Membership
Members from all over the state represent various specialties, facilities, and systems that interact and impact maternal health.
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 |
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 |
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 |
Kari Smith, MSN, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM | Abstractor for Maternal Mortality Review Committee, KFMC Health Improvement Partners |
Stephanie Wolf, RN BSN | Perinatal & Infant Consultant/Nurse, Bureau of Family Health, KDHE |