OB COAP Executive Team

Medical Director – Angela Chien, MD – Obstetrician/Gynecologist

Seattle, WA

Chair – Amy VanBlaricom, MD – Medical Director of Operations, OB Hospitalist Group

Seattle, WA

Vice Chair – Alice Ferguson, DNP, RN, CPHQ – Director Quality, Safety and Clinical Integration, MultiCare Health System

Seattle, WA

Management Committee Members

Alice Ferguson, DNP, RN, CPHQ – OB COAP Management Committee VICE CHAIR; Director Quality, Safety, and Clinical Integration, MultiCare Health System
Amy VanBlaricom, MD – OB COAP Management Committee CHAIR; Medical Director Operations, OB Hospitalist Group WA
Audrey Levine, LM, CPM – Director, Community Birth Data Registry, FHCQ
Barbara Levy, MD – OB COAP Strategic Advisor; Consultant, The Levy Group
Beth Tinker, PhD, MN, MPH, RN – Clinical Nurse Advisor MCH, WA State Health Care Authority
Carolyn Kline, MD, MPH – Maternal Fetal Medicine, Evergreen Healthcare
Colleen Daly, PhD – Director, Occupational Health, Safety and Research, Microsoft
Daniel Enquobahrie, MD, PhD – Director, Center of Excellence in Maternal Child Health, UW
Esther Chung, MD, MPH – Pediatrics, UW Medical Center/Seattle Children’s
Kandi Bauman, MPA – OB COAP Consumer Advisor to Exec Committee; Brotherhood Initiative, UW
Lisa Galbraith, DO, MPH – Medical Director, Division of Women’s’ & Children’s, Multicare Yakima Memoria Hospital
Melissa Cheyney, PhD – Co-Director, Community Birth Data Registry
Melissa Denmark, MS, LM – Co-Chair, Smooth Transitions
Peter Napolitano, MD – Maternal Fetal Medicine, UW Medical Center
Sheena Hembrador, MD – OB Anesthesiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Vivienne Souter, MD – OB COAP Research Director; Medical Director, Natera

Management Committee Advisors

Ashby Wolfe, MD, MPP, MPH – Regional Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, San Francisco CA, Seattle WA, Denver CO Offices
Amber Weiseth, DNP, RNC-OB – Associate Director Delivery Decisions, Ariadne Labs, Boston MA
Ellen Kauffman, MD – Founder, Medical Director Emeritus, OB COAP, Seattle WA
Ginny Weir, MPH – CEO, Foundation for Health Care Quality, Seattle WA
Lara Blair, RN – Clinical Specialty Coordinator, Armus Corporation, San Mateo CA
Marit Bovbjerg, PhD – Co-Director, Community Birth Data Registry
Zeila Schmidt, MLIS – Business Analyst, Armus Corporation, Chicago IL

Statisticians 

Ian Painter, PhD