Elizabeth Bradley, Esquire, is an Associate General Counsel at Palmetto Health. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Carolina. After graduation, Ms. Bradley was a law clerk for the Honorable G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Federal Judge in Anderson, SC, and then practiced in the administrative law division at the McNair Law Firm, focusing mainly on health care. She subsequently worked as General Counsel for the Insurance Reserve Fund and acting General Counsel for both Procurement and IT at the South Carolina Budget and Control Board prior to joining Palmetto Health. She is a Past President of the Richland County Bar and past Board Member for the University of South Carolina Board of Visitors.

Dr. David Goodman is Team Lead for the Maternal Health Team at the CDC, Division of Reproductive Health. Prior to joining the CDC headquarters, he was the CDC MCH Epidemiology Assignee to the state of Georgia and Senior MCH Epidemiologist at the Florida Department of Health. In Florida, Dave provided data support to the Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review, and was a founding member of the Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee. Dave received his PhD in International Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and he is a former Procter and Gamble MCH fellow and CSTE Applied MCH epidemiology fellow. For a decade he has been engaged in building state, local and tribal capacity for developing information necessary to improve infant and maternal health.

Dr. Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Palmetto Health USC Medical group and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Jones is a board certified psychiatrist who currently serves as the Interim Program Director for the General Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Palmetto Health. She is a member of the Division of Biological research, the Medical Director of the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic, an outpatient clinician, and the supervisor for the integrated perinatal psychiatry clinic in the Palmetto Health Women’s Center. Dr. Jones began her career as an emergency room and consultation-liaison psychiatrist before moving to her current position. She has an active interest in academia, clinical research and women’s mental health.

Dr. Clifton J. Kenon Jr. is a native of North Carolina and has spent his entire nursing career in perinatal nursing. Starting his career at the Duke Birthing Center, he has worked at both academic and rural hospitals in obstetrics and lactation. Dr. Kenon is currently a Senior Research Advisor in the Office of Population and Reproductive Health at the United States Agency for International Development. Dr. Kenon previously worked as the director of maternal child health for the Indian Health Services. A lactation consultant and nurse educator, he has lectured worldwide on perinatal health, family planning, lactation, and health disparities. He has published in a variety of journals, and his honors include national awards from The Surgeon General, the White House, the National Public Service Award,

Dr. Mullins is a board certified OB/GYN who became interested in addiction medicine working in rural southeast Kentucky. Currently, he serves as faculty at Mountain Area Health Education Center OB/GYN residency program in Asheville where he works with a multi-disciplinary team caring for pregnant women with substance use disorders and is a buprenorphine provider.

Shelly Tanner obtained her associates degree in nursing from Charlotte Mecklenburg School of Nursing, her bachelor’s in Health Sciences from MUSC and her Master’s in Health Law from Nova Southeastern University. She has also completed several risk management educational programs to include earning her certificate in Health Care Risk Management from the University of South Florida. Shelly works closely with the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) on state wide projects to include High Reliability and Just Culture. She is currently the director of Patient Safety and Risk Management for Palmetto Health, leading the risk program for a 1138 bed system and 40 ambulatory practice setting.

Heather Waleski is currently the Forensic Program Coordinator at Carolinas HealthCare System Union, which covers four hospitals for Union, Anson and Stanly Counties. Heather has been an Emergency Department Nurse for 15 years and a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for 10 years. She has conducted Adult and Adolescent SANE trainings in the Charlotte area for 7 years. Heather is a SANE-A, has completed the SANE pediatric training, and is President-Elect for the International Association of Forensic Nurses—North Carolina chapter for 2018. She is also a member of the Charlotte Metropolitan Human Trafficking Task Force and Rapid Response Team covering Mecklenburg and Union County.