A Brighter Tomorrow.

Board of Directors

Sarah Noack, Chair
Parkview Health

Meredith Palmison, Vice Chair
Community Volunteer

Allison Taladay, Secretary
First Brands Group

Judy Roy, Treasurer
Indiana Tech

Claudia Krock
Novae Corp

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Healthier Moms and Babies our mission is to reduce infant mortality and improve birth outcomes. Our mission is best accomplished through the fair and equitable treatment of all families so every individual irrespective of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or abilities has access to healthcare and social services. Our programs include strategies to educate, empower, advocate and prepare individuals during childbearing years and beyond.

We recognize infant mortality disproportionately affects members of our society who have long been marginalized including Black, Hispanic, and people of color, the financially unstable and underserved, immigrants and refugees regardless of documentation status.

Healthier Moms and Babies recognizes a diverse and inclusive workforce is where all agency affiliates, (including: staff, volunteers, donors, the board of directors, and clients), irrespective of race, religious beliefs, ethnicity, sex, national origin, sexual orientation and/or gender identity, age, disability or education are treated equally for their roles and contributions. We commit ourselves to a non-discriminatory policy ensuring all employees, board members, clients, donors and volunteers feel valued, included, empowered and respected, at all times.

We are influenced by each stakeholder’s outlook, insight and unique life experiences, which in turn will add value to Healthier Moms and Babies ability to implement innovative ideas for the fulfillment of our agency programs, plans, goals and overall mission. We are diligent in our commitment to ensuring a wide array of dynamic voices are heard, represented and fully appreciated.

Healthier Moms and Babies upholds the following core principles:

• We acknowledge systemic privilege still exist in our society and we are committed to advancing equity throughout all aspects of our organization.

• We strive to create an organizational culture that is inclusive and diverse, ensuring equal opportunities and advancement for all employees.

• We recognize a diverse staff allows us to reach communities and families with greater impact and purpose.

• We realize systemic change, balancing representation and potentiality, across all facets of our agency, is required and must be set in motion to enhance our proficiency in programming.

• We will continue to serve our clients with compassion and empathy.

• We will support efforts and work toward attainable solutions in ending institutional racism by supporting and advocating for changes of public policy and laws.

• We accept our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion means we must make an ongoing commitment to constant learning. We acknowledge we will face challenges in fulfilling our mission but we are determined to identify, learn and improve from them.