Boasting a 15 year tenure as a Practicing Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Amrita has dedicated her career to advancing expertise in various realms. Her specific passions include Golden Hour Feeding, Kangaroo Care, Breastfeeding Multiples, as well as initiating, maintaining and establishing Milk Supply in mothers of Preterm Babies. She also excels in guiding breastfeeding journeys in unique scenarios such as Surrogacy with Induced Lactation and handling special situations like Preterm, LBW, Surgical cases, Syndromes, Cleft palates and more.

Noteworthy as a Faculty member for both the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and the National Neonatology Forum, Amrita has been an integral part of numerous breastfeeding and nutrition workshops. Her extensive training in Human Milk Banking under the guidance of Dr. Ben Hartmann at PREM Bank, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, WA has been pivotal. She played a key role in establishing the first Preterm Human Milk Bank named “Yashoda” at Sahyadri Specialty Hospital, Shastrinagar, Pune. This initiative was modeled after the successful PREM Bank in WA, showcasing Amrita’s commitment to advancing lactation care and support. 

Wendy is the Executive Director and Instructor for Family Trees Birth Programs and holds a master’s degree in health sciences with a concentration in midwifery and women's healthcare.  She is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, a Fellow of the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators, a Certified Birth Doula, a Certified Lactation Counselor a Lamaze Program Director, and Chair of Lamaze’s Education Council.   Professionally, Wendy has co-facilitated research at Towson University School of Nursing which was published in the Journal of Perinatal Education. She regularly guest lectures at several universities and hospitals across the US as well as regional, national, and international conferences.   

Wendy is passionate about addressing the healthcare disparities that exist within the United States maternity care system.  She thoroughly enjoys sharing her love for labor support and childbirth education. Above all else, she is most proud of her four children.

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Melinda Delisle, MS LCCE began teaching childbirth classes in 2000 and attended about 30 births as a doula. Watching the preterm birth rate of her students and clients drop from 7.5% to 1%, primarily as a result of improved nutrition and lifestyle, hooked Melinda on preventing pregnancy complications with these accessible tools. Though perinatal health was pushed to the sidelines while she helped grow and manage a successful team building company for over 15 years, this passion for reducing pregnancy complications remained strong. Melinda earned her MS in Human Nutrition in 2020, and is completing her hours to become a Certified Nutrition Specialist.

In addition to work with 1-1 clients, Melinda is striving to revolutionize the way we do prenatal and mental health care in the United States. She is systematizing what we know in medical, nutrition, and other health research to make more personalized recommendations accessible to a broader reach of people, which will improve health outcomes for all at a lower cost.

Dr. Mechell Duran is a trauma-informed pregnancy health coach, diabetes specialist, and a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator. She has over fifteen years of healthcare experience as a nurse and family nurse practitioner and has been trained to facilitate comprehensive trauma programs by the Center of Mind Body Medicine. She is the owner of Sugar Bump Coach, a community where women with Gestational Diabetes can be inspired and informed with recipe ideas and evidenced-based information from pregnancy to the 4th trimester. She resides in South Florida with her husband, their 4-year-old son and two furry children, sugar and brownie. In Dr. Duran's spare time, she enjoys cooking, making aromatherapy recipes, journaling and attending her local church.

Debby Amis’s career in childbirth education spans 40 years. She has taught childbirth education classes, trained new childbirth educators and doulas, and updated educators at international conferences and specialty workshops. A long-time volunteer with Lamaze International, Debby has served as President of Lamaze, Education Council Chair, and on the Certification Council. Debby and her business partner, Jeanne Green, authored the popular childbirth education handbook, Prepared Childbirth – The Family Way, which has sold almost 3 million copies. Debby and her husband, Steve, also a past Lamaze Board Member, live in Houston, Texas.

Aimée Brill, CD, PCD is a mother, facilitator, consultant, birth justice activist, community-based doula trainer, and is the Co-Director of Village Birth International (VBI), based both in Syracuse, NY, New Jersey, and northern Uganda. She has been practicing as a perinatal health professional providing local, national, and international advocacy, consultancy, mentorship, doula trainings, and education since 2003. Aimée facilitates workshops and provides consulting services for organizations and institutions committed to examining whiteness and implementing equitable models into their frameworks and partnerships.

Chanel L. Porchia Albert CD, CPD, CLC, CHHC is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ancient Song Doula Services. She is a certified lactation counselor, midwifery assistant, and vegan chef who has served on various advisory boards throughout the country. Her work in birth and reproductive justice continues to span into the research and methods of care of marginalized people and people of color bringing a human rights framework into birthing rooms and beyond into institutional reform and accountability measures within healthcare to address implicit bias and racism.

Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski is an RN, educator, counselor, author, and speaker of more than 900 local, national and international workshops/trainings. She is a past Lamaze International president and has been a childbirth educator since the 1970s. She is also AASECT certified as a sexuality educator and sexuality counselor. Dr. Mary Jo is the creator of the 12 books in The Nonnie SeriesTM on the challenging topics of death, consent, disability, gender, sex, trauma, relationships, mental health, quarantine, race, pregnancy and birth, and puberty. She has authored 38 books for parents, young people and professionals. She is the author of Routledge Press’ Reclaiming the Sexuality of Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum, publication pending 2023.

Zuzana Nadova is a mother of two. She is a Nurse, Midwife, LCCE, Breastfeeding Counselor and Educator, Newborn care Specialist, Pregnancy and Postpartum Lifestyle and Exercise Specialist, and has more than 21 years of experience working with childbearing families. Zuzana is a senior translator working for the government of the State of Kuwait, specializing in international relations and human rights. Zuzana is passionate about teaching evidence-based information and supporting families and developing maternity and infant services.

Dr. Fatima Boujarwah is a mother of three. She is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, Newborn Care Specialist, Lactation Counselor and Educator, and has more than 6 years of experience working with expectant parents. She holds a PhD in computer science and is an assistant professor on the faculty at Kuwait University. Her multidisciplinary skill set inspires her passion for doing research on technology to help address issues of infant and Maternal Health.