KMCH Council Members

Rebecca Adamson, APRN-C, FNP, MSN
Crawford County Health Department

Jennifer Adhima
Executive Director
Kansas Head Start Association

Brenda Bandy, IBCLC
Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition

Kelly Berry, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Ctr-School of Health Professions

Kourtney Bettinger, MD, MPH, FAAP
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics

Heather Braum
Policy Director
Kansas Action for Children

Lisa Chaney
Greenbush - SW Kansas Education Service Center

Mariah Chrans
Community Health Council of Wyandotte County

Stephanie Coleman
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Developmental and Behavioral Sciences

Julia Connellis
Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy

Mary Delgado, MSN, APRN, FNP
United Healthcare

Stephen Fawcett, PhD
University of Kansas Work Group for Community Health and Development

Cory Gibson, EdD
Superintendent, USD 262

Kari Harris, MD, FAAP
KMCHC Chair
University of Kansas, School of Medicine - Wichita
Department of Pediatrics

Sara Hortenstine
State Child Death Review Board

Ronda Hutchinson
Kansas Nurses Organization

Elaine Johannes, PhD
Kansas State University Research and Extension

Scott Latimer, MD
Sunflower Health Plan

Steve Lauer, MD, PhD, FAAP
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics

Elizabeth Lewis
Director of Maternal and Infant Initiatives, March of Dimes

Celina Lopez
Kansas PRAMS, Project Manager
Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Patricia McNamar, DNP, APRN, NP-C
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital and Clinic

Susan Pence, MD, FAAP
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas

Kate Roggenbaum
Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund

Cherie Sage
SAFE Kids Kansas

Cari Schmidt, PhD
University of Kansas, School of Medicine - Wichita,
Department of Pediatrics

Katie Schoenhoff
United Methodist Health Ministry Fund

Christy Schunn, LSCSW
Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network

Pam Shaw, MD, FAAP
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics

Sookyung Shin
Family/Consumer Leader

Cassandra Sines
KDHE Title V Family Delegate
Bureau of Family Health

Juliet Swedlund
Topeka Doula Project

David Thomason, MPA
KDHE Nutrition and WIC Services Section Director
Bureau of Family Health

Alice Weingartner
Community Care Network of Kansas

Lisa Williams
KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics

Donna Yadrich
Special Health Care Services, Title V Program, Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Daina Zolck
KDHE Injury and Violence Prevention Section Director
Bureau of Health Promotion

Carrie Akin
KDHE Maternal & Child Health Program Manager Team Lead
Bureau of Family Health

Lauren Alexander
KDHE Woman/Maternal Health Consultant
Bureau of Family Health

Kayzy Bigler
KDHE Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs Director
Bureau of Family Health

Drew Duncan
Interim Bureau Director
Bureau of Family Health

Geno Fernandez
KDHE Pregnancy Maintenance Initiative & Teen Pregnancy Targeted Case Management
Bureau of Family Health

Holly Frye
MCH Program Consultant

Jamie Kim, MPH
KDHE Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist
Bureau of Family Health

Zac Leeker
Special Health Care Needs Program Manager
Bureau of Family Health

Brandi Markert
KDHE Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist
Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics

Jill Nelson
KDHE Perinatal/Infant Health Consultant

Kelsee Torrez
KDHE Behavioral Health Consultant
Bureau of Family Health

Cora Ungerer
Family and Consumer Partnership Admin
Bureau of Family Health

Stephanie Wolf, RN, BSN, CLC
KDHE Clinical Perinatal/Infant Health Consultant
Kansas Perinatal Community Collaboratives Program Coordinator
Bureau of Family Health

Melissa Hudelson
Executive Director
Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Connie Satzler
KMCHC Website and Social Media Support
Envisage Consulting Inc.