Amy Romano has worked in the maternity care field as a clinician, research analyst, educator, and consumer advocate since 2001. In 2010, she joined Childbirth Connection, where she directs the Transforming Maternity Care Partnership, a national effort to improve maternity care quality in the United States.

Prior to joining Childbirth Connection, Amy worked as a midwife, taught in the nurse-midwifery program at Yale, and spent six years as a perinatal research and advocacy consultant to Lamaze International, where she analyzed, summarized, and critiqued research for the Lamaze community and implemented the organization’s social media strategy. Her 2010 article, “Power, Social Media, and the Future of VBAC,” in the Journal of Perinatal Education is the first to explore the impact of web-enabled consumer movements to drive maternity care quality improvement. Amy is also the co-author of the acclaimed text, Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach and a member of the editorial team for the 9th edition of the landmark women’s health book, Our Bodies, Ourselves, released in October 2011. You can follow her on Twitter at @midwifeamy.