The Preeclampsia Foundation strives to hire talented and dedicated individuals with diverse backgrounds and experience. Many of our staff members have personal experiences with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Although our headquarters are in sunny Melbourne, Florida, many of our staff work remotely across the United States. Our vision is a world where mothers and their babies are safe physically and mentally from the effects of preeclampsia - but that vision also extends to the well-being of our employees, volunteers, and other stakeholders. We are committed to being an organization that prioritizes personal, family, and mental well-being by having flexibility in our work hours and locations, including mental health benefits as part of our compensation package, and paid parental leave. We are an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
Current hiring status: Thank you so much for your interest in working with us. We are currently hiring for the following positions:
Operations Manager (Full-Time, Melbourne, FL)
Finance Director (Full-Time, hybrid remote/Melbourne, FL)
Program Coordinator, MoMMAs Voices Matchmaking (Full-Time, remote or Melbourne, FL)
Eleni Z. Tsigas (eh-LEN-ee SEE-gus) is the CEO of the Preeclampsia Foundation and member of the Board of Directors for Preeclampsia Foundation Canada. As a two-time preeclampsia survivor herself, Eleni is a relentless champion for the improvement of patient and provider education and practices, for the catalytic role that patients can have to advance the science and status of maternal-infant health, and for the progress that can be realized by building global partnerships to improve patient outcomes.
Eleni has assisted in the development of state, national, and international care guidelines on preeclampsia, including with the World Health Organization (WHO), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Hypertension in Pregnancy Task Force, the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care, and state task forces in California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, and Texas. She is frequently engaged as an expert representing the consumer perspective on preeclampsia, including the delivery of keynote addresses for several professional healthcare provider societies. She currently serves as a member of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Task Force on Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women (PRGLAC) Implementation Working Group, and as a patient ambassador for the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Eleni has collaborated on numerous research studies, authored chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals, and is the Principal Investigator for the Preeclampsia Registry. She serves as a patient advisor and on steering committees for global and national research study teams, including the IMproved PRegnancy Outcomes via Early Detection (IMPROvED) study based in Ireland and is a member of the Technical Advisory Group for the PRECISE Network, a consortium of UK universities and research institutions in Africa.
She has two of her three pregnancies seriously impacted by preeclampsia.
Debra "Deb" Stull is the Chief Financial Officer of The Preeclampsia Foundation. She provides the oversight for the organization’s financial functions, including production of the financial reports, oversight of the annual budget, investment strategy, and cash flow analysis, providing extra checks and balances to ensure their stellar non-profit reputation. Deb has over 40 years of experience as a leader in accounting and finance, including 20+ years working with non-profit organizations. Her strengths include strong fiscal responsibility, leading successful cross functional teams, effective collaboration and embracing positive change that improve strategies and organizational success. Deb holds a Bachelor of Arts from Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Deb likes to travel and to be with her husband, two daughters and granddaughter. She is actively involved as a volunteer with weVENTURE, which provides business education and mentoring targeting women entrepreneurs and women owned small businesses.
Deb lives in Melbourne, FL, but also enjoys spending time at her lakehouse in South Carolina.
Kelly Breese brings nearly 25 years of accounting experience to lead the Preeclampsia Foundation accounting department as their Comptroller. Kelly oversees the external accounting firm for the Foundation, ensuring accuracy of payroll, accounts payable and receivable, state and federal tax filings, and preparation of financial statements. She ensures integrity in the financial reporting of the Foundation by maintaining the accounting policies and procedures across all of the Foundation’s departments and mission areas. Kelly earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Finance from California State University – Sacramento in 2000. Kelly previously served as the Foundation’s Accounting Manager for almost six years after fifteen years working as the CFO and Operations Manager of her husband’s telecommunication company.
In addition to working with the Foundation, Kelly volunteers on the Board of her community HOA, providing financial oversite and assistance. Her three now-adult children still keep her very busy, but in her spare time, she enjoys travel with her husband, practicing daily yoga and pilates, working on home improvement projects, and solving word puzzles.
Tedda Voe is the Foundation’s Contracts and Compliance Manager, creating frameworks for and assisting with multiple phases of the grant execution process. Tedda believes in work with purpose, and is delighted to be part of the passionate team at the Preeclampsia Foundation.
She has an undergraduate degree in English and an MBA from Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Tedda has worked on the business side of medicine since the early days of the electronic medical record, and spent many years in compliance, sales, and marketing for medical malpractice insurers.
Tedda lives in Michigan with her boyfriend and their spoiled fur babies. She practices yoga, watches the Tour de France obsessively every July, and is an accomplished baker.
Chris McGahee joined the Preeclampsia Foundation in 2018 as the Director of Development, and works with the donors, volunteers, industry partners, grantors, and more who support the important work of the Foundation. Chris has more than 33 years of healthcare experience in pre-hospital EMS, hospital emergency, clinical laboratory, and the corporate marketing communications, public relations, and fundraising fields. He has supported the marketing communications needs of a large, multi-hospital integrated health and is especially skilled at utilizing a variety of communications platforms and messaging strategies to create long-term, beneficial relationships. Chris has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Organization Management from Eastern Florida State College, and has earned numerous marketing, communications and advertising awards from the Florida Hospital Association and the American Advertising Federation.
Laney Poye serves as the Director of Communications and Engagement for the Preeclampsia Foundation, overseeing the Foundation's digital and traditional communications process. Her primary responsibilities include leading the Foundation's communication department for the development, implementation and evaluation of the Foundation's annual communications plan. She supports all aspects of the Foundation's programmatic, executiv,e and development teams, ensuring that the three pillars of its mission (Community, Research, and Health Care Improvements) remain at the heart of the Foundation's work. Laney enjoys overseeing the development of scientifically accurate and accessible educational content in English and in Spanish for www.preeclampsia.org as the Foundation's webmaster. She also serves as a merit reviewer for grant applications with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Laney spent almost a decade helping to grow the Preeclampsia Foundation into the robust organization that it is today, beginning in 2009. She served for many years as the Foundation's Director of Community Relations, handling all of the external engagement with stakeholders, including overseeing the development and management of the Foundation's top fundraising event, the Promise Walk for Preeclampsia, creating digital content for the Foundation's social media platform, and assisting with research studies on patient engagement and the psychological impact of traumatic pregnancy experiences.
Laney earned her bachelor's and master's degrees, magna cum laude, from Florida State University in International Affairs, where she specialized in women's health issues in low-resource settings. She is a member of MENSA, the National Public Health Information Coalition, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She also serves as a representative voice for women who have experienced infertility and pregnancy and infant loss. Laney is a voracious reader and movie buff who enjoys spending time with her husband Matt and their rainbow babies Adelaide & Zander in sunny Viera, Florida.
Rolanda Hatcher-Gallop is the media relations specialist for the Preeclampsia Foundation. She collaborates with local and national media to promote and convey the Foundation’s mission, programs, and initiatives such as the Re-Connect Tour 2022 and the Promise Walk for Preeclampsia. An award-winning veteran journalist, Rolanda has more than 30 years of experience in media, starting her career as a news reporter before going on to be an editor, freelance writer, digital content creator, media specialist, communication strategist, and speech writer. Her editorial work has appeared in such publications as The State, Florida Today, Spaces, Essence, and Signature Bride. She also enjoys working as a community organizer specializing in strategic messaging for non-profit organizations.
Additionally, Rolanda is a full-time communications instructor at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. She is the founding editor of the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts magazine, COPLA Connections. Her academic research interests include business and professional communication technologies, message and media strategy, and narrative engagement. She co-chairs Florida Tech’s annual African American Read-In event and serves as faculty advisor to the school’s Black Student Union, being named the university's 2020 Student Organization Advisor of the Year for her work with the group.
Rolanda resides in Palm Bay, Florida, with her husband, journalist J.D. Gallop, and their two Shih Tzus.
Emily Chaddock is the National Events Manager for the Preeclampsia Foundation, working primarily on the Promise Walk for Preeclampsia, the signature event for the Foundation. Her primary focus is enabling our volunteer Promise Walk chairs, volunteer committees, and other advocates to optimize their community engagement and fundraising events. Emily brings a wealth of peer-to-peer fundraising event experience to the team, having previously served as the southwestern regional development manager for the Alzheimer's Association, where she helped over see the Walk to End Alzheimer's and the Longest Day New Mexico, as well as many other supporting events.
Emily has a bachelor's degree in individualized studies with a minor in communication from New Mexico State University, with certifications in digital graphics and web design.
Emily is a preeclampsia survivor who delivered her daughter at 27 weeks, after experiencing complete vision loss and kidney failure due to severe preeclampsia. Her daughter had a long difficult NICU stay, but is thankfully now a thriving preschooler. In her free time, Emily serves as a volunteer for Big Brothers, Big Sisters, sits on the board of the Las Cruces Chamber Ballet, and was recently crowned Mrs. Las Cruces 2024. She lives in New Mexico with her husband and daughter.
Danielle Babcock Sapienza serves as the Education and Support Manager for the Preeclampsia Foundation, responsible for creating, guiding, and implementing strategies for preeclampsia patient and provider education, community support, volunteer service, and overall engagement. She is also the primary liaison with our Patient Advisory Council (PAC).
Prior to joining the Foundation she volunteered as the Space Coast Promise Walk for Preeclampsia Mission Mom, sharing her story to help raise awareness about hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Danielle serves as a representative voice for women who have experienced new-onset postpartum eclampsia. Her daughter had Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) and labor was induced a little over two weeks early because her baby was small for gestational age (SGA). Danielle was not diagnosed with or provided any information on Preeclampsia. Two days after returning home from the hospital (5 days post delivery), Danielle suddenly experienced a headache that would not go away, swelling, blurry vision, and two seizures that sent her to the ER. It was then that she learned about preeclampsia and eclampsia. This experience fuels her desire for patient education and maternal health advocacy.
Danielle assists with research studies on patient education and engagement on the psychological impact of traumatic pregnancy experiences. She brings her love for reading and passion for writing to the Foundation by transforming medical content into easy-to-understand messaging for a variety of platforms and audiences.
Danielle earned her Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication, cum laude, from Towson University, where she specialized in Strategic Public Relations and Integrated Communications. She brings nearly 20 years of marketing, communications, donor stewardship, and community relations experience to the team.
Danielle is a member of LEAD Brevard and was a top 12 finalist for the prestigious 4 Under 40 Awards in 2023. In 2024 she earned a Hometown Hero Award from the Melbourne Florida Chamber of Commerce. Danielle sits on the committee and serves as volunteer communications coordinator for Young Life Space Coast. She is a volunteer leader at her church, responsible for onboarding new volunteers, social media, and outreach for single moms. Danielle enjoys hiking, paddleboarding, golfing, and spending time with her daughter Leah and their two cats in sunny Florida.
Kelceymarie Warner is the Senior Program Coordinator for Communications for the MoMMAs Voices program of the Preeclampsia Foundation, handing the external digital and print communications and marketing for the program.
With a Master's in Education and a specialization in instructional design, Kelceymarie brings a unique blend of expertise in education, program development, and storytelling to her role. Her personal experiences with severe preeclampsia during three pregnancies fuel her passion for improving maternal health outcomes and empowering others through advocacy.
Kelceymarie’s professional journey includes years of experience in family advocacy campaigns and social justice initiatives. Her work has supported impactful campaigns like Stop the Bleed and Parents Together, where she developed strategies to amplify voices and raise awareness on critical issues. This background equips her to ensure historically marginalized voices in maternal health are not only heard but actively shape policy, research, and healthcare practices.
As part of MoMMAs Voices, Kelceymarie plays a vital role in equipping advocates with the tools they need to collaborate effectively with healthcare providers and researchers. Her efforts help amplify the voices of those who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth complications or loss, driving systemic change in maternal healthcare.
Kelceymarie’s instructional design expertise also allows her to create engaging training programs and advocacy materials that empower advocates and stakeholders alike. In addition to her professional accomplishments, she is a devoted community leader and volunteer, contributing to initiatives aimed at improving maternal health equity.
When she’s not advocating for maternal and mental health, Kelceymarie enjoys camping, running, baking, and spending time with her family in Boise, Idaho.
Amari Jarrell is the Communications Coordinator for the Preeclampsia Foundation, primarily assisting with the creation of content for the website and digital platforms and supporting community outreach. Amari’s passion for research and writing led her to pursue a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University in journalism and obtaining her Master’s degree in public relations from Full Sail University. Originally from Palm Bay, Florida, in her spare time, Amari enjoys videography, yoga, and concerts.
Courtney Smith is the Foundation's part-time social media coordinator, assisting with the Foundation's robust digital communications. Her primary responsibilities include developing and implementing social media content that meets the needs of preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome survivors, families, the medical community, and more.
Courtney survived preeclampsia with severe features during the birth of her first child, an intrauterine growth restriction diagnosis, preterm delivery, emergency c-section surgery and her daughter had admission to the NICU. Courtney now shares her story to raise awareness about preeclampsia and the long-term physical, emotional and mental effects and about the maternal health crisis. She also serves as a volunteer ambassador with the 140 over 90 Run which benefits the Preeclampsia Foundation.
She lives in Idaho with her husband and daughters.
Shelby Cysewski is the Email Marketing Coordinator. She manages email communications that encourage fundraising and spread the word about Promise Walk for Preeclampsia events, as well as supporting email marketing of the Foundation's programatic work. Shelby has a long history in email automation in a variety of industries. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Indiana University in 2005, she started her career working at NBC Universal’s GolfNow, and then shifted to advertising intelligence at Kantar. Shelby uses her extensive technical knowledge to help guide marketing efforts at the Preeclampsia Foundation.
Shelby loves to play tennis, read, and create and cook new recipes. She’s a lover of warm weather, days at the pool and a house full of friends and family. She is based in Illinois.
Crystal Phillips is the Administrative Assistant for the Preeclampsia Foundation, assisting all departments to execute the mission. She handles all of the Foundation's incoming correspondence and ensures our community gets connected to the right team members when they reach out to our info@preeclampsia.org email. Crystal also handles the Foundation's database management.
Crystal brings over 20 years of experience in Administration and Office Management, including her previous military service in the Marine Corps. Most recently she served as the Office Manager of a local cyber-security company. She has extensive data entry and administrative support experience ranging from military, to doctors' offices, educational services, and cyber-security.
Crystal works out of our Melbourne headquarters, living nearby with her four children and two rescued dogs.
Kim Gifford serves as the Director of Healthcare Practices and brings more than 28 years of experience in the healthcare field to the Preeclampsia Foundation. In this role, Kim oversees the Foundation's healthcare practice improvement mission pillar to improve outcomes for patients affected by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), including working with state and national quality improvement programs on hypertension bundle implementation and overseeing the Foundation's Cuff Kit ™ program. She drives forward innovations in HDP care practices in partnership with providers, researchers and patient advocates, including by advancing screening and diagnostic biomarkers, postpartum clinics and care plans, emergency department/EMTs interventions, the Foundation's postpartum Still at Risk™ wristband campaigns, BP management during and after pregnancy, aspirin usage, self-measured blood pressure and remote BP measurement programs, and improving health equity.
Since obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Health Science Education from the University of Florida, Kim has enjoyed educating patients, physicians, hospital staff, corporations and the community on a vast array of health topics. She has lectured at nursing and hospital conferences around the state. For many years Kim used her Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt certification at a multi-hospital integrated health system focusing on quality initiatives to lower hospital readmission penalties and improve patient outcomes. Kim also brings a clinical perspective to the Foundation having worked in the OR, multiple units in the hospital including ICU, and harvesting human tissue for transplantation.
As a survivor of preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome, and having her mother’s death connected to long term effects of preeclampsia, Kim is passionate about helping other survivors understand the lasting impacts of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy on their long-term health.
Cardiology is Kim’s first love so she can be seen nerding out on cardiology journals in her spare time, enjoying all things beach related, paddleboarding, fishing, hiking, and spending time with her three adult children in her hometown of Indian Harbour Beach, FL.
Randy Fillmore is the Project Coordinator for the Cuff Kit™ program. He recently came to the Preeclampsia Foundation through his work as the Chief Business Officer for a local ministry and a 40-year career in IT Program Management and acquisition work with the Air Force and Department of Defense. New to the lexicon of medicine, Randy brings a passion for creative and innovative solutions and problem solving that transcends industries. Having lived, traveled, and worked throughout the world, Randy and his wife, Barbara, love traveling to places where neither have been or didn’t have time to enjoy while working. In his spare time, he builds and speaks on the use of labyrinths as a means of meditation and centering.
Nicole Purnell is the Program Director of the MoMMAs Voices program of the Preeclampsia Foundation and a maternal health advocate based in North Texas. Her life was tragically changed in 2005 when preeclampsia and HELLP cause multiple organ failure, placenta abruption and resulted in the stillbirth of her son at 34 weeks gestation. She found the Preeclampsia Foundation in the following months and soon began volunteering. For ten years, Nicole chaired the Dallas Promise Walk for Preeclampsia while filling other volunteer roles such as regional coach, participated in the Patient Support Network and contributed to the newsletter. In 2015, the Purnell’s welcomed a daughter after a successful preeclampsia free pregnancy.
After 15 years in the printing industry as a project manager for automotive clients, Nicole joined the staff at the Preeclampsia Foundation as the MoMMAs Voices Coalition Program Manager. MoMMAs (Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Advocates) Voices is the first-ever maternal health patient advocacy coalition established in 2018, to amplify the voices of those who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth complications or loss - especially those who have been historically marginalized - ensuring they are equipped and activated as partners with providers and researchers to improve maternal health outcomes.
She also serves on the Executive Committee and Family Engagement Committee of the National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC) and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Committee for the National Quality Forum (NQF).
Bekah Bischoff serves as the Program Manager, Training for the MoMMAs Voices program of the Preeclampsia Foundation, assisting and working with patient family partners with lived experience and healthcare providers, hospitals, medical facilities, and other quality improvement partners to provide training on lived experience integration into quality improvement. She enjoys using her years of professional experience in education to implement change through the MoMMAs Voices Lived Experience Integration™ framework. She interacts with our Patient Family Partners to help prepare them for engagement opportunities.
Following her own near-death experience and postpartum recovery with the birth of her second child due to severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome, Bekah is passionate about helping moms identify and heal from their traumatic birth experiences. She recognizes the importance of sitting beside each hurting mother in the isolation that comes with pregnancy trauma. Her work centers on helping empower these women to transform their pain to purpose. In 2018, she collaborated with the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) for legislative policy work, where she learned how much she loved meeting with policymakers to advocate for maternal health legislation and to ensure mothers are given a seat at the table. She specializes in storytelling for advocacy.
She calls Louisville, KY home where she lives with her four children - two middle-school-aged "big kids" and two adopted "littles", who have taught her the capacity of love our hearts are able to hold is immeasurable.
Rhonda Sims serves as the Program Manager for Outreach and Engagement with the MoMMAs Voices program of the Preeclampsia Foundation, where she develops and nurtures organizational partnerships to support the growth of the program's quality improvement work. Rhonda started her maternal health activist journey after suffering from severe depression and anxiety following the tragic loss of two friends during and after childbirth from preeclampsia. Since this experience, she began intentionally advocating and creating space to facilitate conversation and education for fair maternal health practices with a strong voice for women of color.
Prior to joining MoMMAs Voices' program team, Rhonda owned and operated a full-service real estate team for eight years, where she served as operations manager. In this role, she advocated for fair law practices for realtors and pushed legislative impact for affordable housing for families to protect and promote homeownership. Rhonda also brings grant management experience working with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce through education and policy impact.
Rhonda currently resides in Columbia, South Carolina with her spouse and four children as a military spouse and blended family. During her “freedom time,” she enjoys decorating spaces, shopping for artwork, listening to jazz music, hiking in nature, going to brunch with her girl tribe, and watching Home Alone on repeat with her family.
Jennifer Mikenas is the Program Coordinator for the MoMMAs Voices program of the Preeclampsia Foundation, providing patient family partner matchmaking services and data analysis. She brings extensive professional experience in education and finance, having previously served as a mathematics educator for twenty years. As a MoMMAs Voices program coordinator, she connects healthcare provider quality improvement teams together with certified patient family partners to provide opportunities to engage patients in maternal health change. She also contributes to the data analysis and sustainability of the program’s numerous grant funders.
Jennifer’s own personal experience drives her passion for this cause, as a representative voice for families who experience fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth. She works extensively as a Florida Ambassador for Count the Kicks and volunteer with PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy to end preventable stillbirth, and currently serves on the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Committee (FIMR) for Brevard County, Florida.
Jennifer is an avid Seminole fan with bachelor’s degrees in finance and management from Florida State University. In her free time, she enjoys reading, true crime podcasts, jigsaw puzzles and traveling. She lives in Indialantic, Florida with her husband and black labrador, Otis.
Daneille Dalberry-Henderson is the Training Program Coordinator for the MoMMAs Voices Program at the Preeclampsia Foundation, where she moderates the development and coordination of training content and facilitates program activities. With over 5 years of administrative experience, including roles at a local home health care agency and the Florida Department of Children and Families, Daneille brings a wealth of expertise in program coordination and support. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Communication, with a concentration in Public Advocacy, from the University of South Florida.
Her life took a profound turn in 2019 when she received the news of her unborn child's rare complication, leading to three fetal surgeries and a year-long stay in the NICU for her son. This journey, marked by numerous ER visits, extended hospital stays, and eventually child loss, ignited Daneille's passion for amplifying the voices of mothers navigating grief, mental health challenges, isolation, and caring for children with medical complexities. As a postpartum preeclampsia survivor herself, Daneille recognizes the myriad challenges women and mothers face during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, and is dedicated to contributing solutions to these issues through her work.
Outside of her professional endeavors, Daneille enjoys binge-watching Netflix shows and cherishing moments with her husband and two daughters in Tampa, FL.
Julie Scott Allen serves as an outside consultant and government relations director for the Preeclampsia Foundation, advocating for preeclampsia research and funding to treat and develop a cure for preeclampsia. Her work for the Foundation led to the successful passage of the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act to establish and grow maternal mortality review committees throughout the U.S. Julie has worked to advance legislative, regulatory and advocacy agendas for both non-profit and for-profit clients and national organizations in DC for over two decades. Her strong policy knowledge and political instincts, along with her experience navigating Congress and the Executive Branch, make her a key partner for foundations, business leaders, association executives, and advocacy organizations alike. Julie has represented foundations, companies, associations, and other non-profit organizations on a range of health care and other matters, including, disease and patient advocacy organizations health and hospital systems, health care practitioners, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, life sciences companies, and medical device manufacturers and suppliers.
Julie previously served as the Senior Vice President at the District Policy Group/Drinker Biddle for 9 years. Before that she was the Vice President and Managing Director at Thompson Advisory Group, a federal marketing and lobbying firm that she helped to establish. Prior to launching the firm, she worked as a Vice President at the Jefferson Consulting Group, helping clients grow their business within the federal market. Earlier in her career, Julie lobbied for health providers, including the American Dental Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Julie earned her bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Marymount University. In addition to her love of politics and creative problem solving, Julie enjoys kayaking and kickboxing. Julie lives in Virginia with her two active sons and two equally active Westies.
VeeAnn Argyle is the Preeclampsia Foundation Research & Registry Manager, managing a variety of patient-centric research initiatives. Her work brings together preeclampsia survivors and researchers to engage in the common purpose of advancing knowledge and treatment of preeclampsia. VeeAnn executes new and ongoing research projects utilizing data from the Preeclampsia Registry, conducts data analysis and visualization, and manages Registry data for quality assurance.
VeeAnn brings over 20 years' experience in the genetic research industry working on women’s reproductive disorders, birth defects, and spinal disorders. She is an author and contributor to numerous scientific publications, journals, poster presentations, and abstracts, who has received several peer-recognition awards at scientific meetings. She has a passion for giving individuals and families hope for a better future through research.
In addition to her research activities, VeeAnn enjoys gardening, graphic design, nature photography, entertaining, handicrafts, cooking, genealogy, travel, reading, and collecting new hobbies. She lives and works in Salt Lake City, UT.