Meet the board
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Kim Hawley
President/Founder
(she/her) | kim@wholeparentfoundation.org
Kim Hawley, LMSW, is a perinatal therapist dedicated to serving parents, plus their support systems, in Missouri and beyond. She specializes in support for individuals and couples trying to conceive, experiencing perinatal depression, anxiety and OCD, loss of any kind (including miscarriage, stillbirth, and termination), preeclampsia and traumatic birth stories, NICU stays, and parenting babies with medical complexity. She served on Missouri's first task force creating guidelines for postpartum care, and currently serves on the Maternal-Child Learning Action Network's Core Team. She is the Postpartum Support International (PSI) State Lead Coordinator for Missouri and is a PSI national specialized coordinator for preeclampsia and long-term health conditions. Kim was recently a Nonprofit State Policy Fellow with the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health. She 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.
Emilia Mense Caby
Vice President of Programming & Community Engagement
(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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Vice President of Development & Finances
(she/her) | lindsey@wholeparentfoundation.org
Lindsey Phelps, MPH, is a corporate 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. One baby born during the height of Covid and one traumatic birth means she intimately understands the need for community and the elusive "village" in parenthood. Lindsey was recently a Nonprofit State Policy Fellow with the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health She is the parent of two young kiddos 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.