About Me
Maggie is the founder and principal of MGDC Partners, LLC. She has more than 15 years of experience working at the intersections of state and federal policy, maternal and child health, Medicaid, and public service journalism.
Reach out to work together on journalism projects, policy campaigns and coalitions, Medicaid and maternal health, and making change happen.
Notable Experience
2023
Director of Policy and Networks
The Reilly Group, Inc.
Lead Mind the Gap national coalition and multi-state policy learning collaborative dedicated to ensuring perinatal mental health is a national priority, in partnership with Postpartum Support International.
2018
Program director
Georgetown university Center for Children and Families
Built center’s maternal health and Medicaid work by authoring foundational reports and briefs, providing technical assistance to state and federal policymakers and advocates, building strategic partnerships, and serving as frequently-quoted media expert.
2016
Senior health projects reporter
SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE
Award-winning journalist covering the business of health care and safety net programs in Southwest Florida for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, including a year-long series investigating Florida’s Medicaid program for children.
Sample Work
Health Policy and Technical Assistance
Wrote foundational reports and briefs on Medicaid and maternal health, and translated research into policy and technical support to advocates, policymakers, and media.
Public Service Journalism
Published investigative, solutions-focused series on Florida’s Medicaid program for children that exposed wrongdoing, sparked policy change, and created community change.
Coalition and Campaign Management
Lead the Postpartum Support International Mind the Gap Initiative, which includes a national perinatal mental health policy coalition and annual state advocacy cohort.
