About Us
Healthier Outcomes for New Mexico Families
Supporting the provision of high-quality, respectful, community-based perinatal careThe New Mexico Perinatal Collaborative is a nonprofit and coalition of multidisciplinary perinatal care experts dedicated to improving the health of New Mexico’s pregnant people, infants, and birthing families through the identification and sharing of best practices and resources. Our work focuses on strategies that reduce known barriers to quality improvement.
Our 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.
Our 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.
NMPC Ongoing Board Recruitment
NMPC envisions statewide health equity through the provision of safe, high-quality, and respectful reproductive, maternity, and newborn care for New Mexico families. NMPC’s Board works with staff to guide the organization’s planning, program development, and resource allocation.
NMPC’s Board Nomination Committee invites the self-nomination of individuals sharing this vision to serve on the board for one two-year term, with the possibility of additional terms.
This application is open to all New Mexicans committed to improving the provision of safe, high-quality, and respectful reproductive, maternity, and newborn care for New Mexico families. Those without professional experience or credentials are encouraged to apply. The goal is a board that is representative of the communities most impacted, with a diverse group of providers committed to that end.
To learn more, click here for the Board Factsheet. To self-nominate for the board, click here to fill out the form and submit to jmastripolito@nmperinatalcollaborative.org. If you have any questions or need a paper form sent to you, contact jmastripolito@nmperinatalcollaborative.org.
Thank you for your interest in serving on the NMPC Board!
New Mexico Perinatal Collaborative busca la equidad en salud en todo el estado mediante la prestación de atención segura, de alta calidad y respetuosa en el ámbito reproductivo, de maternidad y atención de recién nacidos para las familias de Nuevo México.
El Comité de Nominaciones de la Junta del NMPC invita a las personas que comparten esta visión a presentar su autonominación para desempeñarse en la Junta Directiva durante un mandato de dos años, con la posibilidad de mandatos adicionales.
Esta postulación está abierta a todos los residentes de Nuevo México que estén comprometidos con la prestación de atención segura, de alta calidad y respetuosa en el ámbito reproductivo, de maternidad y atención de recién nacidos para las familias de Nuevo México. Invitamos a aquellas personas que no cuenten con experiencia previa o credenciales a postularse. El objetivo es formar una Junta Directiva que represente a las comunidades más impactadas y que esté conformada por un grupo de proveedores comprometidos con dicho fin.
Para más información o para realizar una autonominación para la Junta Directiva:
Por consultas sobre el proceso o para solicitar una copia en papel del formulario de nominación, contactarse con Jennifer jmastripolito@nmperinatalcollaborative.org. ¡Agradecemos su interés!
NMPC Staff
Jennifer Mastripolito
operations managerMary Kate Hildebrandt
Director of Maternal Safety InitiativeAnna Maes, RNC-EFM, CLC
Quality Improvement Advisor/Clinical Outreach Manageranisha quiroz
administrative assistantNMPC Executive Committee
Gillian Burkhardt, MD, Assistant Professor, UNM, Department of OB/GYN
PresidentKimberly Gililland, DNP, RNC-OB, NMSBVI, Manager of Health Services
immediate past President and secretaryjennifer anderson - md, presbyterian hospital general neonatology
TreasurerBoard of Directors
Erin Lorencz - MD, FACOG, Gallup Indian Medical Center
Jenna White, MD - Emergency Medicine Specialist, University of New Mexico Hospital
Francheska Gurule - MD, Family & Community Medicine, Milagro Program, University of New Mexico Hospital
Shauna McCosh - CNM, FNP, La Clinica Health & Birth Center, Gila Regional Medical Center
Special thanks to former board and staff members
Monica Esparza - CLC
Octavia Djanquaye - MSN, RNC-OB
Janis Gonzales, MD, MPH, FAAP
Abigail Reese - CNM, PhD
Ellen interlandi
Heather Pratt-Chavez, MD
Pilar Sanjuan, PHD
Trevor Quiner, MD, MS
Brenda Casamento, MSN, BSN, RNC