After delivering twin TTTS survivors, Talitha was inspired by Lonnie and Michelle Somers and wantedto give back to the medical communities and other families going through a similar circumstance. With more than 15 years experience in marketing, public relations and graphic design, she has served in various roles for the Foundation and her contributions are vital to its mission and growth. She brings much of her experience as the Owner/Creative Director of Multiplicity Magazine, and still runs her own consulting company focused on providing graphic design services. She is now a mom to 4 {chaos coordinator on the best of days}, and enjoys traveling with her husband, reading, and planning events and parties.

Though he’s known for organizing, running, and announcing many beloved national events, Lonnie has over twenty years’ experience in many executive positions as an investment banker/venture capitalist having also worked with and for startups to fortune 500 companies. Lonnie still maintains an active CPA license, and received Summa Cum Laude honors from Regis University. Lonnie is also a board member of Running USA, and Kipture Primary School Foundation. In his free time, you’ll find Lonnie running, cycling, and most importantly enjoying his family. Together with Michelle, and in honor of Aspen and Ashley, his goal is to fight fetal syndromes.

MATTHEW M. COOPER, MD MBA FACS FCAMA 

Dr. Cooper serves as Chief Medical Officer of the 3M Medical Solutions Division & Director, Global Safety for the Health Care Business Group.

He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, New York University School of Medicine (MD), and Watson Graduate School of Management, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University (MBA).

He also completed a Medical Staff Fellowship in the Surgery Branch of the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation at The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, UK.  

MARY BETH MARTIN, BSN, MBA
Vice President, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Women’s and Children’s Services
Oregon Health and Science University

As a hospital executive with an extensive background in the medical field, we’re grateful for the Fetal/Maternal medicine perspective Mary Beth brings to the Board. She is currently the Vice President, Doernbecher Childrens Hospital, Women’s and Children’s Service where she has a strategic focus on advocating for the care of the Mother and Fetus. Mary Beth has worked at other specialty children’s hospitals such as Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Texas Children’s Hospital, Colorado Children’s Hospital and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In addition, she is a founding leader of the Fetal Think Tank.

TRAVIS LEISSNER

A registered architect, Travis Leissner is knowledgeable of the healthcare market and its delivery system, including care models reshaping the industry.

Since 1990, Travis has engaged academic medical centers, health systems, community hospitals, and physician groups and worked on a variety of healthcare facility designs, including but not limited to women’s and children’s, acute care, surgical and outpatient care, cancer, psychiatric and medical offices.

Because of this wide range of project experience, he understands planning and design needs that address concerns of both clinical and administrative stakeholders.

ABIGAIL WILPERS, PH.D., WHNP-BC

Dr. Wilpers comes from the small, but rapidly growing field of maternal-fetal surgery, which falls under her broader passion and focus on Reproductive Justice and intersectional equity in reproductive science and health care.

She received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College and her Master of Science from the Yale School of Nursing. She received her doctorate at the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar.

After graduation, Dr. Wilpers was appointed to the Maternal-Fetal Health Postdoctoral Research Associateship at the Yale School of Medicine where she completed a year of mentored training in clinical research to improve the health of mothers and infants.