Speakers
Meet our Presenters
Clinical Outreach
My name is Bridgette Schulman and I am the Clinical Outreach Specialist for our MHI Grant, which we have named HOPE for Georgia Moms. My background includes being a Labor/Delivery nurse, Nurse Educato ... Read More
Perinatal Education and Quality/Safety Specialist
Cathy has been a registered nurse for 32 years with 30 years of experience in obstetrical nursing. She is an independent perinatal education and quality/safety specialist based in central Florida. Cat ... Read More
Certified Professional Midwife
Delandra Vinson is a Certified Professional Midwife and the owner of Labor of Love Doula & Childbirth Services. Her career in birth work began in 2006 as a Certified Birth Doula. She decided to pursue ... Read More
Neonatologist; Associate Program Director; Mercer University School of Medicine
Biography – Dr. Benjamin Mackowiak (pronounced “muck-O-vee-ack”)
Dr. Mackowiak received his medical training at the NYU School of Medicine in New York City, New York. He then moved to Seattle, Washi ... Read More
Medical Officer
Kate Miele, MD MA is an obstetrician/gynecologist and Medical Officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of STD Prevention. Her areas of expertise are syphilis, tuberculosi ... Read More
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Dr. Keisha Reneé Callins is a physician and public health professional. She is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist with Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS) and is committed to providing healthcare se ... Read More
Clinical Educator
Liz has been working as a nurse for Northeast Georgia Health Systems for 18 years now. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Georgia College & State University in 2006, her Masters in ... Read More
Perinatal Therapist
Hannah Phillips is a South Georgia native, currently residing in Albany, Georgia. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Environmental Sciences from the University of Alabama and a Master's degree in ... Read More
Neonatal Outreach Coordinator
Heather Wyrick graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Georgia Southern University in 2000. After graduation she began her nursing career at Memorial University Medical Center in ... Read More
Vice President, Risk Management
Jennifer Flynn, CPHRM, is Vice President of Risk Management for Nurses Service Organization in the Healthcare Division of Aon’s Affinity Insurance Services, Inc. Specializing in risk management and ha ... Read More
Director of Women's Health
Michele Riggs joined Wellstar Health System in 2000. During her tenure, she
worked at Cobb and Kennestone hospitals; first as a Board-Certified Lactation
Consultant and then in 2005, as manager of ... Read More
Executive Director
Miranda Klassen is the Executive Director of the Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Foundation, a non-profit organization she founded in 2008 after surviving an AFE
during the birth of her son.
Miranda is a co-i ... Read More
Co-Founder
Dr. NaPortia Mitchell is a Georgia native. She attended Georgia Southern University receiving both a bachelor’s and Masters degree in kinesiology/exercise science. In 2016, NaPortia graduated from the ... Read More
Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Palmer Johnston, MD, FAAP, is both a practicing neonatologist with Pediatrix Neonatology of Georgia and an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah ... Read More
Risk Control Consulting Director
Patricia Harmon serves as a Risk Control Consulting Director for CNA Insurance providing analysis of professional liability risks and development of risk mitigation strategies for insured healthcare c ... Read More
Certified Nurse Midwife
Rita is a transplant from New Jersey, brought to Georgia with the military where she spent 22 years as an Army Nurse Corp Officer. She became a CNM through the Army scholarship program and has practic ... Read More
Assistant Professor
Shannon is a nationally certified inpatient obstetrics and maternal-newborn registered nurse. She practiced as a labor and delivery/mother-baby nurse before transitioning to academia, where she serves ... Read More
Simulation Educator
Tasha Murchison has spent the last 23 years serving as a nurse at Northeast Georgia Health System. She has held various positions including mother-baby nurse, labor and delivery nurse, labor and deliv ... Read More
Perinatal Educator -Doula Program Manager
Tiffany Bryant is a passionate Women's Health advocate. She is a demonstrated community health educator and program manager for the new Wellstar Doula Program. Tiffany is intent on providing programm ... Read More
Poster Presenters
Perinatal Nurse Manager
Beth earned her BSN from Anderson University and is currently finishing up her MSN in Nursing Leadership from Jacksonville University. Additionally, she has 10+ years of bedside experience as a high-r ... Read More
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Assistant Professor
Poster Presenter:
Dr. Jennie Bergen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at Clayton State University. Her specialty is women's health and obstetrics, but Dr. Bergen teaches various othe ... Read More
Associate Professor
Dr. Shawana S. Moore is a health equity policy leader in women’s/gender-related populations, her advocacy work has shaped women’s health curriculum, national continuing education to recognize health i ... Read More
Perinatal Clinical Outcomes Manager
Poster Presenter:
Sue Ellen has been an OB Nurse since 1982 and working at her current facility since 1984. She has served on several state and National AWHONN Committees and has a passion for evidenc ... Read More
Assistant Professor, Associate Department Head
Rebekah Mildenhall is an Assistant Professor in the nursing department at the University of North Georgia (UNG). Dr. Mildenhall began her nursing career as an officer in the United States Navy Nurse C ... Read More