Board of Directors
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President
Linda Cole, CNM, MSN, IBCLC
Lisa Ross Birth & Women's Center Knoxville, Tennessee President@birthcenters.org
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Vice President
Jennifer Stevens, MS, CNM
Reading Birth & Women's Center Reading, Pennsylvania |
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Secretary
Judi Davidson, CDM, CPM
Mat-Su Midwifery, Inc. Wasilla, Alaska |
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Treasurer
Barbara Norton, CNM, ANP, MSN
Geneva Woods Birth Center Anchorage, Alaska |
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Jill Alliman, MSN, CNM
Women's Wellness & Maternity Center
Madisonville, Tennessee
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Kenneth Blau, MD Connecticut Childbirth & Women's Center Danbury, Connecticut |
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Martha Cook Carter, CNM, MBA WomenCare Inc. Scott Depot, West Virginia |
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Dennis Dossey, BA |
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Catherine Gordon (Alternate Director) |
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Jessica Illuzzi, MD, MS
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
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Kirsti Kreutzer, BA
Where's My Midwife? Wilmington, North Carolina |
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Lesley Rathbun, CNM, FNP Charleston Birthplace, Inc. North Charleston, South Carolina |
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Rita Rhoads, CNM, CRNP, MPH
Birth Care & Family Health Services
Bart, Pennsylvania
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Mark Shwer, MD
Neonatology Associates, Ltd
Phoenix, Arizona
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Committee Chairs
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Bylaws Committee Martha Cook Carter, MBA, CNM
WomenCare Inc.
Scott Depot, West Virginia
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Finance Committee Barbara Norton, MSN, CNM, ANP
Geneva Woods Birth Center
Anchorage, Alaska
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Governance Committee Martha Cook Carter, MBA, CNM
WomenCare, Inc.
Scott Depot, West Virginia
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International Committee Barbara Frye Anderson
Lake Forest, Washington
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Legislative Committee Jill Alliman, MSN, CNM
Women's Wellness & Maternity Center
Madisonville, TN
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Marketing Committee David Reed
Quarryville, PA
and Jennifer Stevens, MS, CNM
Reading Birth & Women's Center
Reading, PA
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Membership Committee Elaine Wakeland, CNM, MSN
Natchez Trace Maternity Center
Waynesboro, TN
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Nominating Committee Rosanne Gephart, CNM, MSN
Women's Health & Birth Center
Santa Rosa, CA
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Program Committee Jennifer Stevens, MS, CNM
Reading Birth & Women's Center
Reading, PA
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Research Committee Susan Stapleton, CNM, MSN
Mohnton, PA
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Standards Committee Jessica Illuzzi, MD, MS
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
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Workshops Committee Kathryn Schrag, MSN, CNM, FNP
Patagonia, AZ
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Staff
Kate E Bauer, MBA - Executive Director
Marie Kunz - Office Manager/Bookkeeper
Heather Wilkins - Executive Assistant
Lisa Recke - Administrative Assistant
Why Be a Board Member?
"There is an air of change in society and health care. I have always believed what we do is life changing and world changing - one woman at a time. It is with this passion and commitment that I hope to participate in assiting the birth center model to be more sustainable and wide spread without sacrificing who we are."
-Jennifer Stevens, AABC Vice President