Our Team

Aza Nedhari (CPM, LGPC)

Executive Director, Co-Founder

Operations

Briana Green (JD)

Director of Operations

Shantris Fondren (MBA, SHRM-CP)

Finance Manager and HR Strategist

Shakira Jackson

Operations Associate

Arden Green

Operations Assistant

Communications and Development

Mariah Oates

Director of Communications & Development

Julia Parker (MA)

Communications Manager

Eskedar Girmash

Engagement & Outreach Manager

Alexis Ismaeil

Individual Giving Manager

Ashley Richardson

Senior Development Associate

Jasmine Hendorson

Graphic Designer

Lorraine Thomas

Social Media Manager

Data and Social Impact

Erin Snowden (MPH)

Director of Data & Social Impact

Courtney Douglass

MCH Analyst

Rabiyah Amina (MPP, MS)

Research Specialist

Amatullah McMullen (CPM)

Auditor

Programs

Lovenda Burnett

Mothers Rising Program Manager

Aspen McCoy (MPH)

Perinatal Care Coordinator

Shannon Vandiver

Perinatal Care Coordinator

Sadiyah Bashir

Mothers Rising Program Associate

Ayele Ba

Enrollment Specialist

Dara Ogunsakin (MS)

Perinatal Mental Health Specialist

Nia Kilimanjaro (LMSW)

Perinatal Mental Health Specialist

Jan-Sheri Morris (MSW)

Intake Specialist

Shakiera Mosby (RN, BSN)

Nurse Care Manager

K’La Jackson

Family Success Program Coordinator

Tahira Henderson

Family Success Program Facilitator

TeJanae McDade

Health and Wellness Specialist

Breann Powell (MPH)

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Carlyn Bessicks

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Shamsiya Skinner

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Tyeisha Kennedy

Perinatal Community Health Worker

Octavia Smith

Community Birth Worker Coordinator

Alexis Harmon

Care Specialist

Heather Walker (CPM)

Care Specialist

Rachel Campbell (MA)

Care Specialist

Ronnet Gross

Care Specialist

Shaniqua Dubose

Care Specialist

Amalia Olayinka

Community Birth Worker

Aya Iwai-Folk

Community Birth Worker

Bonita Walls

Community Birth Worker

Cynthia Smith

Community Birth Worker

Chirece Ikande

Community Birth Worker

Lactation

Cassietta Pringle (IBCLC)

Lactation Program Manager, Co-Founder

Maxine Robinson (IBCLC)

Lactaction Team Coordinator

Chanelle Moore

Lactation Associate

Constance Turner

Lactation Specialist

Jamey Harrison

Lactation Specialist

Jamie Anderson

Lactation Specialist

La’Shelle Manning (IBCLC, MPH)

Lactation Specialist

Reagan Robertson

Lactation Specialist

Workforce

Jazzmin Shakir

Training and Talent Coordinator