Steering Committee

The purpose of the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families steering subcommittee is to provide strategic direction to the Wisconsin Partnership Program and the Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC) for the $10 million investment to eliminate African American health disparities in birth outcomes in Wisconsin.

The steering committee consists of at least 15 members appointed by the Oversight and Advisory Committee in four general categories:

• Experts in maternal and child health related fields
• Leaders from the health care provider and payer communities
• Leaders with expertise in the field representing targeted communities
• Others as appropriate with a particular needed perspective

Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families Steering Committee Members

Fredrik (Frits) Broekhuizen, MD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(414) 805-9019
fbroekhu@mcw.edu

 

Georgia Cameron, MBA, BS, RN
State of Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Deputy Director of Southeastern Office,
Co-Chair of the DPH Statewide Advisory Committee on Reducing Health Disparities in Birth Outcomes
819 N. 6th St., Room 609
Milwaukee, WI 53203-1697
(414) 227-4926
georgia.cameron@wisconsin.gov

Ron Cisler, PhD, MS
Director, Center for Urban Population Health
Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Outpatient Health Center, Suite 4180
1020 N. 12th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 219-7914
rac@uwm.edu

 

Deborah L. Embry, MBA
Director, Racine Mayor's Office of Strategic Partnerships/Grant Facilitator
City of Racine, Mayor's Office
3011 N. Wisconsin St.
Racine, WI 53402
(262) 994-8200
Dembry3100@hotmail.com

 

Phil Farrell, MD, PhD, Co-Chair
Professor, Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
610 Walnut St., 785 WARF
Madison, WI 53726
(608) 263-9094
pmfarrell@wisc.edu

 

Veronica Lawson Gunn, MD, MPH, FAAP
Medical Director, Community Services Division, Children's Hospital & Health Systems
PO Box 1997, C760
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
(414) 266-6400
vgunn@chw.org

 

Cindy Haq, MD
Director, Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health, Professor
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
750 Highland Ave, 4260 HSLC
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 263-6546
clhaq@wisc.edu

 

Mark Huber
Vice President Social Responsibility
Aurora Health Care
950 N. 12th Street
A Building, 5th Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 219-7362
mark.huber@aurora.org

 

Reverend James M. Ivy
New Zion Baptist Church
1905 Mound Ave
Beloit, WI 53511
(608) 346-2732

 

Tito L. Izard, MD
President and CEO, Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.
2555 N. Martin Luther King Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 267-3637
tizard@mhsi.org

 

Cheryl Jackson, JD
2 Valley Road
Beloit, WI 53511
(608) 346-2732
cafj521@yahoo.com

 

Sheri Johnson, PhD, MA
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank
(414) 456-4177
sxjohnso@mcw.edu

Murray Katcher, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer
Bureau of Community Health Promotion
State Maternal and Child Health Director
1 West Wilson St., Room 218
Madison, Wisconsin 53701-2659
(608) 266-5818
Murray.Katcher@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Katherine Marks, Co-Chair
kmarks2@wi.rr.com

Stephen C. Ragatz, MD, FAAP
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Joseph
Staff Neonatologist
3070 North 51st St. #309
Milwaukee, WI 53210
(414) 447-2663

Betty Stinson BA
Chair, Racine Infant Mortality Coalition
5021 Singing Trees Drive
Racine, WI 53406
(262) 634-8081
bhstinson@dls.net

 

Jack Waters
Executive Director,
Kenosha Community Health Center
4536 22nd Ave
Kenosha, WI 53140
(262) 237-2850
Jack.waters@aurora.org

 

Lora Wiggins, MD
Associate Professor, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
2870 University Ave, Suite 106
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 698-3038
lwiggins@wisc.edu