Meet Our Leadership

Dedicated mentors and advocates guiding our mission to support URiM trainees.

Co-Chairs

  • Torhiana Haydel, DO, MHA

    EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND CO-CHAIR

    PGY-3, Cincinnati Children's Triple Board Program

  • Morgan Everheart, MD

    EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND CO-CHAIR

    PGY-3, UNC Chapel Hill

Curriculum Committee

  • Nicole Kennard, MD, MAT

    COMMITTEE CO-LEAD

    PGY-2, Baylor/Texas Children’snHospital

  • Robert Tatum, Jr., MD

    COMMITTEE CO-LEAD

    PGY-4, University of Tennessee Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency

  • Enrique Coca, MD

    COMMITTEE MEMBER

    PGY-2, UC Davis

  • Oluwafisayo Adeoye, MD

    COMMITTEE MEMBER

    PGY-1, Children’s National Hospital Pediatrics Residency

  • Mindy Benavides, MD

    COMMITTEE MEMBER

    PGY-1, Lurie Children’s Hospital

Mentorship Committee

  • Michael Martinez, MD, PhD

    COMMITTEE CO-LEAD

    PGY-2, Boston Combined Residency Program

  • Samantha Maurice, MD

    COMMITTEE CO-LEAD

    PGY-3, UNC Chapel Hill

  • Kalifa Wright, MD, MPH

    COMMITTEE MEMBER

    PGY-1, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Mikaela Gay, MD, MS

    COMMITTEE MEMBER

    PGY-2, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

  • Shaitia Martin, MD

    COMMITTEE MEMBER

    PGY-1, Arnold Palmer Hospital/Orlando Health

Communications Committee

  • Kayla Irons, DO

    COMMITTEE CO-LEAD

    PGY-2, University of Miami/Holtz Children’s Hospital

  • Rachel Lukwago, MD

    COMMITTEE CO-LEAD

    PGY-3, Case Western/ Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

  • Kezia Koroma, DO

    COMMITTEE MEMBER

    PGY-1, Children’s National Hospital

  • Kathlyn Alexis, MD

    COMMITTEE MEMBER

    PGY-1, Broward Health Medical Center:

Founders/Legacy Board

  • Rebekah Fenton, MD, MPH

    FOUNDER

    Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine Physician, UC Davis

    Residency: Seattle Children’s Hospital

    Fellowship: Lurie Children’s Hospital

  • Adrienne Smallwood, MD, MEd

    FOUNDER

    Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Texas Children's

    Residency: Lurie Children's Hospital

    Fellowship: Baylor/Texas Children’s Hospital

  • Chineze Ebo, MD

    FOUNDER

    Pediatric Endocrinology Attending, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

    Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

  • Christine Cummings

    FOUNDER

    Pediatric EM Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Philidelphia

  • Xavier Williams, MD, MPH

    FOUNDER

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UNC Chapel Hill

    Residency: UNC Chapel Hill

  • Toke Odimayomi, MD, MPH

    LEGACY BOARD

    Primary Care, Holy Cross Silver Spring

  • Na'il Scoggins, MD, MPH

    LEGACY BOARD

    PGY-5, GI Fellow, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

    Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

  • David Artin, MD, MPH

    LEGACY BOARD

    PGY-6, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, INOVA Fairfax Medical Center

    Residency: Rutgers Health - Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

  • Maya Cloyd, MD, MPH

    LEGACY BOARD

    Child Psychiatry Attending, Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughte

    Residency: Indiana University Triple Board Program