Executive Leadership

Sarita Edwards, MHA, BS, CEO & President

Kareem Edwards, BS, Senior Business Manager, VP of Operations, Board Chair

Board of Directors

Shane’ Jackson, Ph.D., Coordination of Benefits Analyst, Counseling Services

Kenneth Powe, Production Superintendent, Board Treasurer

Sheyenne Walmsley, MS, Certified Genetic Counselor, Project Management, Board Secretary

Program Advisory Board

Deborah A. Bruns, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Tracking Rare Incidence Syndromes (TRIS) project, Professor, School of Education, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Jasmine Hightower, MSW, Social Worker

Ebone Kimber, LMSW, Social Worker

Crystal Stephens, MSN, CRNP, UAB Medicine

Trinisha Williams, CM, LM, MPH, FACCE, LCCE, LC, Adjunct Professor, Midwifery Collective President and Founder, Midwife In the City

Scientific Advisory Board

Helen Hernandez, Scientist, KAL Research Initiatives, LLC

Zollie Yavarow, Ph.D., MA, Zaris Consulting

2023-2024 Interns

Nisma Adbraman, Research Intern

Jaime Lopez-Alvarez, Health Equity Intern

Kim Nguyen, General Intern

Vy Quynh Vu, Mental Health Intern

Harlie Williams, Advocacy Intern

Michael Yun, Research Intern