Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network (BPPN) has announced three community leaders have joined its board of directors.
They are:
• Kennedy George is a program manager at Jericho Road Community Health Center and her focus is health equity through health education, community engagement, health promotion, and addressing health barriers. George’s work involves nutrition and movement to maintain health. She collaborates with a variety of individuals, including Medicaid recipients, non-English speakers, and perinatal patients.
• Jessica Lafalce serves as a community outreach director for NYS Sen. Timothy Kennedy’s office. In her past years she has worked in human services and not-for-profit fields for over 10 years. Lafalce is a Jamestown native. Her background in fundraising, event planning, community engagement, grant writing, and the passion of motherhood and children inspired her to join the board at BPPN.
• Randi Nees serves as the health equity manager at Kaleida Health. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nees moved to Buffalo in late summer of 2022 from her last position at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Nees is passionate about empowering marginalized communities, fostering cultural empathy and building inclusive communities.
BPPN empowers women, fathers and families to take charge of bettering their family health and well -being by providing education, support, advocacy, and connection to resources and services in WNY.