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Officers

Chair: Cynthia Cassell

Past Chair: Jessie Hood

Chair-Elect: Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

Secretary: Emma Brofsky

Past Secretary: Tamala Gondwe

Secretary-Elect: Vickie Dugat

Student Assembly Liaison: Vacant

Treasurer: Briana Jegier

 

Standing Committees

Membership: Kenya Murray

Program: Lesley Cottrell, Kim Arcoleo and Mary Mitsdarffer

Communications: Siani Antoine

Nominations: Lesley Carson

Professional Development: Kandyce Hylick and Colleen Payton

Awards: Nancy Cheak-Zamora

Governing Councilors: Allison Casola, Alanna Cruz, Ann Dozier, Luther-King Fasehun, Jodi Ford, Sara Helvey, Olivia Lindly and Fatima Wakeel

Section Councilors: Catherine Allen, Kiana Hardy, Kandyce Hylick, Colleen Payton, Victoria Umstattd Cope and Catherine Vladutiu

 

Additional Committees

Adolescent and Young Adult Health: Dennis Li and Nancy Cheak-Zamora

Breastfeeding: Briana Jegier and Heather Sipsma

Children’s Environmental Health Committee: Leyla Erk McCurdy, Patricia Lasley and Kristie Trousdale

Children with Special Health Care Needs: Anne Odusanya, Jennifer Marshall, and Rafaella Elger

Data and Epidemiology: Catherine Vladutiu

Global MCH: Kathryn Mishkin

Health Services Research: Rada Dagher and Rui Li

Healthy Early Childhood Education: Joanna Mackie and Laura Lessard

Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: Tyan Parker Dominguez Ndashe Tambudzai

Infant and Child Health: Iruka Ihemoa and Elizabeth Lee

Innovations in Maternity Care: Barbara Levin, Carol Nelson, and Tigist Ejeta

Multi-Level Determinants of MCH across the Life Course: Douglas Whitmire

Perinatal and Women’s Health: Ndidi Amutah and Cheryl Vamos

Violence Prevention Committee: Clarion Harris

 

Work Groups

Gun Violence Prevention: Judith Katzburg, Jennifer Bronson, Stephanie Bonne, Susan Robbins, Woodie Kessel, Sonya Lewis and Leslie Carson