RPAC Members

Each perinatal region has a dedicated Regional Perinatal Advisory Committee (RPAC), which provides advice and information to the State Perinatal Advisory Committee (SPAC) and the State Health Officer on regional concerns about perinatal issues. The following is a list of current RPAC members for each of the state's five regions.

• Region I
• Region II
• Region III
• Region IV
• Region V

Region I

Chair

Whitney Dunham, MD
Huntsville Hospital-Women & Children

Vice-Chair

Lauren Milam, MSN, RN
UAH Faculty

Members

Al-Nisa Murray
Senior Director of Compliance at Thrive

Angela Hollingsworth, DNP, RN, CEN, NEA-BC
University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Faculty

Diane McCrary, RN
North Alabama Community Care

Emma Green, RN
Limestone Hospital

Heather Provence, RN
Huntsville Hospital - Women & Children

Jarmel Poole, RN
UAH Faculty

Jasmine Hammonds
Count the Kicks Ambassador

Johnny Coker
District Attorney - Morgan County

Kimberly Miller, MD
Cornerstone Pediatrics

Marie Burgess, RN
Decatur Morgan Hospital

Nichole Davidson, RN
Huntsville Hospital - Women & Children

Shala Smith
DHR - Morgan County

Tamara Jones, RN
Region I Perinatal Abstractor

Tana-Kae Lewis, MSN, RN
Region I Perinatal Coordinator

Tiffany Martin
Doula

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Region II

Chair

Lilanta Bradley, PhD
University of Alabama Faculty

Vice-Chair

Holly Horan, PhD
University of Alabama Faculty

Members

Carmen Collins, MD

Cahaba Medical Care

Cheree Melton, MD
University of Alabama

Elizabeth Lee, MD
Cahaba Medical Care

Gabrielle Cordaro, MD
University of Alabama

Janise Norman, BSN, RN
Region II Perinatal Coordinator

Joy Bradley, PhD
University of Alabama

Karina Resendiz, RN
Region II Perinatal Abstractor

LeeAndra Calvin, LBSW
District Maternal Child Health Coordinator

Natasha Mathew, MD
University Medical Center

Pamela Angelo, MD
Crestwood Medical Group

Sherri Presley-Dumas
Program Coordinator, Nurse Family Partnership
Easter Seals of West Alabama

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Region III

Chair

Geraldine Franklin, RN
RN Manager OBCC

Vice Chair

Candace Knight, RN
Director of Nurse Family Partnership

Members

Carl Carpenter
Walker County

Cathy M. Nichols, RN
Region III Perinatal Coordinator

Charlotte McCarley, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Claudete Pool, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease

Elizabeth Duncan
Manager of Maternity Care Coordinator - VIVA Health

Erinn Schmit, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist

Freda Centor, MSN, RN
Advanced Nursing Coordinator

Kelly Clark
Social Worker

Khalilah Brown, MD

Raunda Atkins, RN

Linda B. Wallace, RN
Birmingham Healthy Start Plus, Inc.

Lindsay Gray, RN
Bundles Diaper Bank

Margaret Wester, MD
Pediatrician, Children's of Alabama

Martha Wingate, MPH, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), School of Public Health

Nazia Kabani, MD
Neonatologist, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ricky G. Green
Birmingham Healthy Start Plus, Inc.

Shajuane Jones
Program Director

Tamara Bunn, RN
Region III Perinatal Abstractor

Tonya Troncalli, RN
Region III Perinatal Abstractor

Yvette Burt
Assistant Director of Clinical Service

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Region IV

Chair

James J. Walker, MD
D. W. McMillian Medical Center

Vice-Chair

Marsha Raulerson, MD
Lower Alabama Pediatrics

Members

Ashlie Parker
Women’s Care Medical Center

Amanda Jones, BSN, RN
Thomas Hospital

Catherine Harrington, MD
D. W. McMillian Medical Center

Charity Gardner, MPH
Mobile County Health Department

Csierra Payne, MSN, RN
Region IV Perinatal Coordinator

Denise Peele, MSN, RN
Mobile County Health Department

Diresha Shrestha, MD
University of South Alabama (USA) Children's & Women's Hospital

Francis Fleming
Washington County Sheriff

James West, MD
OB/GYN Associates of Baldwin County

Jenny Kilpatrick, LICSW-S, PIP
Alabama Department of Public Health

Juanita Spinks, MSW
State of Alabama

Kathryn Knight, LBSW
Alta Pointe

Lorna Green, RN
Region IV Perinatal Abstractor

Paquita Carter
Mobile County Health Department

Pebbles King, MBA
Mobile County Health Department

Paula Drummond, MD
Eastern Shore Children's Clinic

Susan Eschete, MSN, NEA-BC
Gulf Coast Total Care

Renee Sprague
University of South Alabama (USA) Children's & Women's Hospital

Ted Catranis, MD
Women's Health Alliance of Mobile

Tochie Johnson-Lofton, DNP, RN, CMSRN, ACNS-BC
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center

Victoria Nobles, BSN, RNC-OB
Thomas Hospital

Yvonne Baynard
Mobile County Health Department

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Region V

Chair

[Vacant]

Vice-Chair

[Vacant]

Members

April Ray, MSN, RN
Alabama Department of Public Health - Region V Perinatal Coordinator

Amber Holloway, RN
Alabama Department of Public Health - Region V Perinatal Abstractor

Valerie Waddell, MD
OBGYN - Montgomery Women's Health Associates

Dechelle Merritt
MyCare Alabama - Care Management Director

Kathleen Calhoun, DNP, PNP
Wetumpka Pediatrics

Allison "Alli" Ward, MSN, PNP
Auburn University College of Nursing - Assistant Clinical Professor

Allison Marker, MD
OBGYN - Aventa Specialized Women's Care

Jasmine Johnson, DO
OBGYN - Baptist Medical Center South

Crystal VanErmen
Elmore County District Attorney's Office - Senior Victim Advocate

Tisha Powell, BSN, RN, IBCLC
First Choice Women's Medical Center (Wetumpka) - Director

Claire Thompson, DNP, WHNP, AGPCNP
Auburn University College of Nursing - Associate Clinical Professor

Amy Pridemore, DNP, CRNP
Auburn University College of Nursing - Director of Outreach Clinics

Courtney Windham, RN
East Alabama Medical Center - NICU Manager

Patricia Temples, RN
Wiregrass Hope Pregnancy Center - Nurse Manager

ShaQuondra "Shae" President, RN
Gift of Life - Nurse Home Visitor

Molly Mims, MSN, RN
Alabama Department of Public Health - Well Woman Program Coordinator

Crystalee Walters, LBSW
Alabama Department of Public Health - Maternal Child Health Coordinator

Takisha Whitehurst, LICSW
Alabama Department of Public Health - Southeastern District Social Work Director

Darlene Traffanstedt, MD
Alabama Medicaid - Medical Director

Pat Toston
Alabama Medicaid - Director of Managed Care Operations

Mary Roedl
Alabama Care Network Southeast - Case Management Manager

Stacy Reed
Elmore County Department of Human Resources - Director

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