Board of Directors
Lydia Contreras, PhD.
Chair of the Board
Austin, TX
NICU Parent
Cory Ritthaler
Chair Elect
Dallas, TX
NICU Parent
Efrem Colmenero
Board Treasurer
McKinney, TX
NICU Parent
Vedria E. Millage, LCSW
Board Secretary
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Driftwood, TX
NICU Parent
Shivani Agarwal
Head of Technology Services, McLane Co
Leander, TX
NICU grandparent
Patty Fougerat
Senior Vice President, Texas Capital Bank
Dripping Springs, TX
NICU Parent
Tiffany Gladdis
Licensed Clinical Psychologist & Medical Director of the Office of Equity and Diversity, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
Janine Krause
Dobbs Ferry, NY
NICU Parent
Gloria Li
Physician, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
NICU parent
Moline Pandiyan
MedTech Lead, RTI Innovation Advisors
Cary, NC
NICU & bereaved parent
Amber Parker-Collins
Head of Household
Austin, TX
NICU Parent
Tiffani Simmons
Bayonne, NJ
NICU Parent
Eva Wheatley
Neonatologist, St.David’s North Austin Medical Center
Austin, TX
Joey Williams
Director of Marketing, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
NICU Parent
Emeritus Board
Dave Alter
Co-Founder, Hand to Hold
Peak Rock Capital
NICU and Bereaved Parent
Bree Borgsteadt
Director of Outpatient Services, Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute
NICU Parent
Todd Boullion
CMO, Encoura, LLC
Clio Armitage Harper III, MD
Vitreoretinal Surgeon,
Austin Retina Associates
Kelli Kelley
Founder & CEO, Hand to Hold
NICU Parent
Ryan Kelly
Realtor at Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
Doug Levine
Owner, Growing Places Therapy Services, PLLC
John Loyd
Chief of the Division of Neonatology, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Lana Macrum-Craig
Bereaved Parent
Rodney D. Molitor
Market Director, Dignity Memorial – Houston
Becky Pemberton
Bereaved Parent
Rhonda Reed, BSN, RNC-NIC
Director of NICU and Neonatal Transport, St. David’s Medical Center
Scott Whitaker
Executive Director, Catholic Foundation – Diocese of Austin
NICU Parent
Ashley Wilson
NICU Parent