Our Founder and CEO
Corrina Levine Jackson, MSM
SHIFT CEO
Corrina Levine Jackson is a dedicated advocate for maternal and child health, committed to reducing infant mortality and improving maternal outcomes. Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she has over 25 years of experience advancing community health initiatives and addressing disparities in care. As the founder and CEO of Supporting Healthy Initiatives For Tulsa (SHIFT), Jackson leads Tulsa’s federally funded Healthy Start program, which provides vital resources to pregnant individuals and families.
Through SHIFT, she ensures access to prenatal and postpartum care coordination, parenting education, fatherhood support, and essential services such as transportation and housing.
Jackson’s commitment to maternal health began in 1992 when she contributed to Tulsa’s first initiative to reduce infant mortality. She played a key role in developing an evidence-based model that became the foundation of Tulsa’s Healthy Start programs. Her leadership shaped the success of the Save Our Babies program in 1997 and continued through her tenure at the Tulsa Health Department and the Community Service Council, where she managed Healthy Start programs for more than two decades. Under Jackson’s guidance, Tulsa’s Healthy Start program has achieved remarkable milestones, including a reported zero infant mortality rate among program participants over a four-year period. Her work is particularly focused on addressing health inequities, notably the disproportionate maternal mortality rates affecting Black women in Oklahoma, which remain more than three times higher than their white counterparts.
Beyond her local impact, Jackson serves as Treasurer of the National Healthy Start Association, where she chairs the Finance Committee and contributes her expertise to national strategies aimed at advancing maternal and child health.
Jackson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership Management from Southern Nazarene University. Her personal experiences—including receiving support from the local Urban League as a single mother—have deepened her commitment to community service and strengthened her resolve to ensure that all families have access to the resources they need for healthy pregnancies and births.
Through her leadership at SHIFT and her contributions to the National Healthy Start Association, Corrina Jackson continues to be a driving force in the fight against maternal and infant health disparities, advocating for equitable care and support for families in Tulsa and beyond.
SHIFT CEO
Corrina Levine Jackson is a dedicated advocate for maternal and child health, committed to reducing infant mortality and improving maternal outcomes. Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she has over 25 years of experience advancing community health initiatives and addressing disparities in care. As the founder and CEO of Supporting Healthy Initiatives For Tulsa (SHIFT), Jackson leads Tulsa’s federally funded Healthy Start program, which provides vital resources to pregnant individuals and families.
Through SHIFT, she ensures access to prenatal and postpartum care coordination, parenting education, fatherhood support, and essential services such as transportation and housing.
Jackson’s commitment to maternal health began in 1992 when she contributed to Tulsa’s first initiative to reduce infant mortality. She played a key role in developing an evidence-based model that became the foundation of Tulsa’s Healthy Start programs. Her leadership shaped the success of the Save Our Babies program in 1997 and continued through her tenure at the Tulsa Health Department and the Community Service Council, where she managed Healthy Start programs for more than two decades. Under Jackson’s guidance, Tulsa’s Healthy Start program has achieved remarkable milestones, including a reported zero infant mortality rate among program participants over a four-year period. Her work is particularly focused on addressing health inequities, notably the disproportionate maternal mortality rates affecting Black women in Oklahoma, which remain more than three times higher than their white counterparts.
Beyond her local impact, Jackson serves as Treasurer of the National Healthy Start Association, where she chairs the Finance Committee and contributes her expertise to national strategies aimed at advancing maternal and child health.
Jackson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership Management from Southern Nazarene University. Her personal experiences—including receiving support from the local Urban League as a single mother—have deepened her commitment to community service and strengthened her resolve to ensure that all families have access to the resources they need for healthy pregnancies and births.
Through her leadership at SHIFT and her contributions to the National Healthy Start Association, Corrina Jackson continues to be a driving force in the fight against maternal and infant health disparities, advocating for equitable care and support for families in Tulsa and beyond.
Our Team
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Krystal Joy Keener, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C Healthy Start Program Manager [email protected] Krystal has worked with the Healthy Start program since 1998 at OSU Obstetrics & Gynecology - Houston Center and has a real passion for helping families. She enjoys helping moms and dads feel successful as parents by providing information and support from prenatal through 18 months. Krystal strives to help moms have a healthy pregnancy by helping them address any social or medical issues that may arise during pregnancy. She does this by providing education, support and advocacy for them with their doctors and nurses. |
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Gina Blevins, RN, CLC, CEIM, PMHC Nurse Care Coordinator [email protected] Gina currently holds the position of the Healthy Start Nurse Care Coordinator at St. John’s Riverside - In His Image Family Medicine Residency. Since 2017, she has worked with pregnant women and their families helping to decrease the infant and maternal mortality rate. Gina completed the Licensed Practical Nurse program in 2007 at Platt College and also holds an Associate Degree in Applied Science (AAS) Degree since May 2024. Gina currently holds an active R.N. license. She is a Certified Lactation Counselor and Certified Educator of Infant Massage. |
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Flor Izela Dean, MSW HS SMSS Care Coordinator [email protected] Flor is a bilingual care coordinator with a master’s in social work with over 22 years of experience working in the maternal child health field in Tulsa. Her experience is in outreach, case management, clinical social work, community engagement, education and care coordination. Flor’s passion is working with pregnant moms and pregnant women by empowering them through education and any mental health support as needed so they can have the best prenatal experience, and mom is able to form a healthy bond with baby. |
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Abraham Calamease Jr., BS Fatherhood Coordinator [email protected] Abraham is the Fatherhood Coordinator with over 10 years of experience developing, planning, implementing, and coordinating programs that collaborated with various educational institutions. Abraham received a BS from Langston University in 2006 in Management Information Systems and Computer Science. |
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Ashley Gouthier, AA Healthy Start Community Health Navigator [email protected] Ashley Gouthier joined the Healthy Start Program in June 2019. Prior to joining, she worked in the gaming and entertainment industry for over 12 years. There, she built relationships with local business owners and promoted positive guest and team member relations. She has previously held various administrative roles that have prepared her for being prompt with deadlines, being able to navigate through computer systems and databases and to provide and refer excellent services to consumers. Ashley has an added role working with clients and the Healthy Start Life Skills classes we offer to mothers and fathers. Ashley earned her Associates Degree in Liberal Arts in 2008 at Tulsa Community College. |
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Kassandra Henderson Healthy Start Community Health Navigator [email protected] Kassandra Henderson currently serves as a Community Health Navigator for the Healthy Start Program. Kassandra has over twenty years of experience working with varied populations in urban and underserved communities. She began her career in outreach at The Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League with the Save Our Babies Program from. She continued her career as an Intake Specialist at the Tulsa Health Department. She routinely identified new clients, followed up with client referrals from Babyline and Healthy Start. She assisted clients with basic emergency needs for their children and themselves. Kassandra studied Business Administration at Tulsa Community College. |
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Shavon Allen Program Assistant [email protected] Shavon Allen is a self-motivated, reliable, hard-working, enthusiastic individual. She is a great team worker, shows initiative as well. She welcomes all challenging situations and is very passionate about getting her job done. She describes herself as an open and honest person who does not believe in misleading other people and tries to be fair in everything she does. |
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Sharice "Iyammah" Loftin, BS Care Coordinator [email protected] Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Iyammah graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and Philander Smith University, receiving a B.S in Biology and Certificate of Public Health. In previous years, she worked as a doula and educator within schools and gardens. Iyammah is a proud mother of a beautiful son and a lover of nature. She is currently serving as a Care Coordinator at the University of Oklahoma- Schusterman clinic. |
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Taylor Gort, AAS Communications & Administrative Support Specialist [email protected] Born and raised in Oklahoma, Taylor is a dedicated advocate for Tulsa with an associate's degree in human resources. Taylor's career includes experience in the nonprofit and private sectors, including multi-client HR and payroll, regional sales management, and retail marketing. Known for building strong relationships and working effectively with a variety of communities and cultures, Taylor combines administrative precision with a passion for people - bringing empathy, organization, and a unique sense of humor to the SHIFT family. |
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Elisha Brittman, BSW Care Coordinator [email protected] Elisha joined SHIFT in June of 2025, bringing strong community advocacy and maternal and child health. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work (BSW) and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Social Work to further expand her impact in the field. Elisha is dedicated to empowering families and supporting healthy outcomes for parents and children across Tulsa. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband of 15 years and their 7-year-old daughter. |
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Melanie Poulter, BS, MA Data Manager [email protected] Melanie Poulter has worked in the data analysis and/or evaluation field in the non-profit sector for her entire professional career spanning more than three decades. One of her key focus areas during this time has been maternal and child health. She is passionate about using data to understand and assess community challenges, to drive solutions, and to guide policy and practice. She holds a B.S. degree in Cultural Geography from Oklahoma State University and a M.A. degree in Cultural Geography from the University Of Kansas. She was the Director of Innovative Data and Research at Community Service Council where she worked closely with the Healthy Start program providing data analysis. She currently hold the position of Research and Data Director with Tulsa Area United Way. |
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December Maxwell, PhD, MSW Evaluator [email protected] December Maxwell is an assistant professor at the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma (Tulsa Campus). Dr. Maxwell’s qualitative research uses community-developed and derived decolonizing approaches, including talk-story and story inquiry, to better understand the complex interactions of historic and generational trauma, Indigenous motherhood, and perinatal mental health disparities among various groups of mothers. She holds a PhD in Social Work, University of Texas – Arlington; MSW, University of Arkansas and a BA in Psychology, Southern New Hampshire University. |
