Katie leads strategy to solidify CPCQC’s role as the leader in perinatal health innovation and improvement in Colorado. This includes leading technology and data initiatives to surface novel and actionable insights related to maternal-infant health, and ensuring CPCQC programs complement statewide needs, priorities, health policies, and quality initiatives related to perinatal health. 

Katie’s career has focused on maternal mortality prevention, clinical quality improvement, and reproductive health access. She initially joined CPCQC in 2020 to implement clinical quality improvement initiatives, bringing her valuable experiences working with Dr. Neel Shah on the Delivery Decisions Initiative and TeamBirth program at Ariadne Labs, and the evaluation of Texas’ implementation of the AIM obstetric hemorrhage bundle. For five years, she served as the Director of Communications and Technology for March for Moms, a nationally-focused maternal health nonprofit.

Katie serves on the Executive Committee of the National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives. She served on the Colorado Maternal Mortality Review Committee in 2022-2023. For six years, she hosted a biweekly podcast focused on intersectional feminism and reproductive health, rights, and justice.

Katie earned her Master of Public Health from Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health with a concentration in Maternal-Child Health. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she graduated as the valedictorian of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Prior to her career in public health, she led marketing strategy for major brands, advertising agencies, and start-ups.

Katie enjoys spending time with her dog and husband, traveling, reading, learning Spanish, and advocating for the right of all people to determine if, when, and how to build their families.