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Meet Our Team

The California Coalition for Black Birth Justice was co-founded in partnership with the UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative. The Coalition is fiscally sponsored by the Public Health Institute.

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Dana Sherrod, MPH
Co-Founder & Executive Director
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Natalie Champion
Operations & Strategic Partnerships Manager
natalie@cablackbirthjustice.com

 
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Alexis Cobbins, MSW (she/her)
Coalition Co-Founder
San Francisco Human Services Agency

 
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Asaiah Harville, IBCLC
Associate Director, Clinical Strategies & Engagement
aharville@phi.org
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Alimat (Ali) Adebiyi, DrPH, MPH
Quality Improvement Manager
aadebiyi@phi.org
 
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Esther Priscilla Ebuehi, MS Coalition Co-Founder & Ph.D student
 
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Candice Charles, MPH
Research & Evaluation Manager
ccharles@phi.org
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Nasaura Miles, MHA 
Operations & Engagement Coordinator
nmiles@phi.org

 
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Solaire Spellen, MPH
Coalition Co-Founder 
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2026 Coalition Strategic Advisors

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Brittany Chambers Butcher, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Ecology
University of California, Davis
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Diamond Lee, MSW
Owner and Principal
Liberation by Design
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Jyesha Wren, CNM, RN, MS, BA
Program Director and Midwife
Beloved Birth Collective 

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Nuriya Robinson, MD, FACOG
Medial Director
MAMAs Neighborhood
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
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Raena Granberry
Director, Maternal and Reproductive Health
California Black Women's Health Project
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Danesha "Dani" Wallace
Full Spectrum Community Doula/ Community Health Worker
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Jadah Parks Chatterjee, RN, IBCLC
Registered Nurse, Lactation Consultant
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Leslie McFarlane, LCM,CBE, CLEC
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Around Birth Collective
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Onyemma Obiekea, MPH, JD
Policy Consultant
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Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH
Principal, Birth Justice and Perinatal Equity
Public Works Alliance
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Devona Robertson, IBCLC
Doula and Lactation Consultant
Sankofa Birthworkers Collective
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Mashariki Kudumu, MPH
Founder & Prinicpal Consultant
Kudumu Partnerships for Equity and Justice 
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Pooja Mittal, DO
Chief Health Equity Officer
Health Net
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Sayida Peprah-Wilson, PsyD
Founder/ Executive Director 
Diversity Uplifts
 
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Zea Malawa, MD, MPH
Physician Director
Expecting Justice
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The California Coalition for Black Birth Justice is a statewide collective of birth equity and reproductive justice experts who are creating strategic, coordinated efforts to accelerate birth justice across California. The California Coalition for Black Birth Justice is fiscally sponsored by the Public Health Institute, an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life, and was co-founded in partnership with the California Preterm Birth Initiative.
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