Chair
- Kimberly Gregory, MD, MPH, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Maternal-fetal medicine specialty)
Committee Members
| Priya Batra, MD, MS OB/GYN, public health specialties | Southern California Permanente Medical Group Chief Physician for the Health Promotion Bureau LA County Department of Health General Obstetrician-Gynecologist (Volunteer), LA County DHS – MLK Jr. Medical Center, Compton Affiliated Adjunct Staff Scientist – RAND Corporation |
| Natalie Ann Bello, MD, MPH, FACC Cardiology, internal medicine specialties | Associate Professor, Cardiology and Director of Hypertension Research Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| Stephanie Bryant, RN, PHN, MSN Public health specialties | Riverside University Health System Public Health, MCAH |
| Lenorre Clarke, MD, MPP OB/GYN specialties | Riverside University Health |
| Shareece Davis-Nelson, MD Maternal-fetal medicine specialties | Kaiser Santa Clara |
| Brandi Sims Desjolais, EdD, MHA Public health specialty | Co-founder and director of the Black Maternal Health Center of Excellence, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science |
| Kimberly Durdin, CPM, LM, IBCLC Midwifery, lactation specialties | Co-founder, Kindred Space LA Executive Director, Birthing People Foundation, Inc. Owner, Kimberly Durdin IBCLC |
| Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD Emergency medicine specialty | Medical Director, Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA |
| Calvin Johnson, MD Anesthesia specialty | Professor, Anesthesiology |
| Sharilyn L. Kelly, DNP, RN, NE-BC, C-ONQS, RNC-OB Perinatal nursing specialty | Executive Director, Perinatal Services and Pediatric/Perinatal Palliative Care, Miller Children's and Women's Hospital, Long Beach |
| Miranda Klassen Patient/family advocacy specialty | Founder/Executive Director, AFE Foundation Investigator, Amniotic Fluid Embolism Registry |
| Mashariki Kudumu, MPH Public health specialty | Community Advocate |
| Nathana Lurvey, MD OB/GYN specialty | MLK Community Hospital Chair of bioethics Administrative privileges |
| Vibha Mahendra, MD Anesthesiology, cardiovascular specialties | Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Kaiser Downey |
| Nicole Major, MSN, MN, LISW, LCSW, RN Perinatal nursing, social work specialties | University Hospitals - MacDonald Women’s Hospital and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital |
| Jennifer McNulty, MD Maternal-fetal medicine specialty | Staff Physician, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Clinical Professor, Department of OB/GYN, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at University of California, Irvine Medical Director, Obstetric Quality and Safety, Huntington Hospital in Pasadena |
| Arturo E. Mendoza, MD Pathology specialty | Director of Pathology, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital |
| Mark Meyer, MD Emergency medicine simulation specialty | Kaiser San Diego |
| Sayida Peprah, PsyD Psychology, doula services specialties | Executive Director, Diversity Uplifts |
| Brenda Ross-Shelton, MD Maternal-fetal medicine specialty | University of California, Riverside |
| Erin Saleeby, MD, MPH OB/GYN specialty | Director, Women’s Health Programs and Innovation, LA County Department of Health Services Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Health Sciences Faculty, Obstetrics & Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
| Kisha Semenuk MSN, RN, CPHQ, CPPS Perinatal nursing quality and safety specialty | Nurse, Quality & Safety Improvement Consultant Inpatient Clinical Quality - MCH Service Line |
| Keya Stallings-Saint, MSN, RNC-OB Nursing specialty | Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Ontario Director of Maternal Child Health |
| Rebecca Trotzky-Sirr, MD Family medicine/addiction specialty | Director of Addiction and Community Medicine at LA General Medical Center Regional Coordinator and Founding Member of the California Bridge Program |
| Lucy R. VanOtterloo, PhD, RNC, CNS Perinatal nursing specialty | California State University Long Beach Community Perinatal Network in Orange County |
| Sabreen White, MBA Public health, patient advocacy specialties | HeRCARe (High-Risk Care Access and Resources) Program Director, Women’s Health Center, Riverside University Health System Medical Center |
Updated 10/13/25