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POSITION: Communities with Disparate Rates of Maternal Mortality

Maternal Mortality Review Committee

Position Description

The Minnesota Maternal Mortality Review Committee will seek to have statewide representation of the following groups: medical examiners or coroners, representatives of health care institutions that provide care to pregnant women, family practice providers serving birthing persons, obstetric and midwifery practitioners, Medicaid representatives, representatives of state agencies, individuals and health providers from communities with disparate rates of maternal mortality, and other subject matter experts as appropriate.

Strongly encourage persons who represent organizations or programs or are professionally affiliated with work that serves birthing persons to identify such affiliation or plans for representation of the organization in the application. This includes but is not limited to: community-based programs, persons with lived experience of maternal morbidity, doulas, nurses, maternal health practitioners, obstetricians, perinatology, midwives, nurse practitioners, social work, family practice medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, cardiology, infectious disease, psychiatry, mental health services, family home visiting, public health, Tribal health, federally qualified health care centers, care coordinator, health leadership, reproductive justice, insurance payor, substance use treatment professionals, domestic violence, law enforcement, community health workers,  and individuals serving birthing persons or all regions of Minnesota in a traditional and non-traditional manner. 

Agency Contact

Rachael McGraw
625 Robert Street North
St. Paul, MN 55164
rachael.mcgraw@state.mn.us
(651) 539-3044


Members Holding this Position (2)
SEAT
MEMBER NAME
AUTHORITY
STATUS
TERM
Community Representative #1
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Community Representative #2
Past Term End (POSTED)
11/01/2021 - 12/31/2024

APPLICANT DETAILS
APPLICANT CITY
Bloomington MN
Minneapolis MN
Minneapolis MN

POSITION MEMBER NAME TERM DATES ACTUAL END TERM END REASON
Community Representative #1 Lisa Skjefte 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Community Representative #3 Lisa Skjefte 11/01/2021 - 11/08/2021

Seat List (3)
Vacancy
Seat Title
Active
Authority
Community Representative #1
Commissioner of Health
POSTED
Community Representative #2
Commissioner of Health
Community Representative #3
Commissioner of Health