Membership

Members from all over the state represent various specialties, facilities, and systems that interact and impact maternal health.

Kansas Maternal Mortality Review Committee Member Roster

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
*Chair  **Co-Chair

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Leadership & Staff

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
Jade Ramsdell Performance Improvement Director, KDHE