Erika was introduced to Fetal Health Foundation in 2008 when she was coaching a local Girls on the Run group to complete the 5K that benefits the Foundation. Over the following 15+ years, Erika worked with the Foundation to grow and promote the Great Candy Run 5K and most recently served as its digital marketing manager and stewardship partner liaison. As our executive director, her background in marketing and public relations will provide direction to re-invigorate our programs, innovate ways to improve the reach of FHF.  Erika enjoys writing, reading, and the great outdoors with her husband, two grown children, and two dogs.

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.

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.

TIMOTHY M CROMBLEHOLME, MD, FAAP, FACS

Dr. Crombleholme graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and attended medical School at Tufts University. 

He trained in General Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and did a fellowship in Fetal Surgery under Michael R. Harrison, MD considered the father of Fetal Surgery. 

Dr. Crombleholme completed his training with a Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at the Floating Hospital for Infants and Children at Tufts Medical Center before joining the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine. 

He currently serves as the Director of the Fetal Care Center at Children’s Connecticut in Hartford.

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.

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.