The Jamaa Birth Village Cultural Heritage Center
MEET OUR BOARD. NEW MEMBERS & STAFF COMING SOON!
Okunsola Amadou
TM, CPM, CD, CLC
BOARD PRESIDENT
Sandra M. Thornhill
MPA, Womb Warrior, Policy Griot & Social Justice Doula
BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
Joy Korley
MPH, L & D Nurse, Doula
BOARD SECRETARY
patricia Garcia
CPM & LM
BOARD TREASURER
UmmSalammah Abdullah-Zaimah
CPM & RETIRED CNM
BOARD MEMBER
OKUNSOLA AMADOU
Founder & CEO
Brittany L. Conteh, professionally known as Okunsola M. Amadou, is the Founder & CEO of Jamaa Birth Village, which was founded in 2015, in Ferguson, MO. Now Okunsola is a 23x time award winning Black Maternal Health pioneer, recognized in Missouri as the First Black Certified Professional Midwife and First Black Registered Preceptor through the North American Registry of Midwives.