Camille Williamson, DSW, LCSW
Camille is a seasoned social worker, researcher, and social justice activist with over 20 years of experience across community settings, academia, and healthcare spaces. Over the span of her career, she has built and sustained community-based programs for youth and young adults, stewarded emerging providers to offer behavioral health support for underserved and marginalized populations, and provided trauma-informed therapy to women and children who have experienced domestic violence. In 2023 she completed her doctorate degree in social work at the University of Southern California with a focus on the Black Maternal Health Crisis from the perspective of Black women. Last year, she completed a state-wide workforce landscape analysis of midwives and doulas to gain a better understanding of the challenges that community-based birth workers experience as well as the overall opportunities to create a comprehensive and cohesive perinatal ecosystem for birthing people in Illinois. Camille is currently the Maternal Child Health Division Chief and Title V Director in the Office of Women’s Health & Family Services at the Illinois Department for Public Health.

Maureen Fura, MPA
Maureen is the Founder and CEO of Mammha, a maternal and family mental health care coordination platform that ensures families who screen positive for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders receive timely follow-up, care coordination, and access to specialized care. Her advocacy began after experiencing severe pregnancy depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) following the birth of her first son. She is the director and producer of Dark Side of the Full Moon and a founding member of the National Coalition for Maternal Mental Health, where she helped lead national awareness efforts and advocacy for the Bringing Postpartum Depression Out of the Shadows Act. Mammha has received national recognition, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Postpartum Equity Challenge, and serves as the behavioral health partner for NICU families with the March of Dimes.

Mathura Ananthan, MD
Mathura is actively involved in quality improvement initiatives within the Women and Children’s Department at Mount Sinai. With a strong interest in obstetrics and perinatal mental health, her work focuses on helping optimize maternal health outcomes through system-based interventions, including a key role in coordinating and implementing ILPQC initiatives at the hospital level. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Mathura moved to Chicago to complete Medical School, where she discovered a strong passion for women’s health. She is particularly interested in advancing equitable access to perinatal mental health care and improving patient-centered outcomes, and is dedicated to advancing women’s health through quality improvement with a focus on clinical care and education. 

Mary Jarvis, MSN, RN, CLC 
Mary has nearly 23 years of nursing experience, with the past 18 years dedicated to Women and Children’s Services at SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. She has served in a variety of roles including Labor & Delivery, Mother-Baby, Special Care Nursery, and Pediatrics, and for the past eight years has held the role of Perinatal Outreach and Lactation Coordinator. Mary currently serves on the Southern Illinois Healthcare Workplace Culture Council and Social Determinants of Health Committee and works closely with ILPQC. She is a member of the ILPQC Obstetrical Advisory Board and mentors Illinois birthing hospitals to achieve Healthy People 2030 goals for reducing NTSV cesarean birth rates and improving maternal and neonatal outcomes across southern Illinois.

Courtney Fisk, MSN, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Courtney is the Women and Children’s Education Coordinator at UW Health Northern Illinois Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. She began her nursing career in 2014 in Labor and Delivery, where she spent seven years building expertise in obstetric nursing. After earning her MSN in Education, she transitioned into her current role in 2021, where she plans, coordinates, and facilitates obstetric education for staff and providers. Courtney has co-led the ILPQC Birth Equity and Perinatal Mental Health initiatives and contributes to multiple committees and councils. She is nationally certified in Inpatient Obstetrics and Electronic Fetal Monitoring and serves as an instructor for AWHONN EFM and OB Emergencies courses. She is also the AWHONN Illinois Section Education Coordinator.

Rhapsody Mason, LCSW
Rhapsody is the Program Director of Illinois DocAssist, a Psychiatric Access Program that assists Illinois primary care providers in addressing mental health concerns for their perinatal and pediatric patients. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Rhapsody is dedicated to improving the lives of children and their families. She has over 15 years of experience working in pediatric and perinatal outpatient mental health, early intervention programs, pediatric offices, therapeutic schools, and preschool programs. Rhapsody received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Vermont.

Erin Miller, BSN, PMH-C, CLS  
Erin serves as the Director of Nursing for Prevention Services at the Children’s Home Association of Illinois, where she supports the High Risk Family Case Management and Family Connects programs in Peoria County. She is certified in perinatal mental health and lactation support. As a military spouse, Erin has delivered care to diverse populations across the United States and internationally throughout her nursing career. She is passionate about building strong, connected systems of care to support families.

Tisha Gatson, BSHA, CLS
Tisha serves as the Doula Program Supervisor with Brightpoint, where she leads and supports a dedicated team of community-based doulas serving families across seven counties. In this role, she brings a deep commitment to maternal and family well-being, ensuring that women, children, and families feel supported, heard, and respected throughout their care journey. Tisha is also actively collaborating with OB providers and midwives across hospitals and clinics to strengthen referral pathways and ensure follow-up care for families with elevated EPDS scores. Through her work, she continues to advocate for responsive, connected, and compassionate systems of care that truly meet families where they are.

Carrie E. Banks, MS, PMH-C 
Carrie is the Peer Support Programs Director at Postpartum Support International (PSI) and an expert on peer support for perinatal mental health challenges. After the birth of her first child, Carrie was diagnosed with postpartum depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It was a life-changing experience that led her to switch gears from land conservation work to perinatal mental health. She started out as a PSI volunteer, coordinating under-served and rural areas in North Carolina, and also served as a founding board member of PSI-NC. Raised in the Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina, Carrie has a special interest in improving access to mental health services for rural families.