Amber is the Director of Quality Improvement at the Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC), where she leads statewide implementation of AIM Patient Safety Bundles to improve maternal and newborn outcomes. In this role, she partners with hospitals, clinicians, and stakeholders across Colorado to advance evidence-based, data-driven quality improvement in perinatal care.

Amber is a Certified Nurse Midwife committed to the midwifery model of care and to delivering compassionate, equitable reproductive health services. She currently provides clinical midwifery care at an urban safety-net hospital, serving diverse populations and centering family- and community-informed care.

She earned a Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Duke University. Her doctoral work focused on integrating mental health into perinatal care through universal screening and co-located services. Amber previously served as a global clinical education fellow with Massachusetts General Hospital, where she contributed to the launch of Northern Uganda’s first graduate-level midwifery program.

Amber serves on Colorado’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee and the Colorado Maternal Health Task Force, contributing clinical and quality improvement expertise to statewide maternal health policy and prevention efforts. She also serves on the board of her local public health department, where she champions community-driven strategies to address social determinants of health and advance health equity.