SMOOTH TRANSITIONS LEADERSHIP TEAM:

Smooth Transitions Program Coordinator: Melissa Denmark, LM, CPM, Snohomish, WA

Co-Chairs:

• Audrey Levine, LM, CPM (retired), Olympia, WA
• Dale Reisner, MD; Perinatologist (retired), Seattle, WA

Members-at-large:

• Frank Andersen, MD, OB-GYN and Clinical Education Director at Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Spokane, WA
• Mary Kay Ausenhus, MSN, WHNP, CPHQ, Director of Safety & Quality, Washington State Hospital Association, Seattle, WA
• Hannah Brenchley, RN, BSN, Consumer Member, Tacoma, WA
• Mariah Falin, CD (PALS), PD, PES, Everett, WA
• Deborah Gleisner, ND, LM, CPM, Seattle, WA
• April Haugen, MSM, LM, CPM – Sky Valley Midwifery, Yakima, WA
• Karen Hays, CNM, DNP, ARNP, Master Trainer, PRONTO International, Seattle, WA
• Brooke Jardine, MD – Pediatric hospitalist, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, Bellingham, WA
• Melissa Kundur, RN, BSN, MCG, Clinical Quality and Care Transformation, WA State Health Care Authority, Olympia, WA
• Ali Lewis, MD, OB-GYN at Northwest Hospital, Seattle, WA
• Christina Long, MD, Neonatologist, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA
• Kristin Sitcov, Executive Director, Clinical Programs, Foundation for Health Care Quality, Seattle, WA
• Meghan Smith, MSN, RNC-OB, Nurse-Manager, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA
• Cori Spotts, EMT/P, Lacey Fire, Lacey, WA
• Emelia Udd, CNM, IBCLC, Swedish Midwifery, First Hill, Seattle, WA
• Amy VanBlaricom, MD, Vice President, Clinical Operations, OB Hospitalist Group, Seattle, WA
• Katheryn Yoder, MD, MSc, OB-GYN – UW Northwest, Seattle, WA

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS:

• American Institutes for Research (AIR)
• Foundation for Health Care Quality (FHCQ)
• Midwives Association of Washington State (MAWS)
• OB Hospitalist Group, Inc (OBHG)
• Washington Alliance for Responsible Midwifery (WARM)
• Washington Chapter – Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
• Washington State Affiliate of American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
• Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
• Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA)
• Washington State Obstetrical Association (WSOA)
• Skyline Foundation (Yellow Chair Foundation)