Angela Doyinsola Aina
Executive Director, BMMA, Inc.
(Black Mamas Matter Alliance)
Angela Doyinsola Aina, MPH is an award-recognized public health practitioner and catalytic architect of the Black Maternal Health Movement. She is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of BMMA (Black Mamas Matter Alliance), leading efforts to expand systems change, policy, research, training, and workforce initiatives to advance maternal/reproductive health equity, along with several global partners. With over 17 years of experience, Angela has worked at the academic, state, and federal levels, including at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), UNC-Chapel Hill, and Morehouse School of Medicine. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) degree. Her work and expertise has been featured in major media outlets, and she is deeply committed to economic gender equity, reproductive justice, and Black/African women’s leadership and wellness.
Dr. Larry D. Buschon
Senior Policy Advisor, Holland & Knight
Former U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 8th Congressional District
Larry Bucshon, M.D., is a senior policy advisor and lobbyist in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office and a member of the firm's Public Policy & Regulation Group. Dr. Bucshon focuses his practice on matters related to healthcare and energy.
Since his election to Congress in 2010, Dr. Bucshon has advocated for patient-centered healthcare reforms that support innovation and give patients access to high-quality, affordable and timely care while also ensuring that patients and their doctors have the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions. Most recently, Dr. Bucshon served as a senior member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and vice chair of the Subcommittee on Health, vice chair of the House GOP Doctors Caucus and as a co-chair of the Congressional Kidney Caucus. In the 117th Congress, Dr. Bucshon was selected to the Healthy Future Task Force and led the Subcommittee on Doctor/Patient Relationships.
In addition, Dr. Bucshon is a champion of an all-of-the-above energy approach and served on the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security, along with the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce. His district, which encompassed all or part of 21 counties in southern and west central Indiana, is rich in energy resources, and he focused on advancing energy policies that use all sources of energy to make the nation energy-independent.
Dr. Bucshon has also served on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Committee on Science, Space and Technology, where he served as chair of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Prior to his political experience, Dr. Bucshon was a practicing physician and surgeon, specializing in cardiothoracic surgery. He also served as chief of cardiothoracic surgery and medical director of the open heart recovery intensive care unit at St. Mary's (now St. Vincent) hospital in Evansville, Indiana.
During his surgical residency, Dr. Bucshon enlisted with the U.S. Navy Reserve and served for almost a decade before being honorably discharged.
Dr. Jasmaine McClain
Executive Director, Health Impact Alliance,
The Health Management Academy
Jasmaine McClain, PhD serves as Executive Director of the Health Impact Alliance at The Health Management Academy. Launched in 2021, the Health Impact Alliance is a cooperative, research-backed initiative of the nation’s leading health systems partnering to accelerate progress toward efficient, equitable patient care. The Health Management Academy partners with leading health systems (integrated delivery systems with $2B+ operating revenue) across the country to collectively address healthcare’s biggest challenges and opportunities.
Prior to her role at The Health Management Academy, Dr. McClain led quality improvement and implementation science initiatives as a Senior Manager in Avalere Health’s Center for Healthcare Transformation. She served as a research and partnerships lead for innovative multi-stakeholder collaborations between pharmaceutical companies, provider organizations, health plans, and professional societies. With a passion for implementing evidence-driven approaches to patient and provider engagement, Dr. McClain previously led research on consumer journey mapping and virtual care adoption at Advisory Board, partnering with hospital service line leaders and health system boards to optimize market strategy. She has a PhD in Cancer Biology and an MS in Medicine from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Amanda P. Williams
Clinical Innovation Advisor, California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG is a seasoned physician executive and board-certified OB/GYN with over two decades of clinical, operational, and strategic leadership experience across integrated health systems, digital health, and nonprofit sectors. She currently serves as Clinical Innovation Advisor at the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she also holds an adjunct faculty appointment in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Williams previously served as Interim Chief Medical Officer at March of Dimes, guiding national initiatives across research, education, and advocacy. Prior to that, she was Medical Director at Mahmee, a technology-enabled maternal health company, where she led clinical operations, institutional partnerships, and business development.
She spent seventeen years in Kaiser Permanente Northern California, where she was Director of Maternity Services for the Oakland Medical Center. Additionally, she provided strategic oversight for the maternity continuum across 15 medical centers, prioritizing clinical quality, safety, equity, and patient experience as Assistant Chair of the Chiefs of OBGYN.
Dr. Williams has contributed to statewide and national quality efforts, including the California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Committee, the California Surgeon General’s Perinatal Redesign Stakeholder Group, and the National Quality Forum’s Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Expert Workgroup.
A Harvard College graduate, Dr. Williams earned her MD and MPH in Health Policy and Management from Emory University and completed her OB/GYN residency at UCSF. She is a nationally recognized voice on maternal health and health equity and has been featured widely in academic, policy, and media circles.
BWHI Policy Team:
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Ifeoma C. Udoh, Ph.D
EVP of Policy and Research
Candace Bond-Theriault, Esq., LL.M.
Senior Director of Policy
