Members from all over the state represent various specialties, facilities, and systems that interact and impact maternal health.
| Ashley Bates-Crowley | Family Advocate & Executive Director, Team Josiah 2K22 Foundation |
| Erin Bider, MD | Perinatal Psychiatrist, Maternal Mental Health Program Director, University of Kansas Health System |
| Tessa Bolen, RNC-OB | AWHONN Kansas Section Chair; Nurse-Manager, Women & Infants’ Services, Salina Regional Health Center |
| Karen Braman, RPh, MS | Senior Vice President of Healthcare Strategy and Policy, KS Hospital Association |
| Katherine Campbell, BSN RN | Nurture KC |
| *Tara Chettiar, MD FACOG | OB/GYN, University of Kansas Medical Center |
| **Mariah Chrans, PhD IBCLC | Director of Cradle Kansas City–an initiative of the Community Health Council of WY County |
| Mary Sunshine-Delgado, MSN APRN | Maternal Health Program Manager, United Health Care |
| Bethany Enoch, MD FAAFP | Medical Director of Pittsburg Extended Rural Clerkship Experience, KUMC & Family Medicine Physician, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas |
| Hannah Figgs-Hoard | MAVIS Project Coordinator, Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV) |
| Sapphire Garcia-Lies | President, Wichita Birth Justice Society |
| Donna Gorman, MS LCMFT LCAC | Clinical Coordinator, Women’s Recovery Center & Options Adult Services – DCCCA, Inc. |
| Jeri Harvey, MSN CNL | Baker University School of Nursing/Stormont Vail Hospital |
| Kelli Krase, MD | OB/GYN, KU Medical Center |
| Melinda Lavon, PhD IBCLC | Bloom Midwifery & Lactation Services |
| Thalia Lopez, MD FACOG | OB/BYN, ACOG-KS Section Representative |
| Cecilia Mariani | Attorney of Law |
| Abriona Markham | Doula, Topeka Doula Project |
| **Randall Morgan, MD | OB/GYN, Associates in Women’s Health, PA |
| Sue Murnane, LMSW | Youth Behavioral Health Services Manager, Association of CMHCs of Kansas |
| Parul Nguyen, MD | Chair, Kansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (KPQC) |
| Christina Pacheco, JD, MPH | American Indian CBPR researcher, Assistance Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center |
| Donald Peghee Jr., MD | OB/GYN, Legends OB/GYN; National Medical Association Chair of Region V |
| Heather Scruton, MBA MSN | Assistant Director, Transport & EMS Relations–Critical Care Transport, Children’s Mercy Hospital |
| Jennifer Slagle | Prevention and Protection Children’s Justice Act Administrator, Kansas Dept. for Children and Families |
| Kari Smith, MSN, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM | Clinical Nurse Educator, Advent Health Shawnee Mission; Maternal QI Co-Coordinator, KPQC |
| Sharla Smith, PhD MPH | Assistant Professor KUMC Department of Preventative Medicine & Public Health |
| Terrah Stroda, CNM | Flint Hills OB/GYN—Stormont Vail-Flint Hills Campus, Junction City |
| Dereck Totten, MD, MPH | Chief Medical Officer, Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
| Grace Xu, MD | Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, KUMC |
| John Yeast, MD MSPH | Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of OB/GYN, University of Missouri Kansas City |
| Farah Ahmed, MPH PhD | Environmental Health Officer & State Epidemiologist, KDHE |
| Lauren Alexander | Women & Maternal Health Consultant, Bureau of Family Health, KDHE |
| Drew Duncan | Screening & Surveillance Section Director, Bureau of Family Health, KDHE |
| Ashley Goss, MBA | Deputy Secretary for Public Health, KDHE |
| Nadyne Hagmeier, RN | Abstractor for Maternal Mortality Review Committee, KFMC Health Improvement Partners |
| Kay Haug | State Registrar and Director, Bureau of Epidemiology & Public Health Informatics, KDHE |
| Jamie Kim, MPH | MCH Epidemiologist, Bureau of Family Health, KDHE |
| Jennifer Miller, DrPH | State MCH/Title V Director, Bureau of Family Health, KDHE |
| Jill Nelson | Maternal & Perinatal Initiatives Consultant/KMMRC and KPQC Coordinator, Bureau of Family Health, KDHE |
| Jessie Piper, PhD, CFLE | Bureau of Family Health Director, KDHE |
| Stephanie Wolf, RN BSN | Perinatal & Infant Consultant/Nurse, Bureau of Family Health, KDHE |
KDHE-Bureau of Family Health, 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 220, Topeka, KS 66612 • (785) 296-1205
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