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POSITION: Member With Interest or Experience in Maternal Health

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 (18)
SEAT
MEMBER NAME
AUTHORITY
STATUS
TERM
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #1
Filled
09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #2
Filled
09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #3
Past Term End (POSTED)
06/15/2022 - 12/31/2024
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #4
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #5
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #6
Filled
11/01/2021 - 12/31/2025
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #7
Past Term End (POSTED)
11/01/2021 - 12/31/2024
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #8
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #9
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #10
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #11
Past Term End (POSTED)
11/01/2021 - 12/31/2024
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #12
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #13
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #14
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #15
Filled
12/10/2021 - 12/31/2025
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #16
Past Term End
11/01/2021 - 12/31/2024
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #17
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #18
Filled
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2028

APPLICANT DETAILS
APPLICANT CITY
Prior Lake MN
St. Paul MN
Clinton MN
Bloomington MN
St. Louis Park MN
DULUTH MN
Rochester MN
Bloomington MN
Little Falls MN
Rosemount MN
Minneapolis MN
Minneapolis MN
St. Paul MN
Cloquet MN
Rochester MN
Mora MN
Chaska MN
Dundas MN
Saint Peter MN
Minneapolis MN
Maple Grove MN
Minneapolis MN
Minneapolis MN
Lakeville MN
Plymouoth MN
Minneapolis MN

POSITION MEMBER NAME TERM DATES ACTUAL END TERM END REASON
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #1 Sadie Broekemeier 01/01/2022 - 08/31/2024 request of member
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #1 Michelle O'Brien 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2021 Early End of Term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #1 Yvonne Butler Tobah 11/01/2021 - 11/01/2021 appointed to wrong seat
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #2 Salma Shaker 11/01/2021 - 08/31/2024 resigned due to relocation
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #3 Sarah Sigford 11/01/2021 - 06/14/2022 Early End of Term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #4 Tia Joy Peterson 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #5 Courtney Jordan Baechler 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #8 Heather Bell 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #9 Ihotu Ali 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #10 Jennifer Andrashko 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #12 Laura Miller 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #13 Muna Abdirahman 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #14 Naomi Freyholtz 11/01/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #15 Rachel Hardeman 11/01/2021 - 12/10/2021 Early End of Term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #16 Stephen Contag 12/10/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #16 Sarah Sigford 11/01/2021 - 12/09/2021 correction
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #16 Abbey Sidebottom 02/01/2025 - 10/31/2021 Error - duplicated member
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #17 Dixie Johnson 12/10/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #18 Robin Johnson 12/11/2021 - 01/31/2025 end of term

Seat List (18)
Vacancy
Seat Title
Active
Authority
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #1
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #2
Commissioner of Health
POSTED
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #3
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #4
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #5
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #6
Commissioner of Health
POSTED
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #7
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #8
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #9
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #10
Commissioner of Health
POSTED
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #11
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #12
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #13
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #14
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #15
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #16
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #17
Commissioner of Health
Experience or Interest in Maternal Health - #18
Commissioner of Health