Beginning in April, we convened a Virtual Grantees’ Meeting Planning Committee consisting of
TA & Support Center staff, DHSPS staff, National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) staff, and Project Directors representing new and more established grantees from around the country. This group guided the agenda development process and worked to ensure that every plenary, lunch networking café, and breakout session aligned well with the Healthy Start approaches and benchmarks. We are thankful for their many contributions and for their commitment to making the first-ever Virtual Healthy Start Grantees’ Meeting a success. We hope that you will conclude and agree that this planning committee did an outstanding job planning this virtual experience.
Planning Committee Members:
Vanessa Lee, Mary Emanuele, Sonsy Fermin, and Anne Leitch – MCHB/DHSPS
Kenn Harris, Nikki Maffei, Olivia Giordano, and Jordan Tate-Thomas – NICHQ
Deborah Frazier and Sheree Keitt – NHSA
Sampson McClain and Eulalia Gillum – University of Houston Healthy Start
Mary Alice Garay – Ben Archer Healthy Start
Dianne Browne – Camden Healthy Start
Cynthia Dean – Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium
Yvonne Beasley – Healthy Start at Marion County Health Department
Moraya Moini – Strong Start Initiative LA County Healthy Start
Lisa Matthews – Cleveland MomsFirst