Donald Dudley, M.D. │ Obstetrics Lead │ [email protected]

Currently the William T. Moore Professor and Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.  He specializes in caring for women with high risk pregnancies, particularly those women and families that have suffered pregnancy losses in the past.  He graduated medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Iowa, and then MFM fellowship at the University of Utah.  Dr. Dudley prized collaborative efforts and is enthusiastic about the role that the VNPC can play in improving pregnancy outcomes in Virginia.

Marie Pokraka, RN, MSN, IBCLC

Marie has been a registered nurse for more than 25 years and an internationally board certified lactation consultant for more than 15 years.  She has a BSN from NYU and MSN from GMU.  She currently serves as the Director of March of Dimes VA, Maternal Child Health and Governmental Affairs.

Joan Williamson RN, MSN

A registered nurse since 1976, she has practiced in critical care for 30 years. She earned a BSN from Alderson Broaddus University, and a Master of Nursing in Adult Health with a specialization in Critical Care from Emory University. For the past 10 years she has been working in hospital quality and patient safety, and holds certifications in hospital quality and patient safety.  Joan currently serves as the Director of the Virginia Patient Safety Organization, a federally listed PSO. She is married, has two adult children and two grandchildren.

Barbara Snapp, DNP, NNP-BC

Dr. Snapp is employed as a neonatal nurse practitioner by the Children’s National Health System at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Dr. Snapp currently serves on the National Association of Neonatal Nurses Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Advanced Practice Council. Her commitment to nursing scholarship and quality care is evidenced by her many publications, leadership in multicenter, collaborative quality improvement teams, and her work with national organizations on developing quality metrics for neonatology. Dr. Snapp collaborates closely with her colleagues to assure that high quality evidence based care is provided to infants and families.

Jessica Purdom, MS

Jessica is the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative Specialist at the Virginia Department of Health. She has worked for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for the past 6 years in Virginia and New Mexico. She was the Regional Coordinator and Breastfeeding Coordinator for Albuquerque, New Mexico WIC. She completed her Master of Science in Health Education in 2016 at the University of New Mexico and her Bachelor of Science at California State University, Chico in Nutrition.