IRC Office Hours - MAY 2024

Erica Biesinger, MBA

Erica has been involved in the birth center community since 2014 when she joined the staff at The Midwife Center in Pittsburgh as the Finance and Operations Manager.  Since then, she's provided ongoing administrative support to the birth center including overseeing all financial aspects of the Center and helping to expand  both the facility and programs offered.  She is passionate about the independent, free-standing birth center model and the midwifery model of care. Her goal is to have that shine through in her administrative work, while improving the ongoing financial health of the birth center.

Kaleen Richards, CNM, APRN, MSN, FACNM

As a certified nurse midwife and a nurse practitioner, Kaleen worked hard to be able to offer families many birth options over the years. She earned her Master's in Nursing in 2006 and started Tree of Life Birth and GYN in 2011 to be able to offer personalized, holistic care for pregnant people and gynecological services that are patient-centered. Tree of Life became accredited by CABC in 2015 and has continued to maintain national accreditation. Kaleen wants the validation accreditation provides for superior health care delivery and values the national community support AABC membership provides. She believes all women benefit from prenatal care with a midwife due to the emphasis of the Midwifery Model on education, partnership, and natural childbirth. Kaleen helps clients with infertility, nutrition, mental health, pregnancy, postpartum including PPMD and lactation, well-woman GYN, contraception, hormone balancing, and sexual health and wellness.
Changing policy on a local and national level has been a passion since 2017 when she became Co-Chair for FL ACNM Legislative Committee and has been a member of AABC Government Affairs Committee since 2022.

Kaleen has three amazing sons, two of whom were born at home with a midwife. She enjoys Yoga, free diving, and paddleboarding at her lake home in Altamonte Springs, FL. She rebuilt a 1971 VW Bus and enjoys camping and meet-ups with fellow VW lovers.