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Developing Families Center Staff:

Linda Randolph, MD, MPH

President and CEO

Linda A. Randolph is a public health pediatrician and senior executive with over thirty years of experience serving in Federal, state and local governments, academia, private philanthropy and not-for-profit organizations.  Dr. Randolph, a native Washingtonian and a 20 year resident of Harlem and Albany, NY, is widely recognized for her leadership, commitment and sensitivity to the complex needs of low-income and underserved populations.  She is known for her work to eliminate racial/ethnic disparities in health and building upon the strengths of families and communities to effect health policy. Dr. Randolph is the recipient of numerous awards for her significant contributions in the field of maternal and child health, including the American Public Health Association’s prestigious 2001 Martha May Eliot Award, honoring exceptional achievements and 2008 elected membership to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.  She holds several adjunct professor appointments and in 2009 received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from SUNY-Albany. She is a graduate of the Howard University College of Medicine and the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.

Ruth W. Lubic, CNM, EdD

Founder

Ruth Watson Lubic is a nurse-midwife and applied anthropologist. Known for her work in developing the freestanding birth center model, Dr. Lubic has received honorary degrees and special recognitions from eight universities and is the first nurse to have received a MacArthur Fellowship. She served for two years as an Expert Consultant to the Assistant Secretary for Health in Washington. She has published widely, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine and in 2001 received its prestigious Lienhard Award. The American Academy of Nursing, also in 2001, named her a Living Legend. The American College of Nurse-Midwives honored her with its highest recognition, the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award. She has been made an Honorary Member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society. In 2006, the American Public Health Association conferred its Martha May Eliot Award.

Currently, Dr. Lubic serves as Founder of the Family Health and Birth Center and Founder and President Emerita of the Developing Families Center, an innovative, collaborative service located in the District of Columbia. The service is designed to improve the health and quality of life of childbearing and child rearing families, particularly those of low income who suffer high rates of infant and maternal morbidity and mortality. The model has reduced significantly the disparities found between African American and other populations.

Kimbalyn Clark-Price

Executive Assistant & Facilities Manager

Kimbalyn N. Clark-Price, Executive Assistant for the Developing Families Center, has 22 years of administrative experience with 15 of those years on the executive level.  Her experience includes working with the United States Postal Service, the House of Representatives, George Washington University and non-profit organizations, such as The Police Foundation, Alliance to Save Energy, and, for the last five years, the Developing Families Center.

A lifelong resident of the District of Columbia, Kimbalyn and her husband, Michael, are the proud parents of six children.  In her spare time, Kimbalyn enjoys reading, bowling, swimming, diverse genres of music and spending time with her family.  Mrs. Clark-Price is currently a member of the Association of Executives and Administrative Professionals.

Amy Nassar, CNP, FNP

Project Manager

Amy has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 1998. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings over the past ten years, including a busy rural family practice, a homeless clinic in Maryland, a diabetes institute at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and a cardiology practice at George Washington University Hospital. Amy is currently Faculty at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies where she is a Clinical Faculty Instructor for the Family Nurse Practitioner program and Project Manager of a Community-Based Participatory Research grant with Georgetown University Center on Health and Education and Developing Families Center.  Amy has worked at Developing Families Center since 2007 and started the 2 week post partum Mom/Baby clinic at Family Health and Birth Center in 2008. Most importantly, Amy is the proud mother of Naomi – who was cared for and caught by the midwives of the Family Health and Birth Center in 2007.

Alisha A Hetmyer

Wellness Educator and Research Assistant

Alisha joined FHBC in 2009 as the Waiting Room Wellness Educator. She helps clients make healthy choices by providing engaging education through games, distribution of information and demonstrations. She has two children, sixteen-year-old Carlotta and nine-year-old Andrew. Her background is in customer service and banking, and she is excited to be putting her sales skills and positive personality towards a cause she cares about. In Alisha’s own words, “I hope this helps our clients to a better life.”

Lilliemae Bonilla

Research Assistant

Lilliemae Bonilla was born and raised in DC. Before joining the DFC staff she was a stay-at-home mom, and she wishes that could be a paid job! Lilliemae came to the DFC as a client at the Family Health and Birth Center in 2002 and became a research assistant in 2008. Here at the Developing Families Center Lilliemae is a Research Assistant and coordinator of our Community Advisory Board. She also does outreach, helps coordinate health fairs, and coordinates surveys of DFC clients and community. Lilliemae has her certifications in Le Leche League international breastfeeding peer counseling and Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Lilliemae is a wife and mother of five. Her children and husband are the most important things in her life. Lilliemae would like to thank all at DFC that have played a very important role in her family life.

Holly Poole-Kavana

Wellness Coordinator

Holly Poole-Kavana began working with the Family Health and Birth Center in 2006, doing data collection, grant programs support, front office, and phlebotomy. She currently acts as Wellness Coordinator with the goal of increasing health and wellness education at the Developing Families Center. Holly holds a BS in biology and has studied herbal medicine since 2005. She has a diversity of experience in a wide variety of health care and wellness settings, and brings a unique and valued perspective to the DFC.

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