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Wisconsin Maternal Mortality Review Team Membership List

Co-Chairs

Maternal Mortality Review Team Co-chair Jacquelyn Adams

Jacquelyn Adams, MD, MSCI

Assistant Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Wisconsin–Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health

Jazmine Zapata, MD

Jasmine Zapata, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer for Community Health and State Epidemiologist for Maternal and Child Health and Chronic Diseases at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Coordinator and program contacts

Mary Wienkers, MPH
Mary.Wienkers@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Maternal Mortality Review Coordinator
Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Emily Morian-Lozano, MPH, MSW
Emily.Morianlozano@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Maternal Mortality Review Epidemiologist
Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Karen Morris, RN, BSN
KarenJ.Morris@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Maternal Mortality Review Nurse Abstractor
Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Members

India Anise Anderson-Carter, MD
Resident Physician Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Sreevalli Atluru, MD
Family Medicine with OB, Addiction Medicine, and Hospitalist Physician
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, UW Health

Erin G. Brooks, MD
Professor of Pathology and Vice-Chair of Pathology Education, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Monica Cail, JD
Director of Racial Justice Litigation & Advocacy
Legal Action of Wisconsin

Jamie Counsell, BSN, RN
Forensic Nurse Examiner; Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator
Mercyhealth System

Jill Denson, PhD, ABD, MSW, APSW
Director
University of Wisconsin–Madison Prevention Research Center

Christina Drain, BA, BD (DONA), CLCE, CCCE
Doula Program Manager, City of Milwaukee Health Department
Program Director of Southeastern Wisconsin, Wisconsin Doulas Association

Amy Falkenberg, MD
Family Practice Medicine
Oak Leaf Clinics, Eau Claire Medical Clinic

Kate Gillespie DNP, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing

Tiffany L. Green, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Population Health Sciences & Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Allexa Hammond, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Jeff Huebner, MD, FAAFP
Lead Medical Officer, Division of Medicaid Services
Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Beverly A. Hutcherson
Manager, Diversity and Inclusion
UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Anwar Jackson, MD, MS
Attending Physician Obstetrics and Gynecology
Aurora Sinai Medical Center

Mary Catherine Jessen, PhD, MSN, RN
Director Community Benefit
Ascension Wisconsin

Jamie E. Kallan, MD
Forensic Autopsy Pathologist; Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Wisconsin–Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health

Ann Ledbetter, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center

Sheng Lee Yang, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Founder and Executive Director
Us 2 Behavioral Health Care
Assistant Teaching Professor
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Social Work

Hope Mayotte, TM, FSD, IBC, CBE
Indigenous Midwife, Mashkiiziibiing nindoonjibaa
Founder & Executive Director, Indigenous Birth Services

Moranda Medina-López, TTS
Outreach Coordinator; Bilingual Maternal & Child Health Educator
Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation

Angelina Meise, BSN, RN, CLC
Public Health Nurse – Nurse Family Partnership; OB Nurse
Public Health Sauk County; Sauk Prairie Healthcare Birth Center and Women’s Care

Heather Nennig, MD
Family Medicine Physician
Menominee Tribal Clinic

Carola Peterson-Gaines, BS
Badger Care Plus Community Liaison Manager
Quartz Health Madison

Jaime Sathasivam, MSW
Co-Executive Director
Hope House of South Central Wisconsin

Ken Schellhase, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Director, Medica Health Plans
Professor, Family Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin

Danae Steele, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialist
Fox Valley Perinatology

Jennifer Torres Barrera, IMH-E, CD (DONA)
Lead Family Support Specialist, Early Childhood Initiative (ECI)
RISE Wisconsin, Inc.

Jessica Weeden, MSW, LCSW, SAC-IT, PMH-C
Dual Diagnosis Therapist
Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health, Division of Behavioral Health

Miranda Welch, LM, CPM
Licensed Midwife
Madison, Wisconsin

Christina L. Wichman, DO
Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical College of Wisconsin, The Periscope Project

Emily Yu, MD 
Emergency Medicine Physician
Ascension SE Wisconsin

Eileen Zeiger, MA
Executive Director
Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care, Wisconsin Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Disclaimer about advisory council content

This content reflects the views and opinions of the advisory council. It may not reflect the official policy or position of DHS.

Last revised March 26, 2024