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 Hospital |
| Karen Braman, RPh, MS | Senior Vice President of Healthcare Strategy and Policy, KS Hospital Association | *Tara Chettiar, MD, FACOG | OB/GYN, University of Kansas Medical Center |
| Janna Chibry, MD | University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita Department of Obstetrics, College Hill OB/GYN |
| **Mariah Chrans, PhD, IBCLC | Director of Cradle Kansas City–an initiative of the Community Health Council of WY County |
| 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 | Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV) |
| Sapphire Garcia | President, Wichita Birth Justice Society, Director, Kansas Doula Alliance |
| Ashley Gonzalez | Healthy First Steps, United Healthcare |
| 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 |
| Melinda Lavon, PhD, IBCLC | Bloom Midwifery & Lactation Services |
| Thalia Lopez, MD, FACOG | OB/BYN, ACOG-KS Section Representative |
| Michaela Loxterman | Vice President of Medical Integration, CKF Addiction Treatment |
| Cecilia Mariani | Attorney of Law |
| Abriona Markham | Doula, Executive Director of the 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, OBGYN, MPH | Kansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative, Past Chair |
| Christina Pacheco, JD, MPH | University of Kansas Medical Center, Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine, Director, Communities Organizing to Promote Equity |
| Donald Peghee Jr., MD | OB/GYN, Legends OB/GYN; National Medical Association Chair of Region V |
| Kristin Perez, CNM | Stormont Vail, Chair of the KS Perinatal Quality Collaborative (KPQC) |
| Stephanne Rupnicki, CLS, ILC | Prairie Band Potawatomie Nation Breastfeeding Peer Counselor, U.S. Breastfeeding Committee Board of Directors Elected Director |
| Heather Scruton, MBA, MSN | Assistant Director, Transport & EMS Relations–Critical Care Transport, Children’s Mercy Hospital |
| 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 |
| Jan Trizuto | Family Preservation Program Administrator, Department of Children and Families |
| 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 |
| Juliet Swedlund | 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 |
| Kari Smith, MSN, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM | Abstractor for Maternal Mortality Review Committee, Maternal QI Co-Coordinator, KPQC |
| Kay Haug | State Registrar and Director, Bureau of Epidemiology & Public Health Informatics, KDHE |
| Jamie Kim, MPH | MCH/Maternal Initiatives 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 |
| Jade Ramsdell | Performance Improvement Director, KDHE |
| Stephanie Wolf, RN BSN | Perinatal & Infant Consultant/Nurse, Bureau of Family Health, KDHE |