2022 Annual FORUM - Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health

2022 Annual FORUM

Building the Maternal Mental Health Constellation

The Maternal Mental Health FORUM is the conference where change agents come to convene, collaborate, and take in cutting-edge content to close gaps in care.

The FORUM was fully virtual again in 2022, with mainstage and breakout sessions, and both topic and regional networking opportunities.

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2022 Annual FORUM

WHO CAME TOGETHER?

850+ cross-sector stakeholders in health care – including health systems, employer purchasers, insurers, public health and other government agencies, mothers, and more.

Here are a few of our favorite moments from the 2022 FORUM:

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Program

Wednesday, March 23

Welcome, Logistics & A Mother’s Story
Opening: Where Do You Fit in the Constellation?
Panel 1: Mental Health Screening and Integration in Primary and Obstetric Care
Maternal Mental Health Start-up Companies Virtual/Tech Solutions Fast Pitch
A Message About Maternal Mental Health and a Diaper Need
Virtual Networking by Topic/Profession
By Invitation Only: Sponsor, Speaker & Large Donor Meet and Greet

Program

Thursday, March 24

Welcome and Keynote: Distress in Pregnancy
A Mother’s Story via the Short Film TOXIC: A Black Woman’s Story
Panel 2: Distress in Pregnancy Responsive Panel and Film Discussion
Breakout Sessions
Panel 3: How Hospitals Can and Must Up Their Maternal Health Quality Game
Panel 4: Maternal OCD: Why We Must Understand and Do More
Virtual Networking by Region

Program

Friday, March 25

A Mindful Moment: Poetry Reading
Welcome and Short Film Screening: From the Ashes – a Film about A Black Mother’s Rise from PPD
Presentation of the Maternal Mental Health Hero Awards
Panel 5: Closing Racial Disparity Gaps Through Policy Solutions with Congresswoman Underwood
Panel 6: How Massachusetts and Louisiana are Changing the Face of Maternal Mental Health
Keynotes and Panel 7: Americas Health Rankings Report & What in the World? What the U.S. Can Learn from Other Countries About Providing Mental Health Care

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2022 Annual FORUM

Speaker Highlights

Keynote Speakers

**Susana Castro-Alcaraz**

Senior Medical Director of Women’s Health
Optum Health Solutions

**Rebecca (Becca) Levine, MPH**

Senior Maternal Health Advisor
United States Agency for International Development, Bureau for Global Health

**Catherine Monk, PhD**

Professor of Medical Psychology, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Psychiatry, Director, Women’s Mental Health @Ob/Gyn, Columbia University Medical Center, Research Scientist VI, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University Medical Center

Opening Remarks: Where Do You Fit in the Constellation?

**Joy Burkhard**

Founder and Director
Optum Health 2020 Mom

Sponsor Remarks

**Neema Stephens, MD**

National Medical Director for Health Equity
Cigna

Stories from Moms

**Theresa Fortune**

Public speaker, Community Activist and Producer
Communion with the Community

**Mariel Mendez, MPH**

Associate Program Officer
Perigee Fund

Maternal Mental Health Hero Award Recipients

**Jack DiMatteo**

Senior Legislative Assistant
Office of Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14)

**Lauren Underwood**

U.S. Congresswoman
Illinois

Panel 1: Mental Health Screening and Integration in Primary and Obstetric Care

**Chris Botts**

Care Delivery and Payment Manager, Physician Practice Sustainability
American Medical Association

**Blair Dudley**

Director, Transform Maternity Care Program
Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH)

**Neelima Kunam, MD**

Medical Director
Inland Psychiatric Medical Group Inc.

**Jennifer Torres**

Population Health Manager
Square Care

**Kevin Wildenhaus**

Behavioral Science Lead, Janssen World Without Disease Accelerator
Johnson & Johnson

**Christopher Zahn, MD**

Vice President of Practice Activities
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG)

Panel 2: TOXIC Film & Distress in Pregnancy Responsive Panel

**Priya Bathija, J.D., MHSA**

VP, Strategic Initiatives
American Hospital Association

**Katrice D. Cain, MA**

Interim Executive Director
First Year Cleaveland

Panel 3: How Hospitals Can and Must Up Their Maternal Mental Health Quality Game

**Rebecca Alderfer**

Senior Program Consultant
ZOMA Foundation

**Heather Hagenson**

Director of Operations and Business Development
Bloom Perinatal Behavioral Health Program, Saint Joseph Hospital

**Deb Kilday**

Principal, Women and Infant Services
Premier, Inc.

**Riah Patterson, MD**

Medical Director, Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

**Aisha Syeda**

Program Manager
American Hospital Association

**Jennie Torti, MPH**

System Director, Perinatal Behavioral Health
CommonSpirit Health Women and Infants Clinical Institute

Panel 4: Maternal OCD: Why We Must Understand and Do More

**Jon Abramowitz, PhD**

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

**Stephanie Cogen, MPH, MSW**

Program Director
International OCD Foundation

**Kate DeStefano-Torres, MA, LPC**

Founder/Director
The Artemis Center for Guidance, LLC

**Cindy Herrick, MA, PMH-C, CPSS, MHFA**

Strategic Research & Special Projects Lead
The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health (formerly 2020 Mom)

**Mary Kimmel**

Assistant Professor, Director of Perinatal Psychiatry and Medical Director of NC MATTERS
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Panel 5: Closing Racial Disparity Gaps Through Policy Solutions with Congresswoman Underwood

**Anna Benyo**

Senior Program Officer
Center for Health Care Strategies

**Amy Chen**

Senior Attorney
National Health Law Program

**Ivette Fullerton, MSW, PMH-C**

Co-Founder & Grants Manager
Cihuapactli collective

**Kay Matthews**

Executive Director
Shades of Blue Project

**Emily S Miller, MD, MPH**

Chief of Obstetrics Program Director, COMPASS Perinatal Mental Health Program Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Northwestern University

Panel 6: How Massachusetts and Louisiana are Changing the Face of Maternal Mental Health

**Joy Burkhard**

Founder and Director
2020 Mom

**Beth M Buxton, LCSW**

Director, Maternal & Infant Health Initiatives
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

**Royce Duplessis**

State Representative
Louisiana – District 93

**Amy Zapata**

Director
Louisiana Bureau of Family Health

Keynotes and Panel 7: Americas Health Rankings Report & What in the World? What the U.S. Can Learn from Other Countries About Providing Mental Health Care

**Sean Mayberry**

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
StrongMinds

**Vikram Patel**

Harvard Medical School, Harvard Chan School of Public Health

Maternal Mental Health Start up Companies Virtual/Tech Solutions Fast Pitch

**M. Natalie Achong, MD, MHL, FACOG**

Senior Medical Director Clinical and Provider Transformation
Aetna

**Anna Consani**

VP of Community & Strategic Partnerships
Springboard Enterprises

**Lauren Elliott**

CEO & Co-Founder
Candlelit Therapy, Inc.

**Maureen Fura**

CEO and Founder
Mammha

**Thomya Goode, MBA**

Investment Associate
Rhia Ventures

**Viraj Parikh, PA-C**

Co-Founder & Chief Experience Officer
EmmaWell

**Erin Russell**

Senior Vice President, Product & Marketing
Curio Digital Therapeutics

**Ella Schwartz, MPAff**

Senior Program Investment Officer
California Health Care Foundation

**Anne Wanlund**

Co-Founder and CEO
Canopie

Breakout Session: The Centering Pregnancy Maternity Care Model: The Power of Connection in Group Prenatal Care

**Karen Saxer**

Certified Nurse Midwife, Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of North Carolina

**Breann Westmore**

Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs
Centering Healthcare Institute

Breakout Session: The Role of Community-Based Health Workers in “Uplifting Maternal Mental Health”

**Tarisha Fleurmond, MPH, CLC**

Maternal Infant Health Trainer and Technical Assistance/Breastfeeding Specialist
Cicatelli Associates, Inc (CAI)

**Clare Friedrich, MA, CLC**

Director of Maternal Infant Health
Cicatelli Associates, Inc (CAI)

**Elisabeth Salner, LCSW, MPH, PMH-C**

Project Director
CAI (Cicatelli Associates Inc)

Breakout Session: Using Brainspotting to Heal Perinatal Trauma

**Jana Glass, LPC,PMH-C, MAC, BC-TMH**

Founder
Supportive Solutions, LLC

**Jacqui Johnson, LPC, CCMHC, PMH-C**

Clinical Director
Sankofa Healing Studio

Breakout Session: 2020 Mom’s Latest Certified Peer Support Research: Supporting and Training Black Mamas and Doulas as Peer Supporters

**Tonya Fulwider**

Executive Director
Mental Health America of Ohio

**Lisa A. Melchior, PhD**

President
The Measurement Group LLC

Breakout Session: The Impact of Respectful Maternity Care on Maternal Mental Health

**Catherine M. Hill, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC**

Senior Director of Nursing Education, Research, and Practice
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

Breakout Session: Supporting Refugee and Immigrant families: Mobilizing community supports, stakeholders and structures

**Deborah Young**

Executive Director, Professor/Researcher/ECMH
Empowering Communities Globally: for the Care of Children,

Breakout Session: We Serve Too: Supporting Military Families During Pregnancy and the Postpartum

**Patience Riley, NCC, LPC (she/her)**

Licensed Professional Counselor
WHOA MAMA of Prepared to Prosper, LLC

Breakout Session: Pharmacogenetics – Genetic Profiling for Personalized Psychiatric Medication Prescribing: Speeding Up Recovery & Reducing Suffering

**Cari A. Lalande, PharmD, RPh.**

Vice President, Clinical Operations
RxGenomix

**Dr. Danielle Plummer**

Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Consultant, Educator and Patient Advocate
HG Pharmacist

Breakout Session: An Intro to the Heartland protocol for screening and support of maternal mental health disorders.

**Elizabeth Lowder**

Co-Founder
Sage Tree Therapy, LLC and Heartland PMAD Consultants, LLC

**Kim Martino-Sexton**

Co-Founder/Co-Owner
Heartland PMAD Consultants

Breakout Session: The ‘Mothers and Babies’ Program: An Evidenced Based Program to help Manage Stress and Prevent Postpartum Depression

**Alinne Barrera, PhD**

Professor
Palo Alto University

Breakout Session: Maternal Suicide: Prevention and Prevalence

**Sidra Goldman-Mellor**

Associate Professor of Public Health
University of California, Merced

**Julie Goldstein, PhD**

Director
Zero Suicide Institute

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