KMCH Council Members

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

Deborah Alliston, MD, MEd
Clinical Associate Professor, Wichita - Pediatrics
University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita

Anji Antje, MD, PhD
Epidemiologist
KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics

Brenda Bandy, IBCLC
Executive Director
Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition

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

Heather Braum
Policy Director
Kansas Action for Children

Jennifer Bruning
Executive Director
Kansas State Alliance of YMCAs

Cristi Cain
Local Public Health Section Director
KDHE

Lisa Chaney
Research & Evaluation Director
Greenbush - SW Kansas Education Service Center

Mariah Chrans
Program Director of Cradle Kansas City
Community Health Council of Wyandotte County

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

Julia Connellis
Executive Director
Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy

Mary Delgado, MSN, APRN, FNP
HFS Program Manager
United Healthcare

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

Lisa Frey Blume
Community Health Manager
KDHE Bureau of Health Promotion

Geovannie Gone
Executive Director
Immunize Kansas Coalition

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

Sara Hortenstine
Executive Director
State Child Death Review Board

Stephanie Jerguson, BSN, RN, CCM
Maternal and Child Health Program Coordinator
UHC Community & State Kansas

Elaine Johannes, PhD
Youth Development Associate Professor, Extension Specialist
Kansas State University Research and Extension

Kaitlin Johnson, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Emporia State University

Karly Lauer, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Emporia State University

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

Juliet Laverack
Patient Education & Support Manager
Community Health Center of SE Kansas

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

Oluwakemi Onyenagubo
BEPHI-Vital Health & Data , Assistant Director
KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics

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

Suzanne Moore
Nurse Consultant
KDHE Division of Health Care Finance

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

Kate R.
Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund

Cherie Sage
Representative SAFE Kids Kansas

Cari Schmidt, PhD
Associate Research Professor and Director of Pediatric Research
University of Kansas, School of Medicine - Wichita,
Department of Pediatrics

Katie Schoenhoff
Program Manager
United Methodist Health Ministry Fund

Christy Schunn, LSCSW
Executive Director
Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network

Heather Schrotberger
Executive Director
Kansas Head Start Association

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

Sookyung S.
Family/Consumer Leader

Peter Stoepker
Family/Consumer Leader

Cassandra Sines
KDHE Title V Family Delegate
Bureau of Family Health

Lesley Thomas
President
Kansas School Nurses Organization

Alice Weingartner
Chief Strategy Officer
Community Care Network of Kansas

Lisa Williams
KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics

Kendra Wyatt
Chief Executive Officer
New Birth Company

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

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

Jaquita Clark
Child and Adolescent Health Consultant
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Amy Dean-Campmire
Children and Families Section Director
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Drew Duncan
Screening & Surveillance Unit Director
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

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

Derik Flerlage, RRT, MHA
Bureau Co-Director
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Kelsee Fout
Behavioral Health Consultant
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Holly Frye
MCH Program Consultant
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Dione Guyton
Home Visiting Program Consultant
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Jamie Kim, MPH
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist
KDHE

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

Jeni McDonald
Family Planning Program Manager
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Jennifer Miller
State MCH/Title V Director
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Jill Nelson
Perinatal/Infant Health Consultant
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Karen Perez
Special Health Care Needs, Lead Care Coordinator
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Jessie Piper, PhD, CFLE
Bureau Co-Director
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Ivonne Rivera-Newberry
Family Planning Clinical Consultant
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Juliet Swedlund
Perinatal and Infant Health Consultant
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

Cora Ungerer
Children Special Health Care Needs Director
KDHE Bureau of Family Health

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

Denise Cyzman
Executive Director
Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

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