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 Board Membership
The Board of the NM Perinatal Collaborative works with the staff to guide the organization’s planning, program development, and resource allocation. Our mission is to achieve health equity and high-quality outcomes through the promotion of evidence-based reproductive, perinatal, and neonatal healthcare practices throughout the state, in collaboration with communities and across healthcare disciplines. Applications for board membership are accepted year-round.
For questions, contact Jennifer Mastripolito at jmastripolito@nmperinatalcollaborative.org. To apply, please fill out this form. For more information, read here.
NMPC Staff
Jennifer Mastripolito
Executive DirectorMary Kate Hildebrandt
Director of Maternal Safety InitiativeAnna Maes, RNC-EFM, CLC
Quality Improvement Advisor/Clinical Outreach ManagerTrevor Quiner, MD, MS
Clinical Maternal Health Initiatives SupportBrenda Casamento, MSN, BSN, RNC
Quality Improvement & Data Support AssociateNMPC Executive Committee
Kimberly Gililland, DNP, RNC-OB, Presbyterian Medical Services, Clinic RN – Alamogordo, Tularosa, Cloudcroft
PresidentJanis Gonzales, MD, MPH, FAAP, / Chief Health Officer, Office of the Secretary, ECECD
Immediate Past PresidentEllen Interlandi, BSN, MHM, RN, NE-BC, Clinical Consultant, NM Hospital Association
SecretaryGillian Burkhardt, MD, Assistant Professor, UNM, Department of OB/GYN
TreasurerBoard of Directors
- Erin Lorencz - MD, FACOG, Gallup Indian Medical Center
- Octavia Djanquaye - MSN, RNC-OB, Nurse Manager, Family Birthing Center, Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center
- Abigail Reese - CNM, PhD, Maternal & Child Health, New Mexico Department of Health
- Heather Pratt-Chavez - MD, General Pediatrics, Associate Professor, University of New Mexico Hospital
- Jennifer Anderson - MD, Presbyterian Hospital General Neonatology
- Jenna White, MD - Emergency Medicine Specialist, University of New Mexico Hospital
- Monica Esparza - CLC, Executive Director, New Mexico Breastfeeding Taskforce
- Pilar Sanjuan - PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use & Addictions
- 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