Our Team

Dr. Aza Nedhari (DHS, CPM, LPC)

President & CEO

Zari Davis

Special Assistant to the President & CEO

Mariah Barnette

Chief of Staff

People and Culture

BeYonne White-Tinsley (MPS-IO)

Director of People & Culture

Operations

Rosemary Lombard (EdM, MBA)

Director of Operations

Brenda Agurs

Receptionist

Communications

Toni Junious (MPH)

Communications and Development Specialist

Lorraine Smith

Communications Associate

Kendra Hazel

Outreach & Engagement Coordinator

Sydney Brown

Graphic Design Specialist

Development

Ashley Richardson

Senior Development Associate

Data and Social Impact

Erin Snowden (MPH)

Director of Data & Social Impact

Courtney Douglass (PhD)

Data and Social Impact Manager

Alix Brooks (MPH)

Research Specialist

MCH Programs

Memory Bowman

Director of MCH Programs

Nya Ferguson

MCH Coordinator

Lactation

Cassietta Pringle (IBCLC)

Lactation Program Manager, Co-Founder

Jamie Anderson

Lactation Specialist

Lailah Lindsey-Glass

Lactation Specialist

Mothers Rising Program

Lovenda Burnett

Mothers Rising Program Manager

Ayele Ba

Enrollment Specialist

Khadijah Ford

Perinatal Care Coordinator

Laura Stevens (RN)

Nurse Care Manager

Carlyn Bessicks (PCHW)

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Shamsiya Skinner (PCHW)

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Dominique Bell (PCHW)

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Charlee Vinson (PCHW)

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Tammera Gay (PCHW)

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Raniya Holmes (MSW, PCHW)

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Nia Kilimanjaro (LCSW-C)

Perinatal Mental Health Specialist

Dara Ogunsakin

Perinatal Mental Health Specialist

TeJanae McDade (MPH)

Health and Wellness Specialist

Tahira Henderson

Family Success Facilitator

Dionne McDonald

Community Birth Worker Coordinator

Cynthia Smith (MS,CBW)

Community Birth Worker

Chirece Pooler (CBW)

Community Birth Worker

Kayla Lane (CBW)

Community Birth Worker

Jamila McFarlane (CBW)

Community Birth Worker

Jenee Wood (CBW)

Community Birth Worker

Ronnet Gross

Care Specialist

Workforce

Jazzmin Shakir

Workforce Development Manager

Aya Iwai-Folk

Workforce Coordinator