{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/adams-underwood-announce-speakers-black-maternal-health-caucus-2023", "Adams, Underwood Announce Speakers for the Black Maternal Health Caucus 2023 Stakeholder Summit", "2023-07-28", "2023", "2023-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma S. Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", "adams", "https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2023) \u2013 Today, Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced speakers for the Black Maternal Health Caucus 2023 Stakeholder Summit, taking place on August 1, 2023 at the U.S. Capitol. The Summit will feature U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure; Health Resources and Services Administrator Carole Johnson; Charles Johnson, Founder of 4Kira4Moms; Senator Cory Booker (NJ); Representative Lucy McBath (GA-07); Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03); and HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm.\n\nThe event will also feature a conversation with Black Maternal Health Caucus co-founder and Co-Chair Adams, moderated by co-founder and Co-Chair Underwood, on Rep. Adams\u2019 vision for founding the Caucus and her inspiration behind this work.\n\nThe Summit will highlight progress in improving maternal health outcomes, spotlight opportunities to advance the Momnibus Act and key maternal health legislative priorities, and help build partnerships and strategies to end the maternal health crisis in the United States.\n\nTo RSVP, interested members of the media should send an email to haley.wint@mail.house.gov.\n\nThe full list of speakers participating is below:\n\nSecretary Xavier Becerra, Department of Health and Human Services\n\nDeputy Secretary Andrea Palm, Department of Health and Human Services\n\nAdministrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\n\nAdministrator Carole Johnson, Health Resources and Services Administration\n\nSenator Cory Booker (D-NJ) [Virtual]\n\nRepresentative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member, House Committee on Appropriations [Virtual]\n\nRepresentative Lucy McBath (GA-07) [Virtual]\n\nSpecial Assistant to the President for Health Care Jessica Schubel, Domestic Policy Council (Executive Office of the President)\n\nAlison Cernich, Ph.D., National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Deputy Director\n\nDr. Jamila K. Taylor, President and CEO, National WIC Association\n\nAza Nedhari, CPM, LGPC, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Mamatoto Village\n\nCharles Johnson, Founder, 4Kira4Moms\n\nKiley Mayfield, MPH, Director of Community Power Building, RH Impact: The Collaborative for Equity & Justice\n\nJesse Matton, Director of Corporate Social Impact Policies, National Partnership for Women & Families\n\nMelissa Martin, Managing Director of Patient Care Solutions, GE HealthCare\n\nCaitlin Donovan, Global Head, Uber Health\n\nNaomi Senkeeto, Managing Director of Health Equity Policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association\n\nDr. Dawn Godbolt, Director of Health Equity, Maven Clinic\n\nMichelle L. Munroe, DNP, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, Interim CEO, American College of Nurse-Midwives\n\nRebecca Lauer, Manager of Federal Affairs, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists\n\nSamuel J. Hewitt, Principal for Federal Affairs, American Nurses Association\n\nTerrance E. Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs\n\nBreana N. Lipscomb, MPH, Senior Advisor for Maternal Health and Rights, Center for Reproductive Rights\n\nKavelle Christie, Director of the Gender Equity & Health Justice Program at Community Catalyst\n\nChristy Turlington Burns, Founder, Every Mother Counts\n\nMackenzie Marshall, Manager of Federal Relations, Families USA\n\nYuliya Labko, Policy and Advocacy Director, March for Moms\n\nStacey Y. Brayboy, Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs, March of Dimes\n\nTina Sherman, Senior Campaign Director, MomsRising\n\nVenicia Gray, Senior Manager for Maternal and Infant Health, National Partnership for Women and Families\n\nAdrienne Ramcharan, MPH, Assistant Director for State Policy, Physicians for Reproductive Health\n\nSharne Haywood, Senior Policy Specialist at Planned Parenthood Federation of America\n\nAlise Powell, Senior Policy Analyst, RH Impact: The Collaborative for Equity and Justice\n\nVina Smith-Ramakrishnan, Senior Policy Associate, The Century Foundation\n\nDenys Symonette Mitchell, Founder and Principal, Symonette Strategies and Solutions\n\nLaurie Mignone, Professional Staff, House Committee on Appropriations\n\nRachel Gandell Tetlow, Director of Federal Affairs, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists\n\nAmanda Innes, Chief of Staff/Senior Advisor, Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration\n\nJames Willie, Deputy Division Director of Independent Review, Office of Federal Assistance Management at the Health Resources and Services Administration\n\nCongresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. is serving her fifth full term in Congress. She represents the 12th District of North Carolina, which includes parts of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. In 2018, she introduced the first Black Maternal Health Week resolution with then-Senator Kamala Harris. In 2019, she co-founded the Black Maternal Health Caucus with Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14). In March 2020, Adams, along with Harris and Underwood, introduced the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act for the first time, and in 2021 and 2023 reintroduced an expanded version of the package with Senator Cory Booker. 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