The Maternal Fetal Health Alliance
Ending Disparities for Everyone
Mission Statement
The Maternal Fetal Health Alliance (MFHA) is dedicated to ending health disparities for underserved women and birthing individuals by providing doula services, mobile health clinics, and essential maternal care. We are an alliance of healthcare professionals, community advocates, and changemakers committed to transforming the current maternal-fetal healthcare system. Our goal is to ensure equitable access to care, improve birth outcomes, and provide quality treatment, education, and resources to those who need them most.
Through fundraising and strategic partnerships, MFHA covers the cost of full-spectrum, birthing, and postpartum doula services, as well as night nurses, for mothers in need. Additionally, we provide financial support for medical services through the implementation of the MaternaCare Model, ensuring women and birthing individuals receive the care they deserve, regardless of their financial situation, location, or cultural background.
Together, we are building a future where every mother and birthing individual has access to compassionate, high-quality care—before, during, and after birth.
Meet Our Board of Directors
Natasha Woodard
Natasha oversees and manages the Nourishing Health Starts program (a program that works with birthing people who are also food insecure) at Operation Food Search. She holds master's degrees in social work and psychology and is a certified holistic life coach and trained in perinatal maternal mental health. With over 20 years of youth development, program management, leadership and coaching experience, she brings a wealth of knowledge to the maternal health field. Some of her previous volunteer experience includes being a board member with The Village Path, Ujima STL and as a Community Leaders Cabinet Member (cohort 1) with Generate Health.
She remains passionate about Black maternal and infant health because disparities and miseducation still exist. Natasha is thrilled to be a part of the founding leadership team of the Maternal Fetal Health Alliance, and her passion and desire to educate and advance the work in the maternal and fetal health arena is the driving force to her level of commitment and dedication to this work.
Pauletta Gayle Geeter
Gayle Geeter is a Tennessee native who has personal experience in advocating for herself as a mom and patient. She is an avid reader who focuses on Black and feminist history. Her professional background is in childcare, event planning, and fundraising which merge to create a professional who understands how systems work together to influence communities. Gayle's hope for joining the Maternal Fetal Health Alliance board is to connect states in the South to curate a more robust reproductive infrastructure and donor base.
Empowering Healthcare Excellence
The Maternal Fetal Health Alliance is transforming healthcare delivery by launching mobile clinics that bring comprehensive, high-quality care directly to underserved populations and rural communities. These mobile units are staffed with a dedicated team that includes an OB-GYN, primary care provider (PCP), registered nurse (RN), full-spectrum doula and/or midwife, and a mental health professional. By meeting women where they are, the Alliance is improving access to prenatal, postpartum, and preventive care, addressing health disparities, and creating a more equitable healthcare system for women and birthing individuals.
MaternaCare Model
A Human-Centric, Community-Centered Solution bridging gaps in maternal-fetal healthcare through AI-driven insights, mobile clinics, telehealth, and policy innovation. Designed with agile thinking, this adaptable model empowers states, cities, and counties to implement customized solutions that improve maternal and infant health outcomes. Healthcare should fit the needs of the community—not the other way around.
