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

Vice-Chair

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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 Capenter 
Walker County

Cathy M. Nichols, RN
Region III Perinatal Coordinator 

Claudete Pool, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease

Erinn Schmit, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist

Freda Centor, MSN, RN
Advanced Nursing Coordinator 

Jenny Sasser, LICSW, AE-C
Quality Care Manager 

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

Ricky G. Green
Birmingham Healthy Start Plus, Inc.

Samuel Gentle, MD
Neonatal Physician

Shajuane Jones
Program Director 

Sharon McGinnis
Jefferson County DHR

Shanta Bender
Jefferson County DHR

Stephanie Weathers
Social Worker

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

Melissa Turner, MSN, 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

Ann Lambert, DNP, MSN, PPCNP-BC
Auburn University College of Nursing

Vice-Chair

[Vacant]

Members

Caren Bradley, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, SANE-A
Region V Perinatal Abstractor

Cheryl Cardwell, BSN, RN
Alabama Medicaid

Derrick Cunningham
Montgomery County Sheriff

Henry Johnson, MD
Baptist Health OBGYN Partners

Janine Thomas, MSN, RN
Baptist Medical Center South

Jessika Streety, RN
Baptist Medical Center South

Kristi Gay, RN
Nurse Family Partnership

Liletta Jenkins
Early Childhood Manager

Rebekah Lewis, RN

Shantavis Coore 
Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

[Vacant]
Region V Perinatal Coordinator

 

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