Patti has been with ILPQC since 2014 since shortly after its inception and directs the collaborative operations, implements statewide quality improvement initiatives, and provides quality improvement support to about 120 birthing hospitals in Illinois with her fantastic teammates. Patti has about 20 years of experience facilitating program development and implementation in local and national settings using quality improvement and implementation science with a focus on health equity, maternal and child health, mental health, and health policy and communication. She serves on the Illinois Maternal Mortality Review Commitee and State Quality Council and is an advisor to state periantal quality collaboratives across the United States through her work with ACOG AIM and the National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives.