Who's Who

Board of Directors

	President Linda Cole, CNM, MSN, IBCLC Lisa Ross Birth & Women's Center Knoxville, Tennessee President@birthcenters.org
	President-Elect Lesley Rathbun, CNM, FNP Charleston Birthplace, Inc. North Charleston, South Carolina
	Vice President Jennifer Stevens, MS, CNM Reading Birth & Women's Center Reading, Pennsylvania
	Secretary Judi Davidson, CDM, CPM Mat-Su Birth Center Wasilla, Alaska
	Treasurer Keith Williston, BSW A Mother's Love Birth Center Independence, MO
	Kenneth Blau, MD Connecticut Childbirth & Women's Center Danbury, Connecticut
	Martha Cook Carter, CNM, MBA  WomenCare Inc.  Scott Depot, West Virginia
	Rachel Farrell, PA-C, LM, CPM (Alt. Director) Baby Buddies Birth Center Marysville, CA
	Kiersten Figurski, LM, CPM Northern New Mexico Birth Center Taos, New Mexico
	Catherine Gordon (Director) New Birth Company Overland Park, Kansas
	Jessica Illuzzi, MD, MS Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut
	Kirsti Kreutzer, BA Where's My Midwife? Wilmington, North Carolina
	Rita Rhoads, CNM, CRNP, MPH Birth Care & Family Health Services Bart, Pennsylvania
	Mark Shwer, MD Neonatology Associates, Ltd Phoenix, Arizona

Committee Chairs

Bylaws Committee Martha Cook Carter, MBA, CNM WomenCare Inc. Scott Depot, West Virginia

Finance Committee Keith Williston A Mother's Love Birth Center Independence, MO

Governance Committee Martha Cook Carter, MBA, CNM WomenCare, Inc. Scott Depot, West Virginia

International Committee Barbara Anderson, CNM, DrPH Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing Lake Forest, Washington

Legislative Committee Jill Alliman, MSN, CNM Women's Wellness & Maternity Center Madisonville, TN

Marketing Committee David Reed Quarryville, PA and Jennifer Stevens, MS, CNM Reading Birth & Women's Center Reading, PA

Membership Committee Elaine Wakeland, CNM, MSN Natchez Trace Maternity Center Waynesboro, TN

Nominating Committee Rosanne Gephart, CNM, MSN Women's Health & Birth Center Santa Rosa, CA

Program Committee Jennifer Stevens, MS, CNM Reading Birth & Women's Center Reading, PA

Research Committee Susan Stapleton, DNP, CNM West Kennebunk, ME

Standards Committee Jessica Illuzzi, MD, MS Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT

Workshops Committee Kathryn Schrag, MSN, CNM, FNP Patagonia, AZ

 

Staff

Kate E Bauer, MBA - Executive Director

Marie Kunz - Office Manager/Bookkeeper

Maja Subasic, MA - Executive Assistant

Lisa Recke - Administrative Assistant

Kathryn Maleney - Foundation Development Assistant

 

Strong Start Project 

Jill Alliman, MSN, CNM - Project Director

Susan Stapleton, DNP, CNM - Data Coordinator

Jennifer Wright, MA - Research Assistant

Kate Slider, MA - Strong Start Administrative Assistant

Bob Coleman - Strong Start Bookkeeper

American Association of Birth Centers