Our Team
Aaron Caughey, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Silke Akerson, MPH, CPM, LDM
Executive Director
Laurel Durham, RN, MPH
Director of Quality Improvement
Cayenne Buell, MPH
Administrative Manager
Tiffany Transue, BSN, RNC-NIC
Simulation Nurse Educator
Clarisa Brown
Simulation Program Administrator
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
Wannasiri (Awe) Lapcharoensap, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
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
Oregon Maternal Mortality & Morbidity Review Committee chair
Emily Yeast, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife, Samaritan Health Services
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.
Emilia Allen, Oregon Midwifery Council
Telia Anderson, Yasiin’s Luv
Jen Atkisson, AWHONN
Marnellie Bishop, Community Doula Alliance
Dannie Burch, Jackson Care Connect
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
Amy Hermesch, Oregon Health & Science University
Michelle Hirschkorn, Salem Hospital
Roberta Hunte, Black Futures Initiative
Jennifer Jamieson, Legacy
Peg King, Health Share
Cat Livingston, Health Share
Megan Ludena, AWHONN
Danielle Meyer, Hospital Association of Oregon
Christine Morales, Salem Hospital
Maya Noble, Healthy Birth Initiative-Multnomah County
Saren Pihlaja, Columbia Memorial Hospital
Kimberly Porter, Community Doula Alliance
Cindy Rae, Kaiser Permanente
Martha Rivera, Oregon Doula Association
Stephanie Sayegh, Office of Rural Health
Pete Singson, Oregon Health Authority – HIV, STD and TB
Emilia Smith, Oregon Midwifery Council
Anna Stiefvater, Oregon Health Authority -MCH
Gina Tuggle, Asante
Cate Wilcox, Oregon Health Authority – MCH
Stacey L Wilson, Kaiser Permanente
Lily Wittich, St. Luke Clinic-Eastern Oregon Medical Associates