Women’s Health Issues 20 (2010) S89–S94
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Childbirth Connection Transforming Maternity Care Symposium Participant List Rachel Abramson, RN, MS, IBCLC HealthConnect One Emily Alexander National Institute for Reproductive Health Linda Ali, MS, RNC Georgetown University Hospital Kimberly Seals Allers Women’s eNews Jill Alliman, CNM, MSN Women’s Wellness and Maternity Center Brigitte Amiri, JD ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project Kathleen S. Andersen Milbank Memorial Fund Angela Anderson, CNM Intermountain Nurse Midwives Peter B. Angood, MD National Quality Forum Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong, PhD Princeton University Maribeth Badura, RN, MPH Department of Health and Human Services Mark T. Benton Milbank Memorial Fund Tracey Beverley, MD Family Practice Associates Leah Binder, MA, MGA The Leapfrog Group
Jennifer Block Author, Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care Kathy Bonk Communications Consortium Media Center Julie Bosak, BSN, MSN, CNM American College of Nurse-Midwives Mairi Breen-Rothman, CNM American College of Nurse-Midwives Dolly Browder, CPM, MPH National Association of Certified Professional Midwives Wendy C. Budin, PhD, RN-BC Journal of Perinatal Education Patricia Burkhardt, CNM, DrPH New York University Childbirth Connection Board of Directors Christy Turlington Burns Turly, Inc. Helen Burstin, MD, MPH National Quality Forum Ned Calogne, MD, MPH U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Andrea Camp Communications Consortium Media Center Representative Lois Capps California State Congresswoman 23rd District
Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative
Martha Cook Carter, CNM, MBA FamilyCare Health Center (WomenCare, Inc.)
Andrew N. Blechman, MD, FACOG Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Tina Cassidy Author, Birth: The Surprising History of How We are Born
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Leigh Cobb Advocates for Children & Youth
Susan Dentzer Health Affairs
Laniece Coleman, DNP, CNM Drexel University College of Medicine
Cathy K. Dratman, MD, FACOG Independence Blue Cross
Cathy Collins-Fulea, MSN, CNM, FACNM Henry Ford Health System
Peg Dublin, RN, MPH Access Community Health Network
Kathy T. Connolly, RN, MSEd, CPHRM Premier Consulting Services
Phyllis R. Farley Childbirth Connection Board of Directors
Lori Cooper Northern Virginia Perinatal Council
Barbara Fildes, MS, CNM, FACNM Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center American College of Nurse-Midwives
Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA National Quality Forum Maureen P. Corry, MPH Childbirth Connection Brigette Courtot, MPH National Women’s Law Center Raymond Cox, MD, MBA Maryland Patient Safety Perinatal Collaborative Damien Croft, MD Drexel University School Public Health Arlene Cullum Sutter Medical Center Marilyn Curl, CNM, MSN, LCCE Lamaze International Michele Curtis, MD, MPH University of Texas Houston Medical School Ann Dacey, BSN, RN CLC West Virginia Perinatal Partnership
JoAnne Fischer, MSS Maternity Care Coalition Tracy Flanagan, MD Northern California Kaiser Permanente Cynthia B. Flynn, CNM, MSN, PhD American Association of Birth Centers Tina Clark-Samazan Foster, MD, MPH, MS Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Daniel M. Fox, PhD Milbank Memorial Fund Michael Fraser, PhD Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Liza Fuentes, MPH National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Robyn Gabel, MSPH Illinois Maternal Child Health Coalition Beverly Gallauresi, MPH, RN U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Lisa Dalporto, CNM Karla Damus, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAN Albert Einstein College of Medicine Eugene Declercq, PhD, MS, MBA Boston University Sharon DeJoy, LM, CPM, MPH University of South Florida College of Public Health Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Suzanne F. Delbanco, PhD Arrowsight, Inc.
Carolyn L. Gegor, CNM, MS, FACNM Georgetown University Ann Geisler, CPCU, AU Dean Insurance Mark Gibson Oregon Health and Science University Teresa Gipson, RN, MD Oregon Health & Science University Giovanna Giuliani, MBA, MPH Care Experience The Permanente Federation
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Paul A. Gluck, MD National Patient Safety Foundation University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Mary C. Goessler, MD, MPM, FAAP Highmark Inc. Meredith Goff, CNM Yale University Zola D. Golub, MEd, RNC, IBCLC Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New YorkPresbyterian Ann Grauer, CD, PCD DONA International Marjorie Greenfield, MD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Lorenza Holt Boston Medical Center Jane Hooker, RN, MN, CPHQ MedStar Health Janet Hooper, RNC INOVA Project Management Joanne Howes Women’s Health Consultant Jessica Illuzzi, MD, MS Yale University Elizabeth Imholz, JD Consumers Union Dee Jeffers, RN, MPH University of South Florida Childbirth Connection Board of Directors
Lindsay Grenier, MPH, MN William A. Grobman, MD, MBA Northwestern University Daniel Guilfoil, MD Hahnemann University Hospital Drexel University School of Medicine Sue Leavitt Gullo, RN, MS Institute for Healthcare Improvement Debra Gussman, MD, MBA Jersey Shore University Medical Center Monica Haimowitz, LCSW KFH Northern California Region Janet Hardy, PhD University of Massachusetts School of Medicine Linda Harmon, MPH Lamaze International Adrienne Grant Hartgerink, USAF, CRNA Uniformed Services University
Susan Jankins, ESQ The Big Push for Midwives Campaign Debbie Jessup Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard 34th District, California Cecilia Jevitt, CNM, PhD American College of Nurse-Midwives Kay A. Johnson, MEd, MPH Johnson Group Consulting, Inc. Tina Johnson, CNM, MS American College of Nurse-Midwives Rima Jolivet, MSN, CNM, MPH Childbirth Connection Jennie Joseph, LM, CPM Commonsense Childbirth Inc. Nicette Jukelevics, MA, ICCE Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Author, Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth: Making Informed Decisions
Pat Heinrich, RN, MSN The National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality
Lorrie Kline Kaplan American College of Nurse-Midwives
Susan Hodges, MS Citizens for Midwifery
Ellen Kauffman, MD Foundation for Health Care Quality
Matthew Hoffman, MD Christiana Care Health Services
Carolyn Keefe, MLS Citizens for Midwifery
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Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN Yale School of Nursing
Barbara Levin, MPH, MD Women’s Wellness & Maternity Center
Stacey Kerr, MD Columnist and Author, Homebirth in the Hospital: Integrating Natural Childbirth with Modern Medicine
Frances E. Likis, DrPH, NP, CNM Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Valerie King, MD Oregon Health & Science University Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE University of South Florida Judy Kitchens Seton Family of Hospitals Michal Klau-Stevens BirthNetwork National Phyllis Klaus, MFT, LCSW Erickson Institute Marshall Klaus, MD University of California, San Francisco Michael Klein, MD, FCFP, FAAP, FCPS University of British Columbia Jan M. Kriebs, CNM, MSN, FACNM University of Maryland School of Medicine David Lansky, PhD Pacific Business Group on Health Jess Larsen, MA Childbirth Connection Lisa Latts, MD, MPH WellPoint, Inc. Douglas W. Laube, MD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Mary Lawlor, CPM National Association of Certified Professional Midwives Board of Directors Lawrence Leeman, MD, MPH University of New Mexico Carolyn Leihbacher, MD Hudson Health Plan Mayri Sagady Leslie, CNM, MSN Yale School of Nursing
Nancy K. Lowe, CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN University of Colorado Denver Bridget Lynch International Confederation of Midwives Donna L. Lynne, DrPH Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Colorado Childbirth Connection Board of Directors Charles S. Mahan, MD University of South Florida Colleges of Public Health Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies Elliott Main, MD California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center William J. Mann, MD, FACOG, FACS, MBA Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Anne Rossier Markus, JD, PhD, MHS Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health of The George Washington University Becky Martin National Association of Professional Midwives Linda Mayberry, PhD, RN, MPH, FAAN Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses New York University College of Nursing Frank Mazza, MD Seton Family of Hospitals Elan McAllister Choices in Childbirth Marion McCartney, CNM, BSN American College of Nurse-Midwives Clancy McCarty Turly, Inc. Deven McGraw Center for Democracy and Technology Judy Meehan National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
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Alice Middleton, JD Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Harold D. Miller Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform Netork for Regional Healthcare Improvement Lynn V. Mitchell, MD, MPH Oklahoma Health Care Authority Kirsten Moore Reproductive Health Technologies Project Alethia Morgan, MD COPIC Insurance Company Randall J. Morgan, MD, MBA Associates in Women’s Health PA Christine H. Morton, PhD California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative Stanford University
Whitney Pinger, CNM Washington Hospital Center Lauren Plante, MD, MPH Thomas Jefferson University Sharon Radzyminski, PhD, JD, RN Georgetown University Lauren Raskin Ramos, MPH Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Marsha Rehns American Baby Denise Remus, PhD, RN BayCare Health System Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, FAAP, FACP Health Resources and Services Administration Sharon Schindler Rising, MSN, CNM, FACNM Centering Healthcare Institute
Janet Muri, MBA, MPH National Perinatal Information Center
Judith Pence Rooks, CNM, MPH, MS
Suzy Myers, LM, CPM, MPH Seattle Midwifery School
Amanda Rosecrans, MHS Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Angelita Nixon, CNM, MSN Ruth Nolan, PhDc, RNC Geisinger Health System
Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement New York University School of Medicine
Judy Norsigian Our Bodies Ourselves
Barbara Rudolph, PhD, MSSW The Leapfrog Group
Michelle O’Brien, MD Boston University
William M. Sage, MD, JD University of Texas at Austin
Lynn Paltrow, JD National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH Childbirth Connection
Lee Partridge National Partnership for Women and Families
Alina Salganicoff, PhD Kaiser Family Foundation
Debra Pascali-Bonaro, LCCE, CD International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization Childbirth Connection Board of Directors
Anne Santa-Donato, RNC, MSN Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Doris Peter, PhD Consumers Union
Kathryn Santoro, MA NIHCM Foundation
Joann Petrini, MPH, PhD Danbury Hospital Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pamela K. Scarrow, CPHQ American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Patricia Schmehl, RN, MSN INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Cosette Taillac, LCSW Kaiser Permanente
Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH The Commonwealth Fund
Christina Tanner, CNM Access Community Health Network
Sarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH National Committee for Quality Assurance
Susan Tucker, MPH, MBA Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Colleen Senterfitt, MSN, CNM Centering Healthcare Institute Anat Shenker-Osorio, MPP Communications Consultant Julie Shocksnider, RNC-HROB, MS, APN, C, CCE National Perinatal Information Center Allison Shorten University of Wollongong Penny Simkin, PT, CD Bastyr University Department of Midwifery Geradine Simkins, RN, CNM, MSN Midwives Alliance of North America Kathleen Rice Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN St. John’s Mercy Medical Center Barry D. Smith, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Kat Song Childbirth Connection Sindhu K. Srinivas, MD, MSCE University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Pamela Stahl UnitedHealthcare Mary Ellen Stanton, MSN, CNM, FACNM U.S. Agency for International Development Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW, NJHSS President’s Advisory Council, Postpartum Support International Nan Strauss Amnesty International USA Lisa Summers, CNM, DrPH American Nurses Association
Saraswathi Vedam, RM, CNM, MSN, Sci D University of British Columbia Marsden Wagner, MD, MS Former Director of Women’s and Children’s Health, World Health Organization Allison Walsh, IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE Lamaze International Ann Watt The Joint Commission Ruth Wilf, CNM, PhD Coalition for Improving Maternity Services The Birth Center Deanne Williams, CNM, MS, FACNM Childbirth Connection Board of Directors Wendy Wolf Women Donors Network Susan Wood, PhD Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health The George Washington University Robert Yates, MD Blue Cross Blue Shield Mary Yglesia Midwifery Education Accreditation Council Association of Midwifery Educators Board of Directors Diony Young Birth Lauren Zapata, PhD Division of Reproductive Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laurie C. Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA Columbia University School of Medicine