Marie provides consultation to hospitals and primary care and ambulatory care practices, assists with the development of resource materials, co-authors publications, and serves as a planner and faculty member for Institute conferences, seminars, and webinars. Currently, Marie is project co-director for a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded project that provides training and technical assistance to teams from their Aligning Forces for Quality Initiative. Since joining the Institute in 1996, Marie has worked on several international and national quality improvement initiatives focusing on newborn intensive care, maternity and normal newborn care, and primary care for children and adults with chronic conditions. Marie lives in Connecticut with her three sons, one of whom required early intervention for his first six years.