Meet Our Team

Tracy Russell
Chief Executive Officer
trussell@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #253
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Shannon Williams
Healthy Start Program Director
swilliams@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #251
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Gina Hopkins
Chief Financial Officer
ghopkins@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #224
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Marcela Metcalf
Lead Community Health Worker
mmetcalf@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #200
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Ahkeya Howard
Community Engagement Director
ahoward@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #226
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Michelle Biondo
Development Director
mbiondo@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #244
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Marchai Hudson
Community Health Worker
mhudson@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #201
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Maricela Sanchez
Community Health Worker
msanchez@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #249
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Kim Wood
Community Health Worker
kwood@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #236
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Marisol Hernandez
Community Health Worker
mhernandez@nurturekc.org
816-283-6242 ext #210
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Kamera Meaney
University Health
Past Chairperson

Tracy Russell
Chief Executive Officer, Nurture KC
Ex-officio

Seabrin Jensen, MSN, RN, C-ONQS
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission
Chairperson

Solissa McKay
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Treasurer

Christina DiGirolamo Wahl
Attorney, Berkowitz Oliver, LLP

Jim Erickson
Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City

Stacy Barter
Fairwave Coffee Holdings
Secretary

Frank Gray
University Health

Connor Stangler
University of Missouri — Kansas City

Jennifer Starr
Kansas City Public Library

Elizabeth Simpson, MD
Retired Pediatrician
Children’s Mercy Hospital