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Martha J. Smith, MSN, RN

Missouri MCH Director
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Jefferson City, MO

Martha Smith, MSN, RN, serves as the Missouri MCH Director and Public Health Nursing Manager at the Department of Health and Senior Services, where she also oversees the Title V MCH Services Block Grant and is a Branch Director in the Emergency Response Center. Martha’s passion and life work is system-level maternal and child health, seen through the lens of the Life Course Perspective. With diverse professional experience encompassing roles in a variety of healthcare settings, including primary, secondary, and tertiary care, community- and home-based care, public health (MCH home visiting, caring for CYSHCN, school health, emergency preparedness, community-based health education, developmental screening, and advanced practice nursing), state government (including state public health program management and statewide public health system leadership), and academia, Martha has contributed to and led efforts to improve maternal and child health across public and private sectors at individual, community, and state levels.

Martha earned her BS and a dual MS in Nursing from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, with specialized focus in Child & Family Advanced Practice Nursing and Healthcare Administration. She began her career in nursing in 1986 and became certified as a Child & Family Clinical Nurse Specialist in 1994. Martha also owns a private healthcare consulting company, providing consultation to hospitals, schools, home health and hospice agencies, other healthcare providers and organizations, and private entities. In her personal life, Martha is the proud mother of adult quadruplets (2 boys & 2 girls) and volunteers as a mentor for youth, young pregnant women, and new moms.

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