About us

Vision:
The NM Perinatal Collaborative envisions statewide health equity through the provision of safe, high-quality, and respectful reproductive, perinatal and neonatal care for New Mexico families.

Mission:
The mission of the New Mexico Perinatal Collaborative is to convene stakeholders to achieve health equity and high-quality outcomes through the promotion of evidence-based reproductive, perinatal and neonatal healthcare practices that
– Facilitate collaboration with communities and across healthcare disciplines
– Focus on quality improvement strategies
– Empower healthcare teams statewide to offer the highest quality care
– Ensure provision of holistic and culturally respectful care.

Staff

  • Jennifer Mastripolito
    Executive Director

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  • Mary Kate Hildebrandt
    Initiatives and Communications Program Manager

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  • Anna Maes, RNC-EFM, CLC
    Quality Improvement Advisor/Clinical Outreach Manager

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  • Trevor Quiner, MD, MS
    Clinical Maternal Health Initiatives Support

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Executive Committee Officers


  • Kimberly Gililland, DNP, RNC-OB, Presbyterian Medical Services, Clinic RN – Alamogordo, Tularosa, Cloudcroft
    President

  • Janis Gonzales, MD, MPH, FAAP, /
    Chief Health Officer, Office of the Secretary, ECECD
    Immediate Past President


  • Ellen Interlandi, BSN, MHM, RN, NE-BC, Clinical Consultant, NM Hospital Association
    Secretary

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    Treasurer

Board of Directors

Gillian Burkhardt, MD, Assistant Professor, UNM, Department of OB/GYN
Octavia Djanquaye, MSN, RNC-OB, Nurse Manager, Family Birthing Center, Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center
Emma Gamelsky, Graduate Student, School of Social Work, NM State University
Vlad Ianus, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, UNM Dept of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Neonatologist
Joelle Leacock, MSN, CNM, Gallup Indian Medical Center
Larry Leeman, MD, MPH, Professor, UNM, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Erin Lorencz, MD, FACOG, Gallup Indian Medical Center
Keri Rath, MD, FACOG, Chief of Staff, Lincoln County Medical Center
Kerena Saltzgiver, MSN, CNM, Northern Navajo Medical Center; Deputy Chief Clinical Consultant for Advanced Practice Nurses, Indian Health Service