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Meet the board
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Kim Hawley
President/Founder
(she/her) | kim@wholeparentfoundation.org
Kim Hawley, LMSW, is dedicated to serving parents, plus their support systems, in Missouri and beyond. With a personal background in trauma, perinatal mood & anxiety disorders and loss, she serves as the Postpartum Support International (PSI) State Lead Coordinator for Missouri and as a PSI national specialized coordinator for preeclampsia and long-term health conditions. She is a perinatal therapist and the NICU program director at Centimano Counseling, the first reproductive mental health practice in Kansas City. Kim has spoken about parental mental health for organizations including Parents as Teachers, Mental Health KC, St. Luke's Health System and the Missouri Hospital Association. She serves as a Nonprofit State Policy Fellow with the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health.
Emilia Mense Caby
Vice-president
(she/her) | emilia @wholeparentfoundation.org
Emilia Mense Caby is a community activist, advocate and educator in mindfulness, trauma, resilience and violence prevention. As a leader in the violence prevention movement in the Kansas City metro, she has worked with thousands of community members, both young and old, on preventing and healing from violence and building resilient communities. When she isn’t working with communities to heal trauma and build resilience she’s reading, eating and cuddling her babies.
Geornesha Clayton
Parent Liaison
(she/her) | geornesha@wholeparentfoundation.org
Geornesha is a social worker in the greater Kansas City area who has a passion for trauma-centered practices, meeting clients where they are, and helping others. With a background in child behavioral therapy, she has worked with underserved youth for positions with the St. Joseph Youth Alliance, Jackson County Children’s Division, the YMCA of Greater Kansas City Head Start, Early Head Start, and Raytown C-2 School District.
Taylor Ulrey
Community Outreach Coordinator
(she/her) | taylor@wholeparentfoundation.org
Taylor Ulrey, LCMFT, LMFT, MHP, PMH-C, LCMFT-S is a fully licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in treating the transition to parenthood, such as postpartum depression and anxiety, pregnancy and infant loss, birth trauma, and more. A loss mom of two and mother of one baby girl earthside, she is passionate about increasing quality and affordable access to mental health care to all parents of Kansas City. She volunteers by fostering bulldogs through the Kansas City English Bulldog Rescue. In her free time, she loves being in nature with her dog and her family.
Maggie Chandler
Grants Coordinator
(she/her) | maggie@wholeparentfoundation.org
Maggie Chandler is a certified prevention specialist and public health professional that has focused her career on working with nonprofits. She is very passionate about addressing the gaps within the mental health care system in Kansas City and the surrounding areas. She has previously worked as a youth suicide prevention specialist where she has collaborated with school districts, businesses, and community coalitions within the greater Kansas City area who were all working towards increasing resilience and access to mental health support. She has experience with nonprofit work, public health policy development, and grant writing. Maggie is the parent to two small babies and her greatest goal is to create a community in which all parents and children can thrive.
Sus Jones
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility (I.D.E.A.) Coordinator
(they/them) | sus@wholeparentfoundation.org
Sus is a queer and trans midwife. They offer preconception counseling and fertility services, full spectrum perinatal care and homebirth services. The foundation of the care they provide is embodiment, loving and building trust with one’s body and learning and listening to the messages it provides. The path to parenting can be challenging and transformational for everyone, but they acknowledge the specific barriers and challenges that are unique to queer, trans and gender nonconforming folks and especially when other intersectionalities are present. Outside of their midwifery practice they focus a lot of time on building and nourishing the many relationships in their life, with their family, partners, friends, nature and most importantly with themself.
Lindsey Phelps
Treasurer
(she/her) | lindsey@wholeparentfoundation.org
Lindsey Phelps, MPH, is a data analyst who is passionate about health economics, especially in the parental and child health space. Her experience as a public health professional and as a mother makes her particularly invested in closing gaps in care and access for parents. She is the parent of two young babies and likes to bake, read, and travel in her free time.
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Sheetal Kakarala
Donor Stewardship & Event Coordinator
(she/her) | sheetal@wholeparentfoundation.org
Sheetal Kakarala, MSW, LICSW, is a social worker on pause who is passionate about providing accessible and inclusive mental health support, especially for parents and caregivers. She has worked in the fields of domestic violence, reproductive and perinatal mental health, mentorship, and medical social work, with a large focus on increasing cultural competence in care. Sheetal is active in her kids’ school and local organizations with the goal of building stronger communities.