from Miami University and is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati in the College of Allied Health Sciences. Dr. Knox-Kazimierczuk is trained […]
Lorenza Holt
Lorenza has her MPH degree with a concentration in maternal and child health, is a BACE-certified childbirth educator, DONA approved birth doula trainer and Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer. She has […]
Devon Herzoff
Devon Herzoff is an MSW intern at the Two-Generation Clinic, and a student at Jane Addams College of Social Work with a mental health specialization. He is part of the […]
Kitty Henricksen
Lead MFM sonographer with over 10 years of experience in taking care of high-risk moms and their babies. She works side by side with MFM providers to provide care for […]
Angelica Hardee
Dr. Angelica Hardee currently serves as Vice President of Health Strategy at the American Heart Association where she is dedicated to Greater Cincinnati/NKY’s community health initiatives. In this role she […]
Arden Handler
Arden Handler, DrPH is Director of the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health and Professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of Illinois School of Public Health. […]
Tyra Gross
Dr. Tyra Toston Gross is an Associate Professor of Public Health at Xavier University of Louisiana, where she has worked as a public health instructor, researcher and mentor since August […]
Anne Elizabeth Glassgow
Dr. Anne Elizabeth Glassgow is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She has research training and clinical expertise in […]
Stacie Geller
Dr. Stacie Geller has been a local, national, and international leader in addressing maternal health for over 25 years. She has extensive experience working in maternal health focused on factors […]
Dianna Frick
Dianna Frick is an epidemiologist with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) in the Maternal and Women’s Health Branch. Ms. Frick provides data support […]
Lauren Everett
Lauren Everett has been working in the public health field for 10 years. As Director of the Cradle Cincinnati Learning Collaborative for Cradle Cincinnati, Lauren partners with healthcare organizations to […]
Lashanda Dandrich
My passion for breastfeeding bloomed when my daughter was born in 2009. “My favorite saying is that I birthed her and she birthed a Lactation Consultant”. The passion to support […]
Sarah Copple
Sarah Copple is a nurse leader on staff at the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) as the Manager of Clinical Program Development. She received her Associates […]
Karen Chustz
Karen A. Chustz, MSW, is Senior Program Manager for NHSA’s AIM CCI initiative. Karen has more than 25 years’ experience in non-profit and public health agencies. Prior to joining AIM […]
Jamie Agunsday
Jamie Agunsday is a master’s prepared Registered Nurse who has been serving families in southern New Jersey for nearly 8 years. She spent more than 7 years at the bedside […]
Shaquelle Ballou
Shaquelle (or Shaq) is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and has an extensive background in health education and health promotion in perinatal populations in the outpatient and inpatient environment, […]
Shana Bellow
Shana Bellow, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist at INOVA Health System Women’s Behavioral Health Perinatal Psychologist.
Rachel Caskey
Dr. Rachel Caskey is an Associate Professor in the College of Medicine at UIC. She is a dually board-certified Internist and Pediatrician and health services researcher. She has combined her […]
Aimee Brill
Aimée Brill is a mother, facilitator, consultant, birth justice activist, community-based doula trainer, and is the Co-Director of Village Birth International (VBI), based both in Syracuse, NY, New Jersey, and […]
Nakeitra Burse
Dr. Nakeitra L. Burse, is the Owner/CEO of Six Dimensions, LLC, a certified woman owned, minority owned public health research, development and practice firm. She is also the Executive Producer […]
Shokufeh Ramirez
Shokufeh Mojgani Ramirez, PhD, MPH is the Associate Director of the Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health (CEMCH), a training grant funded by the HRSA Maternal and […]
Whitney Robinson
Whitney Robinson is obsessed with seeing Maternal Healthcare improve in her lifetime. Through design frameworks and jam sessions, she is focused on improving the experiences of Black women through pregnancy, […]
Dr. Kristen Hassmiller-Lich
Dr. Lich specializes in the application of systems thinking, operations research, and systems science simulation modeling techniques for health policy, public health delivery, and medical decision making. Dr. Lich has […]
Leslie Coney
Leslie Coney is a rising 2nd year PhD student in Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. Her research interests include Black maternal health, community-based participatory design, […]
Alessandra Bazzano
Alessandra Bazzano PhD, MPH is Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences, and Director of Tulane’s Center of Excellence in Maternal Child Health (CEMCH). […]
Rebecca Severin
Rebecca A Severin, MPH, CPH has worked in the hybrid Human Service/ Public Health realm for the past thirteen years. Rebecca received her Master of Public Health degree with a […]
Pauline Sakamoto
Early in Pauline’s career, she spent time delivering services in San Bernardino County High Desert in Maternal-Health, Family Planning and other Public Health services such as vaccinations and home health […]
Ushma Mehta
Ushma Mehta, PhD, MPH is the Epidemiologist for the Maternal Health Innovations Program within the Maternal Health Branch in the Division of Public Health (DPH), NC Department of Health and […]
Tayo Mbande
Tayo Mbande is a native of California with deep family roots in Chicago. She is a Maternal Health innovator, birth and postpartum doula and co-founder of Chicago Birthworks Collective, Chicago’s […]
Tomeka Isaac
Tomeka James Isaac is a leading voice for reproductive empowerment, working to eliminate racial disparities in pregnancy care, and advocating for health equity for all. Like most in this space, […]
ShLanda Burton
ShLanda R. Burton is an Advanced Certified Birth Doula and a Community Nutrition Specialist. She is the South Eastern Regional Director for DONA International. ShLanda serves as the Founder and […]
Karen Minyard
Karen Minyard, PhD, has led the Georgia Health Policy Center since 2001 and is a research professor with the Department of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School […]
Tiffany Manuel
Tiffany Manuel, PhD, is President & CEO or TheCaseMade. DrT (as she prefers to be called) is a dynamic speaker, best-selling author and the President and CEO of TheCaseMade, an […]
Sharon Lightener
Shannon Lightner-Gometz is a public health leader who has served in leadership capacities in state and federal government and within a national nonprofit to transform the health of communities. She […]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly
Congresswoman Robin Kelly has dedicated her career to public service as an advocate for Illinois families. Since being elected to serve the 2nd Congressional District in 2013, she has worked […]
Carole Johnson
Carole Johnson is the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Johnson joined HRSA from the White House COVID-19 Response Team. She previously served as Commissioner of the […]
Lydia Swartz
Born and raised in Uganda, Lydia has lived in the USA and Denmark. She has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Makerere University in Uganda where she […]
Laura Powis, MPH
Laura Powis, MPH, is the Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice on AMCHP’s Evidence and Implementation team. In this role, she manages AMCHP’s Innovation Hub, an online platform that […]
Lauren Blachowiak
Lauren Blachowiak, MEd, is the Government Affairs Manager at the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP). In this role, she executes AMCHP’s policy activities, including advocating for Title […]
Lynda Krisowaty
Lynda Krisowaty, MHS, is the Senior Program Manager for Evidence-Based Practice at the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and leads AMCHP’s Evidence & Implementation Team. In this […]
Katherine Bryant
Katherine has been a program manager with the CMIH since 2014. She received her Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Duke University in 2007 and her Master of Science […]
Nicolle L. Gonzales BSN, RN, MSN, CNM
Founder and Midwifery Director of Changing Woman Initiative Diné – Navajo She/Her/Hers Nicolle L. Gonzales received her Bachelor’s of Nursing and her Masters of Nurse-Midwifery at the University of New Mexico. She is a […]
Ana Rodney, CD, RYT 200
Ana Rodney is a Doula who has been practicing for 14 years. Ana is a yoga instructor, energy healer, and wellness practitioner based in Baltimore City. She runs MOMCares as the Executive Director and […]
Jacqueline Lambert
Jacqueline Lambert, a small grassroots organizer who serves her community in different aspects of birth work as a Childbirth Educator, a ROSE Breastfeeding Community Transformer, Doula, and a Certified Lactation Counselor. […]
Reena Oza-Frank, PhD, MS-MPH, RD
For the last 2.5 years, Reena Oza-Frank has served as the Data and Surveillance Administrator in the Bureau of Maternal, Child, and Family Health at the Ohio Department of Health. […]
David Olawuyi Fakunle, Ph.D.
David Olawuyi Fakunle, Ph.D. is a “mercenary for change,” employing any skill and occupying any space to help elevate everyone divested from their truest self, especially those who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color. David serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Florida Center […]
Belinda Pettiford, MPH
Belinda has over 30 years of experience in public health. She has been with the North Carolina Division of Public Health, Women’s and Children’s Health Section (Title V) since November […]
Joyce Marshall, MPH
Joyce Marshall became the Director for the Maternal and Child Health Service at the Oklahoma State Department of Health in early 2014. In this role, Marshall is responsible for overseeing […]
Dr. Omar M Young
Dr. Young completed his undergraduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis in Biology and French in 2004. He went on to receive his medical degree from Columbia University in […]
Teneele M. Bailey , MBS
Teneele Bailey is a south Jersey girl, living and working in a Maryland world as a maternal health professional who is dedicated to eliminating maternal and child health disparities experienced […]
Siani Antoine, BA
Siani Antoine, is a Master of Public Health Candidate (expected 2022) at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health studying maternal, child, and family health. In addition, she is […]
Velma V. Taormina, MD MSE
Velma Villalon Taormina, M.D., M.S.E., attended the University of Texas where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology and a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering. She attended […]
Valerie C. Valerio, PhD
As a research scientist, Valerie applies innovative data science methods to global health challenges. Before joining Surgo, Valerie researched agricultural value chains in sub-Saharan Africa. She used data analytics and […]
Tegan Callahan, MPH
Tegan has led the Maternal Mortality Prevention Team’s Program Section since August 2019. In this role, she leads the management of the state awards under the Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance […]
Stephanie Trusty, RN, BSN
Stephanie Trusty has worked at IDPH for sixteen years as a Maternal Health Nurse Clinician, and serves as the AIM State Lead Coordinator for Iowa’s AIM program since October of […]
Stephanie Terry
Organizing Lead and trainer, Chatham Organizing for Racial Equity (she/her/hers) Stephanie Terry is a Race Equity Community Organizer, activist, and advocate. She was the Founding Organizer for Justice United in […]
Stephanie Radke, MD
Dr. Stephanie Radke is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist in practice at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She completed her medical degree at the University of Iowa and her residency […]
Stephanie Fitch, MHA, MS, LAC
Stephanie attended Montana State University Billings where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychiatric Rehabilitation and a Master of Science degree in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling. […]
Stacy Scott, PhD, MPA
A Toledo, Ohio native, Stacy Scott, Ph.D., MPA, is a 30-year public health advocate and infant safe sleep expert who’s worked from the government agency level to ground zero spearheading […]
Sharon Sprinkle, RN, MBA, MHA
Sharon Sprinkle, RN, MBA, MHA is the Nurse Consultation Director, Eastern Region for Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP). As a nursing leader for the organization, she coordinates and supports the nursing practice […]
Sevonna Brown
Sevonna Brown is Co-Executive Director of Black Women’s Blueprint. She leads the Safer Childbirth Cities Initiative through Merck for Mothers maternal health portfolio. She is also recognized as a Ms. […]
Sema Sgaier, PhD
As co-founder and CEO, Sema leads Surgo’s strategy, operations, and partner relations. She works at the intersection of behavior, data, and technology, drawing on her experience in policy, strategy and […]
Sarah Reese, PhD, LCSW
Sarah Reese is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work. Broadly, her research and teaching focus on community-based social work interventions to promote child and family well-being, with […]