Maureen Corry, MPH, is the executive director of Childbirth Connection, a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Ms. Corry has played a leading role in positioning the organization as a powerful and effective advocate for improving the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing women and their families.
Ms. Corry has 30 years experience as a researcher, educator, advocate, and policy analyst focusing on maternal and infant health promotion and maternity care quality improvement. She led a strategic planning process that resulted in the launch of the organization’s long-term national program to promote evidence-based maternity care and guided the organization through a re-branding process to bring its name, logo, and website in line with its contemporary focus.
Ms. Corry is a reviewer for the Consumer Panel of the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group, and is a member of the steering committee of Consumers United for Evidence-Based Healthcare. She is vice chair of the Consumer Council of the National Quality Forum, and served as Co-chair of the NQF National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Perinatal Care Steering Committee. She is currently a member of the Consumer Advisory Council of the National Committee for Quality Assurance, and a member of the Consumer/Patient Advisory Council of the Center for Medical Technology Policy.
Ms. Corry received her MPH from Yale University in Health Services Administration.
