Staff Biographies
Jennifer McIntosh, M.Ed. (jennmcin@umich.edu)
Director
Jennifer McIntosh, M.Ed. is the Director of the University of Michigan Women's Health Program.
Ms. McIntosh came to the University of Michigan with a background in education, marketing and public relations. Her leadership of a national childhood injury prevention campaign in the automobile industry inspired her to explore translating educational methodologies into a clinical environment.
This interest led her to University of Michigan Health System and in 2005, Ms. McIntosh was hired as the Program Manager for Injury Prevention and Public Relations in the Pediatric Trauma Department and Coordinator for Safe Kids Washtenaw County.
Ms. McIntosh has always been passionate about learning and empowering others through education. She is excited to lead the Women's Health Program and devoted to inspiring women to actively participate in managing their own health throughout the many phases of life.
Debbi Smith (djsmth@umich.edu)
Coordinator, Women’s Health Resource Center
Debbi Smith is the coordinator of the Women’s Health Resource Center at the University of Michigan Health System. The Women’s Health Resource Center provides access to credible health information and connects women to other resources within UMHS and community agencies.
Debbi has many years of experience advocating for and supporting patients and families at UMHS. She has supported many initiatives to provide family-centered care, including serving on the team that laid the groundwork for the Family Resource Center at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
Before joining the Women’s Health Program in 2002, Debbi worked in both Child Life and Community Relations for Mott Hospital. She received an undergraduate degree in social work from Eastern Michigan University.
Angela Johnson (angejohn@umich.edu)
Program Coordinator, Community Outreach
Angela is interested in engaging women and populations of color as active agents of change in their own lives and in their communities.
Angela Johnson holds a master of arts degree in sociology and urban affairs from Michigan State University and a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Amherst College. She received a year of intensive Spanish language training at the Universidad de Alicante in Alicante, Spain.
Before coming to U-M, Angela served the Michigan Department of Social Services, the Department of Labor and Economic Growth, and the Michigan State University Center for Urban Affairs Community and Economic Development Program. She also co-founded and led the Michigan Resident Leadership Network, the State of Michigan’s first leadership training organization for public housing resident leaders.
Fredda Clisham (fredda@umich.edu)
Clerk
Fredda Clisham is one of the friendly faces you will see in the University of Michigan Women's Health Resource Center located in the Taubman Center. As a part-time clerk, Fredda is committed to helping women get the information they need. She helps several departments by assembling patient information packets. The center is a busy hub that interacts with a number of departments, and Fredda loves the interesting setting. Because of the center's close proximity to the obstetrics/gynecology waiting room, women who are there for appointments are frequent visitors to the center.
Fredda has worked for the University of Michigan Health System for twenty years. Before she joined the women's health program team six years ago, Fredda worked in the Child and Family Life Department.
