The MCH Committee is responsible for:
- Providing expert input to the AHA’s advocacy and public policy process
- Bringing the perspectives of women’s and children’s hospital leaders to key policy issues
- Guiding and supporting the ongoing work of the AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative
2026 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER | |
|---|---|
| CHAIR Chanda Chacon, MPH, FACHE President and Chief Executive Officer Children’s Nebraska Omaha, NE | CHAIR ELECT Tasha Hopper, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE Chief Executive Officer The Hospitals of Providence East Campus – TENET Healthcare El Paso, TX |
| PAST CHAIR Cheri Barker Johnson, MSN, RNC-OB Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Woman’s Hospital Baton Rouge, LA | AHA BOARD LIAISON Leah Glasgo, RN, MHA Market President - Fort Dodge UnityPoint Health Fort Dodge, IA |
TERM EXPIRES 2026 | |
| Carey Ehlert, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Medical Director, NICU Children’s Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI | Nicholas M. Holmes, MD, MBA President UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals San Francisco, CA |
| John T. Walkup, MD Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | |
TERM EXPIRES 2027 | |
| Makunda Abdul-Mbacke, MD Chief Executive Officer UNC Rockingham Health Care (Piedmont Preferred Women's Healthcare) Ridgeway, VA | Melanie Akers, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC Vice President, Women’s and Children’s Services Marshall Health Network Huntington, WV |
| Allison Chase Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Memphis, TN | Alejandro Quiroga, MD, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer Children's Mercy Kansas City Kansas City, MO |
TERM EXPIRES 2028 | |
| Debra Feigin Sukin, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, TX | Sharon Kurfuerst, EdD, FACHE Executive Director, Temple Women and Families Temple University Health System Philadelphia, PA |
| Blake McLaughlin, DO, MSOL, FACOG Senior Medical Director, Women's Health Services Banner Health Phoenix, AZ | Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH, FAAP Chief Health Improvement Officer MaineHealth Portland, ME |
AHA STAFF | |
| Joy A. Rhoden, MSW, MPH Senior Vice President and Executive Director Division of Health Outcomes and Care Transformation | Benjamin Finder, MPH Vice President Coverage Policy |
| Megan Cundari Senior Director Federal Relations | Julia Resnick, MPH Senior Director Health Outcomes and Care Transformation |
| Madison Lands, MPH, MSW Program Manager Health Outcomes and Care Transformation | |
Join the Committee
If you are a senior leader in the MCH field, and interested in engagement, please contact us.