Founder
Expecting Health
Natasha Bonhomme brings nearly two decades of nonprofit and maternal and child health
experience to her role as Founder of Expecting Health at Genetic Alliance. She launched
Expecting Health to bring together a range of public and professional partners to address
the need for clear, science-based information for families and individuals through tangible,
actionable messages. Her focus is on bringing public and families perspectives into policy and
program design and implementation. Her programmatic portfolio includes leading Baby's First
Test, the award-winning national newborn screening resource center which reaches over
600,000 families and health providers annually, being the program director for the National
Genetics Education and Family Support Center which educates and builds capacity for those
living with genetic conditions, and participating on numerous committees on maternal health
and dignified care throughout the prenatal and postnatal periods. Ms. Bonhomme has also
testified in front of Congress on the importance of family support and education in newborn
screening. In 2022 and 2023, she contributed to the international discussion on public and family
engagement at the International Conference on Neonatal Sequencing. She also co-chaired the
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Workshop Next-Generation
Screening – The Promise and Perils of DNA Sequencing of Newborn s at Birth. She is a Board Member of the DC-based Federally
Qualified Health Center, Whitman-Walker Health, which provides affirming community-based
care with a special focus on LGBTQ+ and HIV care.
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