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Here’s a few of our favorite moments from the 2021 FORUM:
Schedule
Wednesday, March 24
Exhibitor and Sponsor Booths
Welcome & A Mother's Story: Amy Stiffarm
Opening Keynote State of the State of Mental Health and Maternal Mental Health Care
Panel: Advancing Improvements in Care: Payor, Employer and Provider Perspectives
Virtual Networking by Region See Map
By Invitation Only – Sponsor, Speaker & 2020 Mom $1500+ Donors Virtual Meet and Greet Mocktail Tasting
Thursday, March 25
Soul Care: A Mindfulness Moment (Optional)
Welcome & A Mother’s Story: Suzanne Nelson for her Sister, Melissa McGill Church
Panel: Taking Social Determinants of Health to the Next Level
Breakout Sessions
Exhibitor and Sponsor Booths & Break
Fireside Chat: University of Utah Maternal Loneliness & Cigna’s Resilience Studies
Maternal Mental Health Hero Award, Honoring John Straus
Virtual Networking by Profession/Topic See Topics
Screening of Not CAROL (shortened) and Roundtable Discussion on Postpartum Psychosis
Friday, March 26
Soul Care: A Mindfulness Moment (Optional)
Exhibitor and Sponsor Booths
Welcome and A Mother’s Story: Swiyyah Woodard
Joia Crear-Perry, MD - The Birth Equity Movement
Panel: The 4th Trimester and Beyond
Special Performance by Esh
Panel: What’s Next for Mental Health Policy
Closing Fireside Chat: What’s Next for Motherhood?
Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Joia Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG
President
National Birth Equity Collaborative
Theresa Nguyen
Chief Program Officer
Mental Health America
Joy Burkhard
Executive Director
2020 Mom
Stories from Moms
Amy Stiffarm, MPH
Mother with Mental Health Story
Suzanne Nelson
Mother with Mental Health Story
Swiyyah Woodard
Mother with Mental Health Story
Soul Care Mindfulness Moment
Nakeya T. Fields, LCSW
Founder
Therapeutic Play Foundation
Panel 1: Advancing Improvements in Care: Payor, Employer and Provider Perspectives
Rebecca Alderfer
Senior Program Consultant
Zoma Foundation
Laura Clapper, MD, MPPA, CPE
Market Medical Executive
Cigna Southern Calif-Nevada
Barry Greene
CEO
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.
Nekia Lewis
Manager, Corporate Benefits
Verizon Communications
Emily Miller
Assistant Professor
Dept of OB & GYN Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine Northwestern University
Jennifer Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Founding Executive Director
Institute for Medicaid Innovation, University of MI Medical School, Department of OB & GYN
Panel 2: Taking Social Determinants of Health to the Next Level
Bella Kirchner
Director of Research
Aunt Bertha
Melissa Hanna
Co-Founder & CEO
Mahmee
Dr. Ronke Komolafe, DBH,MBA
CEO
Rivers Integrated
Kay Matthews
Founder
Shades of Blue Project
Lena O'Rourke
Founder & Principal
O’Rourke Health Policy Strategies
Marianela Rodriguez
Centro de Salud Mental Perinatal De Puerto Rico
Darius Tandon
Northwestern University
Fireside Chat: University of Utah Maternal Loneliness & Cigna’s Resilience Studies
Beth Battaglino, RN
CEO
HealthyWomen
Jacqueline Kent-Marvick
PhD Student and T32 Pre-Doctoral Fellow
University of Utah
Stuart Lustig
National Medical Executive for Behavioral Health
Cigna
Panel 3: The 4th Trimester and Beyond
Andrea Boudreaux,
PsyD, MPH, MA, FACHE
Joia Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG
President
National Birth Equity Collaborative
Lauren Elliott
Founder & CEO
Candlelit Therapy, Inc.
Allison Kasirer
Founder and CEO
Robyn
John Keats
National Medical Director for Affordability and Specialty Partnerships
Cigna
Suzanne Nelson
Mother with Mental Health Story
Kristin Tully, PhD
Co-Investegator 4th Trimester Project
University of NC at Chapel Hill
Panel 4: What's Next for Mental Health Policy
Elizabeth Krause
Director
Perigee Fund
Benjamin Miller, PsyD
CSO
Well Being Trust
Brie MacLaurin, RN
Executive Director
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Isha Weerasinghe
Senior Policy Analyst
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Mica Whitfield
Vice President and Advocacy & Government Relations Liaison
Postpartum Support International, GA Chapter
Screening of Not CAROL (shortened) and Roundtable Discussion on Postpartum Psychosis
Diana Barnes, Psy.D, LMFT, PMH-C
Psychotherapist
The Center of Postpartum Health
Veronica Brady
Director and Producer, Not CAROL
Planet Grande Films
April Dembosky
Health Correspondent
KQED Public Radio, the NPR station in San Francisco
Kristina Dulaney, RN, PMH-C
Founder / President
Cherished Mom
Maternal Mental Health Hero Award, Honoring John Straus
Joy Burkhard
Executive Director
2020 Mom
Nancy Byatt
Medical Director
MCPAP for Moms
John Straus
Founding Director
Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program
Fireside Chat: What's Next for Motherhood
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Founder
Moms in the House Caucus
Amy Henderson
Author
Tending: Parenthood and the Future of Work
Saralyn Ward
Founder
Better After Baby app
Breakout Session 1: The Latest Clinical MMH Resources for Providers
Tiffany Moore Simas
Chair, Dept. of OB & GYN; Professor of OB & GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences; Medical Director, Lifeline4Moms; Engagement Director, MCPAP for Moms
University of MA Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center
Breakout Session 2: Navigating the Challenges of Child Welfare Mandated Reporting Requirements & Maternal Mental Health
Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC, PMH-C
Clinical Director
Maternal Mental Health Now
Breakout Session 3: Sleep or Lack Thereof
Deepika Goyal
Nurse Practitioner
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Charleen McDaniel
Owner
Happy Baby Sleep Consulting
Breakout Session 4: Maternal Mental Health Policy
Joy Burkhard
Executive Director
2020 Mom
Jenn Davis
Chapters Program Manager
Postpartum Support International
Adrienne Griffen
Executive Director
Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
Breakout Session 5: Peer-To-Peer Storytelling for Overcoming Maternal Trauma, Loss & Hardship
Kelly O'Connor Kay
Executive Director
Maternal Mental Health NOW
Brittany Patterson
Founder & Facilitator
Birthwrite Diaries Storytelling Group
Breakout Session 6: HRSA Presents Creating Psychiatric Consultation Services in Your State or Community
Jim Beasley
RI MomsPRN Program Manager
RI Department of Health
Ashley Belton
Project Officer/Public Health Analyst
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Karen Burns
Research Instructor
UNC Chapel Hill
Juilana Finelli, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Heather Flynn
Professor & Interim Chair
Florida State University College of Medicine in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine
Margaret Howard, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Amandla Haynes, MD
Program Manager
Florida BH IMPACT Program, Florida State University College of Medicine
Breakout Session 7: Public Health 101: The Alphabet Soup of Maternal Child Health
Jill Wodnick
Perinatal Educator
Montclair State University
Breakout Session 8: Understanding Doula & Certified Peer Support Services an Emerging Pathway for Change, Brief Presentations and Roundtable Discussion
Kay Matthews
Founder
Shades of Blue Project
Nan Strauss
Managing Director of Policy, Advocacy, and Grantmaking
Every Mother Counts
Erica McAfee
Founder & CEO
Sisters in Loss
Kara Van de Grift
Co-Founder & COO
National Doula Network
Jessica Cowan
Lead Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Specialist
Montclair State University
Breakout Session 9: How to Assess & Support Latinx Mothers In Treatment With Cultural Competency
Susana Marquez
Founder & Head Clinician
Wellness Para La Mama
Breakout Session 10:The First Center for Perinatal Mental Health in Puerto Rico: Responding to the Needs of Families on the Island
Karen G. Martinez-Gonzalez, MD, MSc
Department of Psychiatry, Chair
University of Puerto Rico
Zilkia Rivera
Psychologist / Researcher
Centro de Salud Mental Perinatal de Puerto Rico
Marianela Rodriguez
Centro de Salud Mental Perinatal De Puerto Rico
Performance By
Iesha Sturdivant
EXHIBITORS
FEATURED PARTNER
Honored
John Straus, MD
Our Inaugural Maternal Mental Health Hero.
Dr. Straus is the mind and heart behind the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP), which has inspired and been the model for Maternal Mental Health doctor-to-doctor consultation programs across the U.S.
Learn more about past FORUMs here.