Jessica brings her 32 years in nursing, with a wide variety of education and experience, to serve the Minnesota Perinatal Quality Collaborative. Jessica has a passion for nursing and patient care excellence and is excited to contribute and serve the collaborative. She obtained her bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Minnesota Nursing School, Twin Cities in 1994. She went on to further her education obtaining her master’s in nursing Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist from The College of St Scholastica, Duluth MN, Family Nurse Practitioner from Minnesota State University, Mankato MN and her master’s in business administration healthcare administration. Jessica has over 30 years of experience in nursing and leadership in the areas of acute and ambulatory care, obstetrics, emergency, surgery, critical care, medication, clinical documentation improvement, nursing informatics, utilization review, case management, quality, safety, family medicine, hospice, and palliative care. She is looking forward to making meaningful connections and advancing perinatal work and outcomes in Minnesota.