2024 Kunsche Award Winner

MNPQC’s 2024 Kunsche Award Winner: Shukri Jamale

Congratulations to Shukri Jamale! Shukri is an exceptional healthcare leader with over 17 years of experience supporting families through high-risk pregnancies and beyond. From bedside care to advocacy, she has dedicated her career to centering families, advancing equity, and creating inclusive systems in perinatal care.

As a fetal program manager and passionate community advocate, Shukri’s impact extends far beyond the hospital walls. Shukri sits on the boards of organizations that work on improving black maternity outcomes and those that promote breastfeeding in black and indigenous families. Additionally, she serves as treasurer of the Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition (2023-2025), where she oversees a first-of-its-kind fatwa (a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law) supporting the use of donor breast milk to make it accessible to all babies. We are honored to recognize Shukri’s tireless commitment to improving maternal and infant health outcomes.

MNPQC’s 2024 Kunsche Award Honorable Mentions: Dr. Jessica Nyholm, Dr. Bethany Sabol, and Mallory Cummings

We’re also proud to recognize the MNPQC’s 2024 Kunshe Award’s Honorable Mentions – Dr. Jessica Nyholm, Dr. Bethany Sabol, and Mallory Cummings – for their outstanding leadership in perinatal health.

Each of these incredible professionals has gone above and beyond in their commitment to supporting families across Minnesota. Their passion, innovation, and dedication to addressing the needs of Minnesota families have driven meaningful and lasting change. Thank you, Dr. Nyholm, Dr. Sabol, and Mallory, for your unwavering efforts to improve maternal and infant health. Your impact is felt far and wide, and we’re so grateful for your leadership.