Executive

Objectives

The CMQCC Executive Committee determines policy and direction for the collaborative. It is comprised of key leaders from stakeholder organizations from around California.  Executive Committee members are often involved with other committees within CMQCC and are further charged with spreading the "gospel" of maternal quality improvement.

Co-Chairs

CMQCC Executive Committee Committee Members

  • Berneva Adams MD, Kaiser Fontana
  • Shabbir Ahmad DVM, MS, PhD, CDPH-MCAH, Acting Division Chief, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program(Sacramento)
  • Debra Bingham DrPH, RN, LCCE, Executive Director, CMQCC(Stanford)
  • D. Lisa Bollman RNC, MSN, CPHQ, Community Perinatal Network, Executive Director(Whittier)
  • James Byrne MD, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Chief, Obstetrics and MFM(San Jose)
  • Valerie Cape CMQCC, Program Assistant(Stanford)
  • Leslie Cragin CNM, PhD, FACNM, UCSF, Clinical Professor(San Francisco)
  • Arlene Cullum MPH, Sutter/RPPC/Preconception Council, Director(Sacramento)
  • Suzanne Delbanco PhD, Arrowsight, Inc., President, Health Care Division
  • Tracy Flanagan MD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Director of Women's Health(Richmond)
  • William (Bill) Gilbert MD, Sutter Health System Sacramento, Maternal-Fetal Medicine(Sacramento)
  • Jeffrey B. Gould MD, MPH, Robert L. Hess Professor in Pediatrics(Stanford)
  • Lisa Korst MD, Childbirth Research Associates, LLC
  • Leslie Kowalewski March of Dimes, California State Chapter, Associate State Director(San Francisco)
  • David Lagrew MD, UCI/Saddleback/Memorial Care, Medical Director-Obstetrics/Director of Infomatics(Laguna Hills)
  • Elizabeth Lawton MHS, Health Researcher(Sacramento)
  • Michael Lu MD, MPH, UCLA School of Public Health, Assistant Professor(Los Angeles)
  • Audrey Lyndon RNC, PhD, CNS, UCSF School of Nursing, Assistant Professor, Women's Health(San Francisco)
  • Elliott Main MD, California Pacific Med Ctr/CMQCC, Chairman and Chief of Obstetrics(San Francisco)
  • Kathryn Melsop MS, CMQCC, Program Manager(Stanford)
  • Connie Mitchell MD, MPH, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Policy Development(Sacramento)
  • Christine Morton PhD, CMQCC, Program Manager/Research Sociologist(Stanford)
  • Barbara Murphy MS, RN, Director of Perinatal Programs(Palo Alto)
  • Alan Oppenheim MA, MPH, Research Program Specialist(Sacramento)
  • Joe Parker PhD, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Director, Healthcare Outcomes(Sacramento)
  • Steven Parry MD, FACOG, MCBWARD, Medi-Cal Benefits Branch, Medical Consultant II(Sacramento)
  • Manuel Porto MD, UC Irvine, Acting Dean, Chair Dept OB/GYN(Orange)
  • Diana Ramos MD, MPH, County of Los Angeles Public Health, Director, Maternal Child Health
  • Karen Ramstrom DO, MSPH, CDPH-MCAH, Policy Section Chief(Sacramento)
  • Usha Ranji MS, Kaiser Family Foundation, Principal Policy Analyst
  • Leona Shields PHN, RN, NP, MFT, Nurse Consultant III Supervisor Program and Policy Section(Sacramento)
  • Terri Thorfinnson JD, Office of Women's Health, Chief(Sacramento)
  • John Wachtel MD, Stanford University Medical School, Clinical Professor, Ob/Gyn(Menlo Park)
  • Randy Winter MD, ACOG District IX, Doctors Medical Center of Modesto(Modesto)
  • Teresa B. Wray MD, Kaiser Permanente Southern California(Fontana)