Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President (2010-2012)
Estrellita “Lo” Berry
President, REACHUP, Inc.
Project Director
Central Hillsborough Healthy Start
Tampa, FL
Committee Chair: Executive Committee

President Elect (2010-2012)
Alma Roberts
President/CEO, Baltimore Healthy Start
Baltimore, MD
Member of Executive Committee
Chair of Strategy and Organizational Sustainability Committee

Past President (2010-2011)
Cynthia Dean
CEO, Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start
Sikeston, MO
Member of Executive Committee
Member of Government Relations Committee and
Strategy and Organizational Sustainability Committee

Vice President (2010-2012)
Lisa L. Derrick
Program Director, South Phoenix Healthy Start
Tempe, AZ
Member of Executive Committee

Secretary (2010-2012)
Corrina Jackson
Project Director
Tulsa, OK
Member of Executive Committee
Member of Finance Committee and Board Governance Committee

Treasurer (2010 – 2012)
Rise Ratney
Project Director, Northwest Indiana Healthy Start
Hammond, IN
Member of Executive Committee
Chair of Finance Committee
 

Board Members

Jean Craig, Ph.D (2010-2013)
Project Director, Kansas Healthy Start
Kansas City, MO
Member of Board Governance Committee

Maurine Jones, PhD (2011- 2014)
CEO/Executive Director, Gadsden Federal Healthy Start Project
Quincy, FL

Lisa Matthews (2006-2012)
Project Director, MomsFirst
Cleveland, OH
Member of Finance Committee

Charlotte Parent (2010-2013)
Program Director, Healthy Start New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Member of Board Governance Committee and
Strategy and Organizational Sustainability Committee

Claudia Pena (2010-2013)
Project Director, Luna County Healthy Start
Deming, NM
Parliamentarian
Member of Membership Services Committee

Mahseeyahu Ben Selassie (2010-2013)
Administrator, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Member of Government Relations Committee and
Strategy and Organizational Sustainability Committee

Cheryl Squire Flint (2010-2013)
Executive Director, Healthy Start, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Member of Finance Committee and Strategy and
Organizational Sustainability Committee

Brian Vaughn (2011-2014)
Director, Healthy Start Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY

Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge (2010-2013)
Director, Bureau of Family, Youth and Infant Health
Nashville, TN
Member of Strategy and Organizational Sustainability Committee

Advisory Committee

Kenn Harris, Chair
Project Director, New Haven Healthy Start
New Haven, CT

Mario Drummonds
Chief Executive Officer, Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership
New York, NY

Cindi Garcia
Executive Director, Healthy Start Laredo
San Antonio, TX

Tamela Milan
Consortia Chair, Westside Healthy Start
Chicago, IL

Madie Robinson
Executive Director and Project Director, Pee Dee Healthy Start
Florence, SC

Susan Wilson, BGS
Program Director, Healthy Babies Program
Wichita, KS