WHO WE ARE
Our Mission
NBEC creates transnational solutions that optimize Black maternal, infant, sexual, and reproductive wellbeing. We shift systems and culture through training, research, technical assistance, policy, advocacy, and community-centered collaboration.
Our Vision
All Black mamas, their babies, and their villages THRIVE.
Our Core Values
Radical Joy • Reproductive & Sexual Freedom • Black Lives • Sisterhood (Collaboration) • Anti-Racism/Decolonization • Power • Black Feminism-Womanism
Executive Leadership

Shani Hunter
Chief of Staff
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Jauna Crear
Vice President
Finance & Compliance
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Khalilah Elliott
Vice President
Development
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Carmen Green
Vice President
Research & Strategy
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Inas Mahdi
Vice President
Equity Centered Capacity Building
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Nia Mitchell
Vice President
Center for Birth Equity Research and Praxis
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Executive Administration

Imani Bell
Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
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Mikaelia Benson
Programmatic Assistant to the Vice President
Equity-Centered Capacity Building
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Margaret-Anne Davis
Exective Assistant to the Vice President
Finance & Compliance
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Ta’Shara Francis-Brown
HR Manager
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Kwanice L. Jackson
Executive Assistant to the Executive Leadership
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Team Leads

Ana Barreto
Director
Transnational Birth Equity
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Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN
Director
Birth Equity Research Scholars
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Isabel Morgan
Director
Birth Equity Research Scholars
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Kiley Mayfield
Director
Community Power Building
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Trudy-Ann Powell, Esq.
Director of Compliance & Legal Affairs
Finance & Compliance
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Megan Simmons
Director
Policy & Advocacy
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Jordan S. Woods
Director
Culture Shift + Strategic Communications
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NBEC Staff

Suzie Abdou
Sr. Transnational Policy Advisor
Transnational Birth Equity
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Jasmine L. Garland McKinney
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Denae Bradley
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Nicole L. Harris
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Megan Spencer
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Leslie Coney
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Nadia Mbonde
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Brandie Bentley
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Sara Daniel
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Asha Hassan
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Rosaline Jean Louis
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Tonni Oberly
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Kierra Otis
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Jaleah Rutledge
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Najjuwah Walden
Scholar
Birth Equity Research
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Tarase Carter
Specialist
Community Power Building
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LaTasha Gatling
Specialist
Community Power Building
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Therese Gardner
Social Media Associate
Culture Shift + Strategic Communications
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Danielle Matthews
Communications Manager
Culture Shift + Strategic Communications
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Sunshine
Digital Content Producer
Culture Shift + Strategic Communications
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Kacey Rodgers
Accounts Payable
Finance & Compliance
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Krystal Leaphart
Senior Policy Analyst
Policy & Advocacy
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Rev. Deneen Robinson
State Policy Strategist
Policy & Advocacy
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Alise Powell
Senior Policy Analyst
Policy & Advocacy
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Kiara Cruz
Senior Research Analyst
Research & Strategy
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Zainab Jah
Senior Program Associate
Research & Strategy
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Kennedy Bridges
Analyst
Technical Assistance
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Rachel Young
Analyst
Technical Assistance
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Aja Clark
Birth Equity Program Associate
Training, Practice & Evaluation
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Phoebe Wescott
Birth Equity Senior Analyst
Training, Practice & Evaluation
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Élida de Aquino
Transnational Communications Consultant
Transnational Birth Equity
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Jade Below
Program Associate
Transnational Birth Equity
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