The MLC is a multi-stakeholder collaboration between midwifery practices, Medi-Cal health plans, community advocacy organizations, and state and local agencies.
Last updated 10/6/22
Internal team roster of the team with contact information here
Holly Smith, CNM, MPH, FACNM (*team co-lead), CNMA Health Policy Chair
Liz Donnelly, CNM (*team co-lead), CNMA Health Policy Vice-Chair
Paris Maloof Bury, CNM, CNMA President
Parie Lambert, CNM, CNMA Health Policy Committee Member
Melanie Phipps, CNM, NP, PhD, CNMA Workforce Committee Chair
Kathleen Belzer, CNM, CNMF President
Rosanna Davis, LM, CALM President
Antelope Valley Birth Center
Tesa Kurin, LM, Owner
Best Start Birth Center
Roberta Frank, CNM, Owner
Karen Roslie, Executive Director
Eisner Health Ob/Midwife hospitalist group at California Hospital and MLK Community Hospital
Betsy Jenkins, CNM, Previous CNM lead
Kindred Space LA
Kimberly Durdin, LM, CPM, IBCLC, Midwife/Owner
BeLoved Birth Black Centering (Alameda County)
Sally Miskelly, Admin
Community Birth Works (Home Birth)
Cynthia Banks, CNM, Midwife/Owner
Espiritu Midwifery (Home Birth)
Laura Perez, LM, CPM, Midwife/Owner
Midtown Birth Center
Bethany Sasaki, CNM, Midwife/Owner
Monterey Birth & Wellness Center (Birth Center)
Caroline Cusenza, LM, CPM
Nubirth Midwifery
Lisa Davis
Sacred Body Midwifery (Home Birth)
Sue Baelen, LM, CPM, Midwife/Owner
Santa Rosa Birth Center (Birth Center and Hospital)
Elizabeth Smith, CNM, Midwife/Owner
Welcome Home Midwifery (Home and Birth Center
Madeleine Wisner, LM (CALM Legislative Advocacy Team)
AAIMM (African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative), represented by staff at Black Maternal Health Center of Excellence at Charles R. Drew University,
Brandi Sims Desjolais, EdD, Co-Director of the BMHCOE at Charles R. Drew University
Maternal Child Health Access
Lynne Kersey, MPH, MA, Executive Director
National Health Law Program
Amy Chen, J.D., Senior Attorney
UCSF Nurse-Midwifery/WHNP Education Program
Kim Dau, CNM, MS, FACNM, Director
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan
Kim Bower, MD, FAAHPM, Medical Director
Juliana Atlas, MPH, Program Manager, Office of the Promise CMO
Nicole Evans, MSW, MBA, Sr. Program Manager, Medi-Cal Maternal & Infant Health Equity
L.A. Care Health Plan
Katrina Miller Parrish, MD, FAAFP, Chief Quality & Information Executive
Marina Acosta, MPH, Program Director of Health Equity
California Department of Health Services (DHCS)
Stephen Jiang, Clinic Policy and Special Projects Branch Benefits Division
Los Angeles Department of Public Health
Helen O'Connor, MSPH, MA, Health Program Analyst
Deborah Allen, ScD, Deputy Director, Health Promotion Bureau
Jennifer Moore
Nadia Glenn
Karen Shea
Karen George