Our Team
Aaron Caughey, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Oregon Perinatal Collaborative
Silke Akerson, MPH, CPM, LDM
Executive Director, Oregon Perinatal Collaborative
Laurel Durham, RN, MPH
Director of Quality Improvement, Oregon Perinatal Collaborative
OPC Governing Board
Karen Archabald, MD
Perinatologist, Legacy Center for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Kara Johnson, DNP, APRN, RNC-OB, CNS
Senior Director Women and Children’s Services
Women and Children’s Institute-Oregon
Providence Health
Leonardo Pereira, MD, MCR
Associate Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Katie Snyder, MD/DO
Medical Director, Clinic
Mosaic Community Health
Mark Tomlinson, MD, MBA
Regional Medical Director, Providence Health & Services
Emily Yeast, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife, Samaritan Health Services
Suzanne Zane, DVM MPH
Senior Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist
Oregon Health Authority
OPC Steering Committee
The OPC Steering Committee provides essential guidance to OPC and recommends areas of focus to ensure the work of the OPC embodies its mission.
We are extremely grateful for the expertise and input of the OPC steering committee.
Helene Anderson, Hospital Association of Oregon
Fred Baker, Legacy
Marnellie Bishop, Community Doula Alliance
Melissa Cheyney, Community Doula Program
Justine Clark, Providence Health & Services
Dianne Clay, Healthy Birth Initiative-Multnomah County
Sarah Cole, Samaritan Health
Jenni Copeland, Samaritan Health
Dmitry Dukhovny, NWIPA
Kestrel Gates, Build Your Nest
Karen Gibbins, Oregon Health & Science University
Natasha Hale, Asante
Ami Hanna, Comagine Health
Amy Hermesch, Oregon Health & Science University
Michelle Hirschkorn, Salem Hospital
Roberta Hunte, Black Futures Initiative
Peg King, Health Share
Wannasiri Lapcharoensap, NWIPA
Cat Livingston, Health Share
Megan Ludeña, AWHONN
Danielle Meyer, Hospital Association of Oregon
Christine Morales, Salem Hospital
Maya Noble, Healthy Birth Initiative-Multnomah County
Kimberly Porter, Community Doula Alliance
Cindy Rae, Kaiser Permanente
Genevieve Rasmussen, Comagine Health
Desha Reed-Holden, Black Futures Initiative
Emilia Smith, Oregon Midwifery Council
Anna Stiefvater, Oregon Health Authority -MCH
Gina Tuggle, Asante
Phillip Wetmore, Comagine Health
Cate Wilcox, Oregon Health Authority – MCH
Stacey L Wilson, Kaiser Permanente
Lily Wittich, St. Luke Clinic-Eastern Oregon Medical Associates