Mission:
The Maternal and Infant Health Task Force works to improve the health of mothers and infants through data-informed innovation, collaborative partnerships, and sustainable solutions that address disparities to build lasting improvements in care and outcomes.
Guiding principles:
- Community-centered approach: We engage families and local stakeholders as active partners, empowering them to drive decisions and shape solutions that directly respond to their community’s needs.
- Data: We use data as a tool for transparency, illuminating health disparities and guiding informed decision-making to advance accountability in our work and well-being for all.
- Collaboration: We are committed to a multi-sector, statewide approach that values open dialogue, mutual respect, and active engagement among partners to develop forward-thinking and long-term solutions.
- Steve Ardis, Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
- Joel Arriolacolmenares, South Dakota Department of Health
- Mandy Bell, Avel eCare
- Tracy Bieber, Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota
- Melanie Boetel, South Dakota Department of Social Services
- Tony Burke, American Heart Association
- Alyssa Christensen, Avera McKennan Hospital
- Carrie Churchill, South Dakota Department of Health
- Nicky Cooney, Wellmark
- Kelly Cronin, South Dakota Department of Health
- Abhinav Datti, South Dakota Department of Health
- Kaylyn Davis, Black Hills Special Services Cooperative
- Sydney Davis, State Senator District 17
- Sara DeCoteau, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
- Beth Dokken, South Dakota Department of Health
- Anna Waterland Dykstra, Indian Health Service, Four Directions Clinic in Kyle
- Bri Edwards, Lach's Legacy
- Eric Emery, South Dakota Legislature
- Suzanne England, Indian Health Services
- Carly Goodhart, Sanford Health
- Jordyn Gunville-Pourier, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Center for Indigenous Health
- Denise Hanisch, South Dakota Department of Health
- Stephanie Hanson, South Dakota State University/SDPQC
- Johanna Hewitt, Indian Health Services, Pine Ridge Hospital Pediatrics
- Kamela Johnson, Monument Health
- Joe Kippley, City of Sioux Falls Health Department
- Hope Kleine, South Dakota Department of Health
- Katie Kopp, Sanford Health
- Nikki Krier, South Dakota Department of Health
- Beth Laughlin, Monument Health
- Marty Link, South Dakota Department of Health
- Sandy Lown, Teddy Bear Den
- Lacey McCormack, Avera Research Institute
- Kimberlee McKay, MD, Avera Research Institute
- Alicia Mousseau, Oglala Sioux Tribe
- Shannon Muchow, South Dakota Department of Health
- Laura Nordbye, South Dakota Department of Social Services
- Josie Petersen, South Dakota Department of Health
- Randee Peterson, South Dakota Department of Social Services
- Kristine Randall, Sanford Health
- Terri Rattler, Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board
- Taylor Rehfeldt, South Dakota Legislature
- Audrey Rider, South Dakota State University Extension
- Chris Soukup, South Dakota Department of Social Services
- Jody Spangenberg, South Dakota Department of Health
- Shelly Ten Napel, Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas
- Kelsie Thomas, South Dakota Doulas
- Jen Tinguely, City of Sioux Falls Health Department
- Matt Tribble, Overdose Response Strategy at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Stacie Ugofsky, South Dakota Department of Social Services
- Victoria Wakeman, Childbirth Support Specialists
- London Zerfas, South Dakota Department of Health