Tuesday, October 27, 2026

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM – Breakfast, Registration, Visit with Sponsors

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM – Welcome

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM – Opening Plenary

• From Findings to Action: Lessons from Minnesota’s MMRC 5-Year Report
  
  • Cresta Jones, MD | MHealth Fairview
  • Mira Sheff, PhD, MS | Minnesota Department of Health

9:15 AM – 9:35 AM – Break, Visit with Sponsors & Poster Presentations

9:35 AM – 10:35 AM – Breakout Presentations 1

• 1A: Crash Course: CUES Intervention
  • Julia Tindell, MPH | Minnesota Department of Health

• 1B: Families at the Center: Community-Based Programs Leading the Way
  • Panelists
    • Reverend Dr. Alika P. Galloway | Birth Justice Collaborative (Liberty HomePlace)
    • Valentina Zaragoza, ADCl, ILC, Certified Birth Doula and Certified Perinatal Educator | Division of Indian Work (Ninde Doula Program) & White Earth Behavioral Health (UMOMS Program)
    • Niema Ismael | Women’s Wellness & Parenting Support Center
    • Thomas Chatman | Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Health – Birth Equity Community Council (Centering Fathers)
  • Moderator
    • Rebekah Dunlap | Aspirus St. Luke’s & Minnesota Perinatal Quality Collaborative

• 1C: Driving Change: Strategies to Improve Postpartum Hemorrhage Rates
  • Stephanie Fieldseth, RN, BSN | North Memorial Health
  • Jill Adams, RN, BSN | North Memorial Health

10:35 AM – 10:55 AM – Break, Visit with Sponsors & Poster Presentations

10:55 AM – 11:55 AM – Breakout Presentations 2

• 2A: Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Strategies and Adaptability in Minnesota’s Perinatal Mental Health Landscape
  
  • Tolu Odebunmi, MD, MPH | Women’s Wellbeing Program, University of Minnesota
  • Claire Drom, MD | CentraCare

• 2B: What’s Working and Lessons Learned: Proactive and Collaborative Solutions for Implementing Plans of Safe Care
  • Hannah Burton, LISW, JD | Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
  • Joddy Tighe | Minnesota Prairie County Alliance

• 2C: Improving Recognition and Response to Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
  • Rachel Pilliod, MD | Allina Health
  • Lauren Witty, MPH | Minnesota Perinatal Quality Collaborative

11:55 AM – 1:00 PM – Lunch & Visit with Sponsors

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Breakout Presentations 3 

• 3A: The Broken System of Perinatal Mental Health
  • Sogand Ghassemi, MD | PrairieCare
  • Lisa Cross, LMFT, PMH-C | PrairieCare

• 3B: Support Strategies for Health Care Professionals as Second Victims
  
  • Enid Rivera-Chiauzzi, MD | Mayo Clinic Rochester

• 3C: Mapping the Gaps and Closing the Loops: Strengthening Screening, Referral, and Follow-Up for Whole-Person Maternal Care
  • Nicole Kahielani Peltzer, MPH | Department of Human Services/State of Minnesota
  • Sarah Gareau, DrPH, MEd, MCHES | Department of Human Services/State of Minnesota

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM – Break, Visit with Sponsors & Poster Presentations

2:20 PM – 3:20 PM – Breakout Presentations 4

• 4A: Generational Healing in a Mother-Baby Program for Families Affected by Substance Use: Keeping Babies in Mind
  
  • Gretchen Buchanan, PhD, LMFT, LADC | Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
  • Jesse Flynn, LICSW, IMH-E® | Hennepin Healthcare
  • Lauren Graber, MD, MPH | Hennepin Healthcare

• 4B: Step Up Together Action Collaborative: Improving Home Birth & Birth Center to Hospital Transfer Through Interdisciplinary Simulation
  
  • Kate Saumweber Hogan, CPM, LM | Twin Cities Midwifery & Roots Birth Center
  • Amy Romano, MBA, MSN, CNM, FACNM | Primary Maternity Care
  • Charles Sloan III, Nationally Registered Paramedic | Hennepin Healthcare/Hennepin EMS
  • Ann Forster Page, DNP, APRN, CNM, FACNM | University of Minnesota Medical School

• 4C: Every Minute Counts: Optimizing Urgent Cesarean Team Response
  
  • Becky Gams, MS, APRN, BC-WHNP, cEFM, FAWHONN | Fairview Health Services
  • Cassie Thompson, BSN, RN | Fairview Health Services
  • Kristina Olson, BSN, RN | University of Minnesota Medical Center

3:20 PM – 3:40 PM – Break, Visit with Sponsors & Poster Presentations

3:40 PM – 4:40 PM – Closing Plenary

• Leading Through Crisis: Community-Centered Leadership During Times of Unrest
  
  • Panelists
    
    • Eileen Copiskey, BSN, RNC | Fairview St. Johns
    • Fernanda Honebrink, APRN, CNM | Hennepin Healthcare & Conexión
    • Maria Medina, MPH | M Health Fairview
    • Lizi Seefeldt, CNM | Allina Health & Minnesota Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives
    • Diane Tran, CPPM | M Health Fairview 
  • Moderator
    
    • Cinthia Rodriguez Navin, DNP, PHN, RN | M Health Fairview