Alejandra Garcia, MPH
President

Alejandra Garcia embarked on her Public Health journey while working in the Operating Room of a hospital, where she witnessed a conscious cesarean section. Though familiar with multiple cesarean procedures, it was the realization of the positive impact a doula's presence can have that spurred her into action. Motivated to effect change, she initiated a maternity program within the hospital aimed at implementing doula services, reducing c-section rates, and promoting breastfeeding.

In 2017, Alejandra co-founded Accompany Doula Care, a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for a more positive and supportive birth experience for all. Currently, she serves as the president of the board of this esteemed organization.

In her current role as a Sales Product Engineer, Alejandra is tasked with designing, implementing, and managing innovative performance improvement programs. With a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology and a Master of Public Health from Boston University, her educational background complements her passion for improving healthcare outcomes.

Hailing from Venezuela, Alejandra is fluent in English, Spanish, and French. Since 2016, she has also proudly served as a doula, enriching her understanding of maternal health and furthering her commitment to making a difference in healthcare.

Ketura'h Edwards - Robinson, MSN, SANE-MA, WHNP-BC, AGNP-C
President-Elect

Ketura’h possesses over ten years of advanced practice nursing experience working in the Boston area specializing in Women’s Health, Acute/Primary Care, and Substance Use/Misuse. In addition, she works as a specially trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) responding to trauma emergencies at several hospitals within the Greater Boston area.

Ketura’h has always had a passion for the full scope of maternal health and the diversity of care available to women. She works primarily as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at the Dimock Center in Roxbury, MA. Understanding the many ways, a person can be cared for during their pregnancy led her to train as a birth doula. Ketura’h worked as a community birth doula for Accompany Doula Are Inc. for a year before joining the board of directors. Through her expert knowledge of maternal and fetal well-being, trauma trauma-informed nursing care, coupled with her doula training, Ketura’h offers a unique perspective on support to the pregnant person.

Ketura’h is a native of Roxbury, MA, and continues to provide healthcare within her childhood community. Currently, she lives in Randolph, MA with her husband and their daughter. In her leisure, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoys cooking, traveling, reading, and some good retail therapy.

KATIE SHEA BARRETT
TREASURER

Katie Shea Barrett is the Head of Medicaid at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, where she leads the payor's work to enter the Medicaid market in the state. Previously, she served as the Founding Executive Director of March for Moms, an organization that aligns the diverse voices of families, health care providers, policymakers, and partners to advocate for mothers and families’ health, well-being and equal access to care. She has also held roles in Massachusetts state government, Beth Israel health care system, and at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to drive critical improvements to the delivery of health care across the Commonwealth.

She brings nearly 20 years of leadership experience in both the private and public sectors aimed at making health care delivery more safe, affordable and equitable for families. She is a mother to Ellie (12) and Will (9) and lives in Walpole with her husband, Ben, a civil engineer.

CATHERINE TERNES
Secretary

Catherine Ternes is an experienced project manager, improvement coach, and strategist. In her career, she has worked in the healthcare, tech, and education sectors. She is passionate about reducing systemic inequities and her content expertise is in change management, process improvement, and executing strategic operational initiatives. Cat has almost a decade of experience in healthcare, both as an external consultant for health systems outside the U.S. and an internal consultant at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Division of General Medicine. She did independent consulting on quality and process improvement for healthcare startups in the U.S. & U.K. as well as the Singaporean Ministry of Health.

Catherine spent two years as an internal operational excellence consultant at Wayfair before beginning her current role as a Strategy & Operations Consultant at Systems Evolution Incorporated (SEI), a management consulting firm. Her undergraduate degree is from Northeastern University and she received her Master’s in Global Business Administration from Tufts University, where she studied economic opportunities for primary care through telehealth. Catherine joined the Accompany Board of Directors in 2023 with a particular lens on measurement and operational efficiency.

Omobolanle (Bola) Adams, MPH

Bola is a public health professional whose work is driven by a passion for health equity and data-driven decision-making. When not at work, Bola enjoys reading, exploring cultures through food, and spending time with friends and family.

Tameca Fowling

TBD

Alex Schwarzkopf

Alex Schwarzkopf is a strategy consultant working at the intersection of technology and leadership and is a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur. Previously, Alex was the CEO of Pillar Technologies, an environmental safety solution using smart sensor networks and cloud analytics to predict, mitigate workforce exposure on the construction site.

Before co-founding Pillar, Alex built a company around wearable concussion monitoring for youth sports. Prior to his work in startups, Alex spent time working for Tesla Motors in Silicon Valley and iRobot in Massachusetts.

Alex holds a degree in Electromechanical Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.