Our Founder | Kindred Advocates

Executive Biography

Maura Dowd Sniegoski

“I’m Maura Dowd Sniegoski, founder of Kindred Advocates. I help families navigate the healthcare and insurance maze because I’ve lived it from every angle. I’ve cared for my aging parents and my in-laws, while raising three medically complex children under eight, all while building my career as an insurance agent. I know what it’s like to be pulled in every direction with no one in your corner who actually understands the system. I’m now working toward my Board Certified Patient Advocate credential to bring that lived experience to families professionally, so they don’t have to figure it out alone the way I did.”

The Insider Advantage: Lived Wisdom & Insurance Mastery

In the patient advocacy world, clinical expertise alone is rarely enough to protect patients from financial ruin. Navigating commercial health plans, employer benefit packages, and hospital billing codes requires an insider’s command of the insurance industry.

Having spent 20 years in business operations and as principal of Sniegoski Life Group, Maura possesses an intimate technical grasp of insurance underwriting, utilization management protocols, and medical necessity appeals. She knows why claims are denied, how carriers exploit bureaucratic fatigue, and how to frame appeals that demand immediate compliance.

At home, Maura actively lives the daily realities of the Sandwich Generation: coordinating care between aging parents, in-laws, and three medically complex children under eight. When you work with Maura, you gain an advocate who not only understands your legal and financial leverage—she understands your heart.

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Community & Credentials

Civic Leadership & Philanthropic Roots

A lifelong dedication to community leadership, family empowerment, and caregiver support.

LAA

Leadership Anne Arundel

Graduate and active fellow of Maryland's flagship community leadership network, collaborating with healthcare executives and civic leaders to improve local health equity.

MPB

Millions of Peaches Box

Founder of the beloved care initiative providing curated gift boxes to mothers and caregivers enduring lengthy hospital stays and pediatric ICU admissions.

SLG

Sniegoski Life Group

Principal at the financial services and insurance advisory agency, providing families with long-term asset protection and living benefit planning.

Kindred Advocates

“I Help Families Because I’ve Lived It from Every Angle.”