The professional association selects Delegation Leaders to represent the members and the goals of the association.  Delegation leaders provide the initial vision and guidance in the development of the professional program. Delegation Leaders assist in facilitating the professional dialog, greeting hosts and representing the delegation members while in the field.

Dr. Collins-Fulea is a Past President of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and one of the profession’s most accomplished clinical and organizational leaders. A certified nurse-midwife since 1981, she completed her nursing and midwifery education in England before opening an in-hospital birthing center at Grace Hospital in Detroit at a time when only five other CNMs were practicing in the entire state of Michigan. In 1991 she joined the Henry Ford Health System, where she built a new midwifery service into one of the most respected practices in the country, leading 22 midwives across two hospitals and eight outpatient centers.

Dr. Collins-Fulea served as ACNM President from 2020 to 2022, following two terms as Vice President, a term as region 4 Representative to the Board of Directors, and leadership of numerous ACNM bodies, including the Division of Standards and Practice and the Quality Improvement Committee. She founded ACNM’s national benchmarking project, and her contributions to the profession have been recognized with induction as a Fellow of ACNM in 1998, the ACNM Foundation’s Dorthea Lang Pioneer Award in 2003, Fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing and induction into the Frontier Nursing University Hall of Fame in 2026.  She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Frontier Nursing University, where she joined the faculty in 2019 and now teaches quality improvement science and mentors doctoral students through their DNP projects. Dr. Collins-Fulea has spoken nationally and internationally on leadership, quality improvement, and clinical practice, and previously led ACNM delegations to the UAE, Cambodia, and India with the Citizen Ambassador Program. She is also active in the International Confederation of Midwives as the Chair of the Independent Election Committee.