Is currently a Senior Health Advisor for the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ) to advance the work of the organization to achieve optimal health for children and families. She most recently served as the Senior Vice President of MCH Impact and Interim Chief Medical Officer at March of Dimes, providing strategic direction and clinical expertise across the organization to help end the maternal and infant health crisis, including the direction of March of Dimes Mission programs and services, professional and patient education, and government affairs and advocacy. She is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, and previously developed and led the program in support of state-based perinatal quality collaboratives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Reproductive Health, including leading the establishment of the National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC). Dr. Henderson also served as an Executive Committee Member and the Obstetric Co-Chair for the NNPQC.  She received her BS degree in Biochemistry from Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.  She also completed her internship and residency at Harvard, at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Integrated Residency Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Dr. Henderson subsequently entered the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the Division of STD Prevention.  Her work and experience includes program development and research in the areas of perinatal quality improvement to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality, prevention of preterm birth, and the development of robust partnerships and networks to improve population-level maternal and infant health outcomes.