COMMITTEE
Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Sc.D., R.D., Cornell University (Chair)
Linda Bearinger, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, University of Minnesota
Sarah S. Brown, M.P.H., National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Patrick M. Catalano, M.D., FACOG, Case Western Reserve University
Debbie I. Chang, M.P.H., Nemours Health and Prevention Services
Esa M. Davis, M.D., M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh
Marvin E. Goldberg, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Ph.D., Yale University
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Ph.D., R.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
SPEAKERS AND INVITED GUESTS
Josephine Cialone, M.S., R.D., North Carolina State Title Program
Jeanne A. Conry, M.D., Ph.D., American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Patricia Fontaine, M.D., M.S., Health Partners Institute for Education and Research
Douglas Greenaway, M.Div., National WIC Association
Debra Hawks, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
M. Christina Johnson, C.N.M., M.S., American College of Nurse Midwives
Marta Kealey, R.D., Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Michele Lawler, M.S., Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Michael Lu, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Regina Davis Moss, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.C.H.E.S., American Public Health Association
Dotun Ogunyemi, M.D., National Medical Association
Suzanne Phelan, Ph.D., California Polytechnic State University
Kathleen Rasmussen, Sc.D., R.D., Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Anne Santa-Donato, R.N.C., M.S.N., Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
Richard Sass, Contact Wellness Foundation
Andrea Sharma, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Ph.D., R.D., School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS
Tamara Barry, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Arun Kumar Beborta, Mid-India Board of Education Graduate School for Nurses, Indore
Donna Blum-Kemelor, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Amanda Cash, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services
Jasmine Dailey, Howard University
Jessica DiBari, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Karen Fennell, American Association of Birth Centers
Carolyn Gegor, Midwifery Consulting Group
Susan Gross, Johns Hopkins University
Cheryl Kirven, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital
Patricia MacNeil, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mary Morall, Howard University
Julie Obbagy, Center for Nutrition Policy and Prevention, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Katie Pahner, Thorn Run Partners
Kim Pekin, NOVA Natural Birth Center
Kathleen Pellechia, WIC Works Resource System, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Julia Perkins, BirthCare and Women’s Health
Megan Phillippi, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Allyson Reddy, National Women’s Health Network
Cindy Reeves, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Denise Sofka, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Catherine Spong, National Institutes of Health
Jamie Swietlikowski, Community of Hope: Family Health and Birth
Paulette Thompson, District of Columbia Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
Chelsea Webb
Claudette Welch, Johns Hopkins Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program
Allison Yates, Agricultural Research Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture