Meet Our State Teams
Ashley Chambers, Esq.
Arizona Families for Vaccines Director
Ashley was a practicing litigator in Arizona for more than 10 years prior to switching over to policy. She is passionate about translating legal jargon and legislation into easily understandable language for diverse stakeholders, including everyday citizens, community groups, businesses, and policymakers, thereby empowering them to make informed decisions about their lives and communities.
Ashley has three active children who keep her on her toes and an Arizona-born husband. When Ashley is not spending time with her family, she likes to exercise, read fiction books, go for long walks, and listen to legal and true-crime podcasts.
Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Brandi Giles, RN, is a public health advocate dedicated to expanding vaccine access for all. With more than 15 years of experience as a registered nurse, she currently serves as the Immunization Program Manager at one of Arizona’s largest Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). In this role, she leads efforts to improve both pediatric and adult vaccination rates, reduce disparities, and build trust through community-centered outreach.
Brandi began her nursing career caring for patients at the bedside, including serving in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those years reinforced her belief that prevention is powerful and that equitable access to vaccines can save lives long before someone enters critical care.
Today, Brandi uses her clinical background and passion for education to support families, empower healthcare teams, and counter misinformation with compassion and evidence-based guidance. She partners with schools, clinics, and community organizations to make vaccination not only available, but understood, trusted, and accessible to everyone.
Brandi continues to champion the idea that vaccines are more than medicine; they are a pathway to equity, protection, and a healthier future for every community.
Brandi Giles, RN
Arizona Families Community Organizer
Halley Pucker, MPH
Colorado Families for Vaccines Director
Halley brings a background in public health, community engagement, and nonprofit leadership to her work with Colorado Families for Vaccines. She holds a Master of Public Health and has led initiatives focused on health equity, community education, and cross-sector partnerships. Throughout her career, Halley has mobilized volunteers and community partners, coordinated multi-stakeholder programming, and supported local and statewide efforts to address health disparities and advance science-based policy solutions.
Before joining the Families for Vaccine team, Halley worked in nonprofit and public sector roles that centered community voices, policy implementation, and collaborative outreach. Her experience includes managing federally funded programs, coordinating harm-reduction and resource navigation services for underserved populations, and organizing youth and adult volunteers in support of sustainability and public health goals.
Halley is passionate about empowering families, clinicians, and communities to protect one another through trusted information, inclusive engagement, and strong public health laws. She lives in Colorado and is committed to fostering a resilient, informed, and connected statewide advocacy network.
Kas Miller
Florida Families for Vaccines Director
Kas joined Florida Families for Vaccines in 2025 during a period of significant change and uncertainty in Florida’s public health landscape. With more than a decade of experience in community organizing, strategic communications, and advocacy, Kas brings a deep commitment to building trust-driven, parent-led movements to protect children’s health and well-being.
Kas’s passion for this work began in pediatric healthcare, where she worked alongside families and clinicians and saw firsthand how policy decisions directly affect children – especially those with complex medical needs. That experience shaped her belief that evidence-based health policy is not abstract or political, but deeply personal.
As an organizer and communications leader, Kas has led statewide and national campaigns, mobilized parents and community leaders in high-pressure policy environments, and translated complex science and policy into clear, values-based messaging that resonates with families. She has extensive experience working with parents of medically vulnerable children and understands how to center their voices with care, credibility, and urgency.
As a parent raising children in Florida, Kas brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her role. She believes families deserve clarity, compassion, and community when navigating health decisions. Her work is rooted in ensuring caregivers feel supported and informed.
Crystal Rommen, MSW
Louisiana Families for Vaccines Co-Director
As a licensed clinical social worker, mom, and physician spouse, Crystal brings a diverse background to her position as director of Louisiana Families for Vaccines. She graduated with her MSW from the University of Washington in Seattle with a concentration in Community-Centered Integrative Practice.
She has worked in direct client practice for the past 13 years, expanding her role to include community organizing and advocacy. Her work spans inpatient, outpatient, and community levels of care for individuals and groups throughout the lifespan. She is passionate about the intersection of public health education and social justice advocacy to empower individuals and communities to improve social determinants of health.
Eric Johnson, MPH
Louisiana Families for Vaccines Co-Director
Eric is a public health professional with experience in rural health, lupus, Native American health, and HIV with a focus on community-centered approaches. He previously worked with the Louisiana State Office of Rural Health, engaging providers, patients, and stakeholders across Louisiana’s 61 rural and semi-rural parishes. A former public educator, Eric brings a deep appreciation for the role of children’s health in shaping lifelong opportunity and the pursuit of the American Dream. Eric's scholarship has been presented at the American Public Health Association Conference, the Tribal College and University Faculty Convening, and STI Engage. He holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also an alumnus of the HIV Health Equity Cohort at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine.
Katie Blair, Esq.
Massachusetts Families for Vaccines Director
Katie is an attorney and policy advocate whose work focuses on promoting evidence-based policies to create healthier communities. She holds a JD from New York University School of Law and worked in public interest environmental law before joining Massachusetts Families for Vaccines full time.
Katie began advocating in support of vaccines as a volunteer in 2019, working with a coalition of organizations to pass legislation removing the non-medical school vaccine exemption in Massachusetts. Her work became more personal in 2025 with the birth of her first child. She is passionate about making sure her daughter and other Massachusetts children can attend high-quality schools that are as safe as possible.
Katie has also served as the lead organizer for the past two Stand Up for Science Boston rallies, where science and public health advocates came together to hear from multiple Nobel laureates and other luminaries. In her free time, she enjoys creative writing, conservation volunteer work, and spending time with her husband, daughter, and dog.
Anne Langdji
Montana Families for Vaccines Co-Director
Anne Langdji is a Montana voter who has spent most of the last 30 years working in several countries in West Africa. She has experience working with parents, communities, and faith leaders to address the social determinants of health, through various programs from HIV support to sanitation, from maternal and child health to gender justice. With a degree in public health and hands-on experience improving access to and promoting vaccination overseas, she returned to Montana and is committed to bringing people together to make sure that vaccine laws are based on the best science. She is proud of Montana’s vaccine history, including being the birthplace of Dr. Maurice Hilleman, who created many of the vaccines we still use today.
Erin Harris
Montana Families for Vaccines Co-Director
Erin Harris is a passionate volunteer coordinator who believes in the power and positivity of grassroots organizing. Her dedication to vaccine advocacy originated years ago when she lost a baby due to birth defects caused by a virus. Her past work focused on healthcare delivery, volunteer management, and advocacy for the blind and visually impaired. When not working, she volunteers in local gun violence prevention and suicide prevention efforts, and she explores Montana’s beautiful hiking trails with her family.
Kelly Parsley
Montana Families for Vaccines Community Organizer
Kelly Parsley has lived and worked on public health issues in Montana for over thirty years. In the past, she has focused on women’s health and safety as well as tobacco and alcohol use prevention for Montana kids. She and her husband are proud to have raised their two daughters in the state.
Alyson Fava
New Hampshire Families for Vaccines Director
Alyson Fava is a public affairs and advocacy professional with over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of government, public service, and communications. With a background spanning media and marketing, higher education, and state government, Alyson specializes in clear communication, stakeholder coordination, and making complex policy issues accessible to the public.
Before joining American Families for Vaccines, Alyson spent nearly a decade in state government, where she supported senior leadership, coordinated multi-agency committees, and worked closely with legislators, advocates, and public safety professionals. Throughout her career, she has been recognized for her ability to bring order to complex systems, foster collaboration across sectors, and keep initiatives moving forward in fast-paced, politically sensitive environments.
As Director of the New Hampshire chapter of American Families for Vaccines, Alyson leads statewide advocacy efforts to protect public health, support science-based vaccine policy, and elevate the voices of families and trusted community partners. She is motivated by a commitment to clear, honest public communication and policies that protect the health and well-being of families and communities.
Meg Olson, MPS
Oregon Families for Vaccines Director
Meg Olson serves as State Director for Oregon Families for Vaccines, where she is a voice for pro-vaccine advocacy across the state of Oregon, helping to educate lawmakers and working with coalitions of public health officials, medical providers, and community organizations to advocate for evidence-based policies. Meg is a Partner at Praxis Political, a strategic communications, advocacy, and electoral consulting firm working in Oregon and Washington, where she serves as lead digital strategist and leads strategic planning and organizational management for her clients.
At Praxis, Meg has overseen digital strategy for dozens of political campaigns, managing five and six-figure budgets for advertising and communicating with voters and audiences across the state. She has also managed multiple projects focused on issues she cares deeply about, including working to elect more women to office and helping the Community Alliance of Tenants pass critical renter protections during the pandemic.
Meg has a Bachelor’s Degree from Willamette University in Politics and Civic Communications & Media Studies and a Master’s Degree in Political Management from George Washington University. She lives in Salem with her husband, children, her cat Ginger, and her dog Lola. In her spare time, she is attempting to learn cake decorating.
Hafeezah Yates, MS
South Carolina Families for Vaccines Director
Hafeezah Yates is a dedicated advocate for children, families, and community-driven public health efforts in South Carolina. With a strong background in community outreach, family services, and victim advocacy, she brings a people-first approach to building trust, empowering parents, and elevating family voices in conversations that impact children’s health and well-being.
In her previous role with Save the Children Action Network as South Carolina’s State Manager, Hafeezah partnered with parents, business owners, government agencies, community leaders, and advocates across the state to advance legislation that supports high-quality early childhood education and nutrition for children.
Hafeezah holds a Wharton Public Policy certification from Penn State, a Bachelor of Science in Human Services from Southern Wesleyan University, and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Management from Capella University.
Allie Alvine, MD
South Dakota Families for Vaccines Founder
Allie’s passion for vaccine advocacy stems from various interests and experiences, combining them all when she founded South Dakota Families for Vaccines in the fall of 2022. She was director of the organization through 2025, when she stepped into an advisory role. She received her MD from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed a psychiatry residency through the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. Soon after, she pivoted from practicing medicine to purely patient education and advocacy, starting the South Dakota chapter of the Arthritis Foundation in 2011 after her son was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when he was very young. In her decade with the organization she worked to advocate and educate about the disease, supported families across the state, and promoted vaccines to help protect these immune-compromised children. Over the years she has been involved in many other organizations and efforts as leader, founder, and contributor, focusing on her four children, STEM education, mental health awareness, social justice, animal rights, public health, and patient advocacy.
Carmen Toft
South Dakota Families for Vaccines Director
Carmen is no stranger to Pierre or to the work of strengthening public health in South Dakota. Her commitment to prevention runs deep; she even paid out of pocket for the HPV vaccine before it was covered for her age group. Today, she often thinks of her twin nieces and the healthier future vaccines help make possible. Her passion for preventative care continues to guide her work and advocacy, reminding her why strong, accessible vaccination programs matter for every family.
She has previously worked for the National Council of Urban Indian Health, the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas, and Planned Parenthood, where she created communications and marketing materials and helped advance policy initiatives that promote preventative and primary care.
Carmen is also committed to community service. She is one of the founding mothers of the Pad Party, an annual menstrual product drive in Sioux Falls, and serves on the Immunize South Dakota board of directors. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies and theatre from South Dakota State University and lives in Sioux Falls with her rescue pit bull, Lola.
Emily Delikat, MA, MPH
Tennessee Families for Vaccines Director
Emily Delikat brings an eclectic background to her work in public health. Alongside her experience in public health and advocacy, she is a published author and has spent more than two decades in early childhood education, lifelong faith formation, curriculum development, and music. She holds an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, an M.A. in Christian Ministries from Asbury Theological Seminary, and a B.A. in Music from Birmingham–Southern College. She also maintains the Certified in Public Health credential from the National Board of Public Health Examiners.
Emily lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with her family and serves as a public health surveillance officer while directing Tennessee Families for Vaccines. As a pro‑vaccine advocate, she is committed to strengthening community trust, countering misinformation, and helping families make confident, evidence‑based health decisions. She is passionate about bridging epidemiology and communication to support healthier people and communities, and she brings that commitment to both her advocacy and her surveillance work.
Jessie Ice, Ph.D.
West Virginia Families for Vaccines Community Organizer
Jessie Ice is an organizer with West Virginia Families for Vaccines. She holds a doctorate in Political Science, along with graduate degrees in public administration and social work, and has dedicated her career and volunteer work to advancing evidence-based policy and strengthening community voice in public decision-making.
Her vaccine advocacy is both professional and deeply personal. As the parent of two teenagers, Jessie understands that strong vaccine policies protect not just individual children, but entire communities. When West Virginia’s longstanding school vaccine protections came under threat, she stepped forward to help organize across the state—ensuring that lawmakers heard directly from the majority of parents, community members, and medical professionals who believe in science and public health.
Jessie works to mobilize grassroots volunteers, develop clear and accessible advocacy materials, and support West Virginians in speaking confidently with legislators and the media. Drawing on her background in research and policy analysis, she helps translate complex scientific and legislative debates into practical tools that empower West Virginians to take action. Jessie is passionate about elevating the voices of West Virginia, strengthening pro-vaccine majorities, and protecting the public health policies that keep schools and communities safe.
Kaylen Barker, MPA
West Virginia Families for Vaccines Director
Kaylen is an Appalachian organizer and policy strategist who serves as Director of West Virginia Families for Vaccines (WVFV). Rooted in the deep West Virginia traditions of mutual care, her work centers on building community power, protecting public health, and ensuring West Virginians have the tools and information they need to take care of their families and neighbors.
Kaylen began organizing in West Virginia while attending West Virginia State University. Since then, she has built strong relationships with legislators, advocates, and community leaders across the state, grounding her work in trust, shared values, and a deep respect for local knowledge. Before joining WVFV, Kaylen worked with the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia and Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, helping lead coalition efforts to protect and expand access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in some of the country's most restrictive environments. Between 2022 and 2025, she supported multi-state strategies to defeat harmful legislation targeting reproductive justice and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, while also working alongside partners to advance policies supporting maternal and infant health.
At WVFV, Kaylen leads statewide efforts to protect West Virginia’s strong vaccination laws through trusted messengers, plainspoken education, grassroots organizing, coalition building, and policy strategy. Across all of her work, she is known for connecting policy to people’s real lives, lifting up lived experience, and building practical strategies that help communities protect one another.
Sissy Price, BSN, RN, CIC
West Virginia Families for Vaccines Community Organizer
Sissy K. Price is a seasoned healthcare professional and proud U.S. military veteran with a lifelong commitment to service, leadership, and community health. A graduate of Braxton County High School (1990), she served in the United States Navy from 1990 to 1996, including deployment during Desert Storm. Continuing her military service, Sissy joined the West Virginia Army National Guard as a combat medic and nurse with the 1092nd Combat Engineers A Co., earning recognition as Soldier of the Year in 2000.
After completing her BSN at Alderson-Broaddus University in 2000—where she served as President of the Alpha Beta Nu Honor Society—Sissy dedicated her career to advancing public health. She led the Braxton County Health Department as Nursing Director (2006–2015) and Nurse Administrator (2015–2020), championing vaccine education and advocacy at both local and state levels. As a lifelong vaccine advocate, she worked tirelessly to educate communities and policymakers on immunization benefits. Before leaving the health department, Sissy organized one of the region’s first large-scale COVID-19 vaccination clinics, leveraging her church and collaborating with community partners.
Passionate about education, Sissy has served as an adjunct instructor for Pierpont Community and Technical College and taught CNA and LPN courses at Braxton County High School. Since 2020, she has contributed to shaping healthcare education as a member of the Braxton County High School Health CTE Advisory Committee. Her community involvement extends over a decade of service with the Braxton County Rotary.
Currently, Sissy works as an Infection Preventionist for WVU Medicine Braxton County Memorial Hospital and Summersville Regional Medical Center, ensuring patient safety and reducing healthcare-associated infections.
Hannah Sorensen, MPH
Wisconsin Families for Vaccines Director
Hannah serves as the Director for Wisconsin Families for Vaccines, where she builds partnerships and coalitions, empowers local advocates, and organizes campaigns to counter misinformation and advance evidence-based vaccine policy. She brings experience managing public health programs, coordinating communications with cross-sector partners, and organizing advocacy efforts to advance community health in Wisconsin.
Hannah holds a Master of Public Health in Public Health Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Bachelor of Science in Community and Environmental Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During her graduate internship, she researched the health impacts of energy insecurity in Wisconsin, developed policy recommendations, and created advocacy resources that elevated health concerns as a key issue during regulatory hearings. She continues to volunteer on strategic campaigns to advance clean, affordable energy in Southeastern Wisconsin.
Hannah began her career at the Wisconsin Division of Public Health in 2020, where she spent three years coordinating emergency preparedness and response programs. This included serving on Wisconsin’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, where she worked with local, state, and federal partners to support the implementation of federal pharmacy programs during the initial vaccine rollout. Through her education and early career experiences, Hannah saw how narrow, individual-focused health narratives can undermine policy outcomes and reinforce inequities. Her work is driven by a commitment to broadening how we talk about health and addressing the interconnected ways that policies, systems, and environments shape individual and community well-being.