Brenda Bell-White
President and CEO
Milwaukee Healthy Women and Infants Project
2040 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Ste. 301
Milwaukee, WI 53233
E-mail: mhwip@aol.com

Faye Manaster Eldar, MEd
State Coordinator
Family Voices of Illinois
8331 Kimball Avenue
Skokie, IL 60076-2926

Tenna Freeman
Board Member
Milwaukee Healthy Women and Infants Project
2040 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53233

Judith A. Ganser, MD, MPH
Director
Maternal and Child Health Services
Indiana State Department of Health
2 N. Meridian Street
Section 7-C
Indianapolis, IN 46204
E-mail: jganser@isdh.state.in.us

Karen F. Hughes, RDH, MPH
Chief
Bureau of Child and Family Health Services
Division of Family & Community Health Services
Ohio Department of Health
246 N. High Street, 6^th Floor
Columbus, OH 43266
E-mail: Khugh@gw.odh.state.oh.us

Barbara J. Leonard, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
6-101 Weaver Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0342
E-mail: leona001@tc.umn.edu

Joel F. Mariotti, MHA
Health Planning Administrator
Division of Family & Community Health Services
Ohio Department of Health
246 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43266
E-mail: jmariott@gw.odh.state.oh.us

Charles N. Onufer, MD
Interim Director
Division of Specialized Care for Children
University of Illinois at Chicago
2815 W. Washington, Suite 300
P.O. Box 19481
Springfield, IL 62794-9481
E-mail: CNONUFER@uic.edu

Rita Kay Ryan, PhD, ARNP
Perinatal Consultant
Bureau for Children, Youth and Families
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
900 SW Jackson, Suite 1005
Topeka, KS 66614-1290
E-mail: uskankmr@ibmmail.com

Paul N. Shaheen, MAT
Executive Director
Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health
416 W. Ottawa
Lansing, MI 48933

Katie Silverman, PhD
Research Associate
Institute on Disability and Human Development
Family Clinic
University of Illinois at Chicago
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd., M/C 626
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
E-mail: KAS@uic.edu

Carolyn B. Slack, MS, RN
Director, Planning and Community Partnerships
Columbus Health Department
181 S. Washington Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43215-4096
E-mail: carolyns@cmhhealth.org

Sharon Thee, RN, MSN
Health Services Coordinator
University of Iowa
Iowa Child Health Specialty Clinics
1200 First Avenue East
Spencer, IA 51301

Peggy H. Trouba, RD, MPH
Nebraska WIC Director
Nebraska Department of Health and
Human Services
Family Health Division
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 95044
Lincoln, NE 68509-5044
E-mail: DOH318A@vmhost.cdp.state.ne.us

Ex-officio Member
Dorretta Evans Parker, MSW
Regional Program Consultant
Maternal and Child Health
Health Resources and Services Administration
Chicago Field Office
105 West Adams, 17th floor
Chicago, IL 60603
E-mail: dparker@hrsa.dhhs.gov

Local Planning Committee
The University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
Community Health Sciences
MCH Training Program
2035 West Taylor (M/C 923)
Chicago, IL 60612

Naomi M. Morris, MD, MPH
Professor and Director

Noel Chávez, PhD, RD
Associate Professor

Michele Issel, PhD, MN
Assistant Professor

Conference Staff
Jennifer Briggs
Conference Coordinator
(312) 996-0724
E-Mail: jmalone@uic.edu

Rebecca Fields, MPH
Assistant to the Director
(312) 996-8940
E-Mail: rfields@uic.edu