About Us
Meet Our Core Team
Meet Our Subject Matter Experts!
We are grateful to all the subject matter experts that have contributed their time and expertise to our mission.
Serena Brown
Global Employee Experience
Programs Manager at VML
Joia Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG
Founder and President of the
National Birth Equity Collaborative
Lotte Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, FACP
Senior Associate Dean of
Faculty and Chief Well-Being Officer for the University of Colorado School of
Medicine
Sharonne Hayes, MD
Cardiologist and Professor of
Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Vice
Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development for the Department of
Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic
Nathaniel Miller, MD
Assistant Professor of Family
Medicine at Mayo Clinic
Tyson Pankey, PhD
Assistant Professor in
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Child and Family Mental Health and
Community Psychiatry Division of Duke University School of Medicine
Sean M. Phelan, PhD, MPH
Professor of Health Services
Research and Section Head of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the Division of
Health Care Delivery Research in the Kern Center for the Sciences of Health
Care Delivery at Mayo Clinic
Sara E. Burke, PhD
Associate Professor in Social
Psychology at Syracuse University
Brooke Cunningham, MD
Commissioner of Health,
Minnesota Department of Health; General Internist, Sociologist, and Assistant
Professor in the University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and
Community Health
Rebecca Polston, CPM, LM
Midwife, Owner and Founder of
Roots Community Birth Center
Benjamin Reese, Jr. PsyD
Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct
Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Community
Medicine and Family Health, and Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University
Karen Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG
Chief Black Feminist Physician
Scientist, Founding CEO, and Owner of Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC
Richard White, MD
Assistant Professor of
Medicine and Pediatrics in the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic
Barbara Whitmore, RN
Nursing Administrator at
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Mark Yeazel, MD, MPH
Professor and Vice Chair for
Faculty Affairs in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at
the University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Esther Choo, MD
Professor of Emergency
Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University
Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH
Salinas Manisha, DrPH
Associate Consultant and
Associate Professor at the Mayo Clinic
Rebecca O’Connor, PhD, RN
Betty Irene Moore Nurse Leaders and Innovators Fellow, and Affiliate Member of the Center for Pediatric Nursing Research at Seattle Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor in the University of Washington School of Nursing Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing