Meet Our Team
OUR CORE VALUES
Community, Collaboration, Health & Innovation
Keri M. Hill, Ph.D., CHES
Founder
Dr. Keri Hill founded She Soars to support the emotional well-being of youth and young adult communities experiencing the greatest disparities.. ​With 25 years of experience in community-based health promotion, K-12 education, and higher education, Keri brings a unique combination of expertise and passion to her leadership. Her nonprofit background includes serving as Vice President and Director of Programs for Jane Fonda’s nonprofit organization, along with other Atlanta-based organizations dedicated to reducing health disparities and empowering youth to make informed, healthy choices.
Keri is a public health professor and former high school teacher for Atlanta Public Schools. She holds a Ph.D. in Education Curriculum & Instruction, a Master of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Science in Community Health. Additionally, she is a Certified Health Education Specialist and has earned certificates in Nonprofit Management, Professional Inclusive Leadership, and Wellness Coaching. Keri is also an active member of the health and education committees of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter.
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Keri's expertise in Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) was shaped during her year-long partnership with the Detroit Urban Research Center CBPR Academy. Her CBPR training has driven impactful initiatives, including a maternal and child health program addressing Black maternal mortality in partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine, working with young people from local high schools and Spelman College to advocate for medically accurate sex education in Georgia’s public schools, collaborating with high school students to plan youth empowerment summits, and forming a statewide adolescent health alliance. She also spearheaded multisector stakeholder events across Georgia.
Through She Soars, Keri remains dedicated to delivering innovative, tailored interventions that prioritize emotional health and empower young people as co-creators in sustainable solutions.
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LaTonya Bynum, MPH, CHES
Program Director
For years, LaTonya allowed others to label her and tell her what she could and could not do. As a high school student she was on academic probation and was a juvenile delinquent with a high Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) score. Against these odds, LaTonya Bynum, MPH, CHES has over twenty years of experience in Public Health, Health Information Technology, and Corporate Retail. Bynum holds a Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in Health Policy and Management and a Bachelor of Science in Health Education with a concentration in Community Health and Spanish. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist who developed the CHES/MCHES Study Tips App.
Bynum is the author of “Tools for Career Success: 101 Answers to FAQs about Public Health”, Mind Ya Business: Are You Okay?” and e-book “The Opportunity Paperwork: Learn The Basics of Documenting AWESOME”. First author of “The Role of Depression in Chronic Disease Management: An Analysis of the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System”. Bynum used her SAS program coding language, research analysis and plain-language talents to publish this scholarly work as well as 4 other Health Disparities related research papers cited more than 40+ times by fellow public health leaders.
Janae Combs, MA, LPC, NCC, RLT
Director of Wellness
Janae is an experienced Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over 20 years of practice in helping individuals and families navigate crisis situations. She specializes in working with adults, families, couples, and adolescents, offering support in a variety of contexts, including psychiatric hospitals, residential facilities, and divorce/copro-parenting services.
Her extensive background includes leadership roles such as Assistant Director and Director of Therapeutic and Community Services at an agency focused on children and families in crisis. In these positions, Janae was responsible for personnel management, supervising interns, and collaborating with family therapists to support clients effectively. Janae works with other organizations where she helps families in transition with divorce and coparenting. Currently, Janae operates her private practice where she provides psychotherapy.
Kimberley Broomfield-Massey, Ph.D.
Evaluation Consultant
Dr. Broomfield-Massey is an evaluator and researcher who specializes in participatory methods, quantitative and qualitative research, and meeting facilitation. She uses her lived experience as a Black first-generation American woman to ensure that research questions, methods and dissemination respects the values and diversity of the clients served by the programs she assesses. Valuing the wisdom of both the community and academia, Kimberley uses her academic and professional experiences to serve as a conduit to foster a bi-directional exchange between both perspectives. Dr. Broomfield-Massey has been conducting research and evaluation in maternal and child health, with a focus on creating health equity since 2003.
