Known for her attention to detail, inimitable professionalism, and organizational skills, Crystal has and continues to play a significant role in helping our organization with our administrative, educational, and research-related initiatives.

Crystal became involved with the AFE Foundation as she transformed her own personal and tragic experience of losing her sister from an AFE into one of education, advocacy, and hope. Despite being in significant grief, Crystal insisted the best way to heal was to help others. Just a short time after losing her sister, Crystal organized fundraisers, identified and referred a research coordinator to join our organization, served as a member of the ACOG Maternal Early Warning Signs (MEWS) Working Group, and has attended the patient and family advocacy training through MoMMA’s Voices’ ​Champions for Change Training Summit​ for several years.
Crystal is also a gifted speaker and often shares her story through the lens of the family experience in a way that her clinician colleagues understand; it is a perspective few share.

Crystal leads a growing obstetric practice in Virginia Beach, VA, and loves spending time with….and is very much looking forward to being a doting grandmother.

Sandi is a Certified Public Accountant with 20 years of extensive experience in financial analysis, forensic accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial management. When a close friend suffered and survived an amniotic fluid embolism, Sandi wanted to support the mission of the AFE Foundation. Sandi’s extensive experience in finance, analysis, operations, budgeting, and forecasting enables her to provide a high level of expertise in overseeing the AFE Foundation’s finances.

Diana suffered an AFE in 2016, immediately following the birth of her first child, a daughter – Francesca, who was affectionately named after the ICU Nurse that took care of her. In the days that followed her AFE, and while she laid in the hospital recovering, it was her husband, Alan, who actually found the AFE Foundation through a google search and suggested Diana join the Facebook support group. It was there that she found an army of other survivors who understood what she was going through and supported her with the struggles that she and her family would face in the months and years that followed. In 2017, Diana reached out to the organization to volunteer and assist with the peer-based support groups.

Diana has organized blood drives to raise awareness and funds of AFE and other maternal health issues. In 2018, she and fellow AFE survivors in CT were instrumental in supporting a bill to mandate AFE education to all clinicians in Connecticut. In addition, Diana attended the Champions for Change Summits in 2018, 2019, and 2020, Mom Congress in Washington D.C. to advocate for legislative changes related to Maternal Health in 2019, and joined the CT Maternal Mortality Review Committee in 2021.

Diana holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Connecticut and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has worked for various non-profits to support children and families, and currently is an elementary School Social Worker. Diana and her family also support different children and their families involved in the foster care system.

Diana hopes that she can continue to support other survivors and their families and raise awareness for the AFE Foundation and postpartum mental health.

Naomi is an Administrative Business Partner (ABP) at Google joining them in 2017 after an 8-year stint in Burberry as Executive Assistant to the CEO Americas and EMEIA. Naomi is currently an ABP in Sales, UK Lead for State of Black Women – a space for Black women at Google of all levels to build community and align on a shared agenda and Co-Lead of a Race, Empathy & Belonging DEI initiative.

Naomi has held various roles in the tech, legal, and publishing world, and has lived and worked in Australia and Bermuda. She is married and mother to two very wonderful and very cheeky children.
After losing her beloved sister Natalie in July 2014 to an Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Naomi is devoted to raising awareness of AFE and funds for the Foundation in her sister’s name.

Naomi advises the AFE Foundation on cultural and racial inclusivity and helps expand our understanding of international societal norms in many of the areas and countries we serve abroad.