Meet the Taskforce

Core Leadership Team

  • Malathi Balasundaram, MD

    Founder & Co-Chair
    Clinical Professor,
    Stanford School of Medicine
    Attending Neonatologist &
    FCC Committee Chair,
    El Camino Health

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  • Colby Day, MD

    Co-Chair
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics &
    Medical Director,
    Golisano Children’s Hospital NICU at University of Rochester Medical Center



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  • Keira Sorrells

    Co-Chair
    Founder & Executive Director,
    NICU Parent Network

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  • Morgan Kowalski

    Program Manager
    Family Partner,
    Golisano Children’s Hospital NICU at
    University of Rochester Medical Center

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Committee Chairs

  • Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

    Kerri Machut, MD
    Attending Neonatologist,
    Lurie Children’s Hospital
    Associate Professor,
    Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University

  • Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

    Nicole Nyberg, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC
    Neonatal Nurse Practitioner,
    Cone Health
    Founder,
    Empowering NICU Parents & The Empowering NICU Parents Podcast

  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Committee Co-Chair

    Jessi Barnes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, C-ELBW
    Neonatal Outreach Coordinator,
    Atlanta Perinatal Region
    Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
    NICU Clinical Nurse Educator
    Grady Memorial Hospital
    NICU Parent

  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Committee Co-Chair

    Mia Malcolm, BS, CDFT
    Community Outreach & Programs Care Manager,
    Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation
    Senior Research Coordinator,
    Washington University School of Medicine
    Clinical Research Coordinator,
    Stanford University School of Medicine

  • Marketing & Communications Committee Co-Chair

    Daphna Barbeau, MD
    Attending Neonatologist,
    Director of Neurodevelopment &
    Palliative Care
    HCA University Hospital
    Director ,
    High Risk Infant Follow Up Clinic
    Co-Founder, The Incubator

  • Marketing & Communications Committee Co-Chair

    Alex Zavala
    Founder,
    The NICU Dad &
    The NICU Dad Podcast
    PFAC Chair,
    Dell Ascencion NICU Network
    Family Leader,
    Vermont Oxford Network

  • Newsletter Committee Co-Chair

    Robert Cicco, MD
    Retired Neonatologist,
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Former Associate Director,
    West Penn Hospital NICU

  • Newsletter Committee Co-Chair

    Morgan Kowalski
    Program Manager,
    Family-Centered Care Taskforce
    Family Partner,
    Golisano Children’s Hospital NICU at University of Rochester Medical Center

Executive Council
Family Partners

Executive Council
Healthcare Partners

  • Daphna Barbeau, MD

  • Jessi Barnes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, C-ELBW

  • Marsha Campbell-Yeo, RN, BN, NNP-BC, PhD, FAAN

  • Robert Cicco, MD

  • Mary Coughlin, MS, NNP, NCC-E

  • Jessica Daigle, MD

  • Jessica Fry, MD

  • Christy Gliniak, PhD, OTR/L, CNT, CPXP, NTMTC

  • Mitchell Goldstein, MD

  • Luann Jones, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, NE-BC

  • Henry Lee, MD

  • Lily Lou, MD, FAAP

  • Kerri Machut, MD

  • Angelica Moreyra, PsyD

  • Nicole Nyberg, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

  • Dharshi Sivakumar, MD

  • Vincent Smith, MD, MPH

  • Robert White, MD

  • Emily Whitesel, MD

Organizational Partners

Family-Centered Care Taskforce Phase 3 work supported by a grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group & partially funded by Prolacta Bioscience Foundation. 2023 Gravens Conference luncheon supported by an independent educational grant by Chiesi USA, Inc.

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