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
Cedars Sinai Medical Center

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