Nancy graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a registered nurse and has worked with pregnant women, laboring and postpartum women, and newborns since starting her nursing career. She became a nurse-midwife in 1998 (Frontier School of Nurse-Midwifery and master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University) and taught baccalaureate nursing students for 17 years before starting her current position as an obstetric outreach educator for UnityPoint Health-Meriter and UW Health. She completed the Doctor of Nursing degree in 2016 from Frontier Nursing University.

Nancy holds certifications in fetal heart monitoring, inpatient obstetrics, and maternal newborn and teaches breastfeeding classes, along with childbirth preparation for families expecting multiple infants. She also teaches newborn resuscitation, Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics, and is a master trainer of the Helping Mothers & Babies Survive programs. She received the 2018 AWHONN (Association of Women’s Health & Neonatal Nurses) Clinical Education Award. Whether educating midwives, nurses, physicians, or families, Nancy stresses the importance of evidence-based birth practices and compassionate, high-quality care—before, during, and after birth.

Nancy has been married to her husband, Dave, for +40 years, and has three adult children and two grandchildren.