Staff

Stacey D. Cunningham, MSW, MPH 
Stacey D. Cunningham currently serves as the Executive Director of NHSA. In this role, Ms. Cunningham serves as the organization’s leader and is responsible for advancing the work and vision of NHSA. Prior to this position, Ms. Cunningham was the Associate Director of Women’s and Infant Health at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). In this position, Ms. Cunningham was responsible for the organization’s work as it related to infant mortality and racial and ethnic health disparities, smoking cessation among pregnant women, intimate partner violence among women, mental health, preconception care, and nutrition and physical activity.

From 1998-2007, Ms. Cunningham worked for the National Black Child Development Institute, Inc., a non-profit children’s advocacy organization where she held the position of Vice President from 2004 until 2007. She also served as the director of four of the organization’s primary programs/projects – Entering the College Zone, National Affiliate Network, Workplace Giving Campaigns and Child Health Talk. In addition, Ms. Cunningham was responsible for a significant portion of the fundraising and fund development, program development, and capacity building for NBCDI. Ms. Cunningham received her Master’s degree in Social Work from Howard University focusing on child and family welfare and mental health, as well as a Masters in Public Health focusing on maternal and child health from George Washington University.

Phyllis George, MPH 
Phyllis is currently the Senior Program Manager at NHSA. In this role, she manages the Healthy Start Leadership Training Institute, the Infant Mortality Awareness Campaign, and the Annual Spring Conference. In addition, Phyllis works closely with the Executive Director and provides support in the area of fund development and partnership activities. Prior to NHSA, Phyllis served as the Program Director at Sasha Bruce Youthwork where she led an independent living program for homeless young mothers and their children.

From 2000 to 2006, Phyllis was a Respite Care Coordinator at Children’s National Medical Center where she provided families that were infected/affected with HIV/AIDS assistance outside of their day-to-day medical needs. Phyllis received her Masters in Public Health focusing on maternal and child health from George Washington University.

Elizabeth Perry
Elizabeth is the Executive Assistant and Communications Associate at NHSA. Elizabeth works closely with the Executive Director to manage and maintain the NHSA office day-to-day operations. In her role as Communications Associate, Elizabeth manages NHSA public communications through the website, blog, Twitter, newsletter, policy alerts, etc. She maintains Member communications and information as well.

Prior to NHSA, Elizabeth worked with the Policy and Domestic Outreach & Advocacy Departments at Catholics for Choice helping to educate Catholic legislators and laypeople on their rights within the church. Elizabeth received her Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Delaware.