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Dr. Jacobs is a practicing general pediatrician at Pan American Pediatrics in Albuquerque. Dr. Jacobs has been a member of the NM Pediatric Society since 2018. First serving as member at large, then as treasurer. She has extensive experience in rural pediatric medicine as well as care for immigrant children in border communities. Her interests are running, hiking and traveling with her family.

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Carmen Meyer is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is also a Board-Certified Case Manager and member of the Case Management Society of America. Carmen is currently serving as the Executive Director for the New Mexico Pediatric Society and is the CEO and Founder of The Trusted Nurse LLC, providing healthcare consulting services. Previously she was the Director of Clinical Affairs at True Health New Mexico health insurance company. During her nursing career, Carmen has worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings as well as the health insurance industry and has more than 25 years of experience in the specialty of behavioral health and substance abuse treatment. This background has driven her commitment to integrated and holistic healthcare, health equity, and advocacy. Carmen has extensive experience in both Case Management and Utilization Management and is dedicated to working with consumers who need assistance with navigating the healthcare system and accessing the care and services they need.

Karen Armitage, MD, FAAP is a pediatrician and public health physician. Her current focus is health policy and advocacy for children and families at the state and national level. She is immediate past president of the New Mexico Pediatric Society (NMPS), the New Mexico Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and co-chair of NMPS Legislative Health Policy and Advocacy Committee. She is also a member of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the New Mexico Chapter of AMA, the New Mexico Medical Society (NMMS), where she serves on the Primary Care Committee. She is a member New Mexico Public Health Association (NMPHA) and Rotary Club International, which focuses on global vaccination. Armitage served as Interim Dean of the newest college at the University of New Mexico, College of Population Health (COPH), and later served as Director of Health Policy and taught public health and health policy to undergraduate and graduate students, pharmacy students, medical students, medical residents and clinical fellows from 2018-2023. She developed and piloted a new clinical MPH concentration at COPH. In 2014-2015 she was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellow and worked in the U.S. Senate for a year. She continues to teach health policy and advocacy as volunteer faculty at UNM COPH and the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Prior to that, Armitage was chief medical officer for the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH), overseeing clinical care in 7 hospitals and 35 local health offices. Earlier, as a regional health officer, she managed outbreaks and emerging infections, and provided community health planning, assessment, and direct clinical services. Following 9/11, she was trained at the U.S. Department of Defense in risk communication and message mapping, and then trained health department staff and community partners statewide. Armitage graduated with honors with a BA in biology and earned an MD from the University of California, San Diego. She completed a pediatric residency and a RWJF postdoctoral fellowship in child health promotion at the University of New Mexico.

Cynthia C. Johnson, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the University of New Mexico Hospital, specializing in pediatric pulmonology with a focus on cystic fibrosis and asthma. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care from Duke University School of Nursing in 2020, followed by a Doctor of Nursing Practice with a focus on nursing executive organizational leadership from the University of New Mexico College of Nursing in 2024. Dr. Johnson joined the New Mexico Pediatric Society to help strengthen collaboration between pediatricians and advanced practice providers. She is passionate about advocating for all children across New Mexico while supporting the professional growth and visibility of nurse practitioners and other advanced practice clinicians. She brings a unique perspective to the board, grounded in frontline experience and quality improvement leadership within the UNM Pediatric CF Center, where she currently serves as QI co-champion. Outside of her clinical work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their three young children, ages 3, 6, and 8.

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