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Leadership Team

The Leadership Team is comprised of cross-sector partners who provide oversight and strategic direction for the Collaborative & Framework. Bringing a variety of perspectives, the Leadership Team includes providers, people with lived experience, researchers, representatives of payer organizations, public health professionals, and non-profit community-based organizations. They meet monthly to provide strategic leadership to the overall effort of the Collaborative to align with statewide efforts and systems for perinatal mental health.

  • Kristin Aaker
    Kristin Aaker

    Director
    Postpartum Support International

  • Jessica Bass, LCSW
    Jessica Bass, LCSW

    Perinatal Behavioral Health Specialist
    Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

  • Veronica Brunson
    Veronica Brunson

    Current MPH Student; lived expertise
    University of Colorado

  • Sheila Davis, MD, MS
    Sheila Davis, MD, MS

    Health Chair of the NAACP Colorado-Wyoming-Montana Region

  • Sylvia DeLay, NP
    Sylvia DeLay, NP

    Nurse Practitioner
    Red Rocks Ob-Gyn

  • Amelia Ehmer, PsyD
    Amelia Ehmer, PsyD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Ob/Gyn, and Pediatrics
    University of Colorado, School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado

  • Marisa Gullicksrud, LCSW
    Marisa Gullicksrud, LCSW

    Child First Program Director
    Invest in Kids

  • Nicole Harlaar, PhD
    Nicole Harlaar, PhD

    Senior Public Health Researcher, Westat

  • Brooke Holliman, PhD, MA
    Brooke Holliman, PhD, MA

    Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Associate Director of the Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Core, ACCORDS
    University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado

  • Stacy Howard, PhD
    Stacy Howard, PhD

    Program Officer and Manager of Behavioral Health Strategy
    Buell Foundation

  • Laura Howell, MD
    Laura Howell, MD

    Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB / GYN)
    Centura High Country Healthcare Women's Health

  • Emily Johnson, MS
    Emily Johnson, MS

    Director of Policy Analysis
    Colorado Health Institute

  • Crystal Munoz
    Crystal Munoz

    Founder and Executive Director; Community Advocate
    Roots Family Center

  • Sarah Nagle-Yang, MD
    Sarah Nagle-Yang, MD

    Deputy Executive Director, Colorado Center for Women's Behavioral Health
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Colorado School of Medicine

  • Kenia Pinela-Marioni
    Kenia Pinela-Marioni

    Director of Programs and Innovation
    Valley Settlement

  • Kelly Stainback-Tracy, MPH, IMH-E®, Infant Family Specialist
    Kelly Stainback-Tracy, MPH, IMH-E®, Infant Family Specialist

    Perinatal-Infant Mental Health Program Specialist
    Maternal and Child Health Program, Denver Public Health

  • Courtney Thornton
    Courtney Thornton

    Project Manager
    Early Milestones

  • Elizabeth (Buffy) Trent Wolf, Psy.D., IMH-E®
    Elizabeth (Buffy) Trent Wolf, Psy.D., IMH-E®

    Associate Clinical Director, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Mental Health
    La Cocina

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