Annual Conference - DONA International

concurrent session speakers
Suzanne Arms, BA
Bayfield, Colorado
Author of Immaculate Deception, director of the nonprofit
organization, Birthing the Future, internationally acclaimed
speaker, author, photojournalist, visionary and activist.
Eva Bild, MA, CD(DONA), LCCE
Victoria, British Columbia
Chilbirth educator, DONA certified birth doula and
approved doula trainer, breastfeeding counselor.
Patty Brennan, BA, CD(DONA),
PCD(DONA)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Director of the Center for the Childbearing
Year, founder and former Director for the
Doulas Care Program, grant writer and
March of Dimes (Southeast Michigan Chapter)
Community Grants Distribution Committee
member, DONA certified birth and postpartum
doula and approved doula trainer.
Marjorie Greenfield, MD
Cleveland, Ohio
Board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Associate Professor at
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland,
Ohio, author of Dr. Spock’s Pregnancy Guide and The Working
Woman’s Pregnancy Book, research doula in 1979 for Drs. Klaus
and Kennell.
Sarah Hannibal, MSSEd, CD, IAT-D
Doha, Qatar
ICEA certified doula and doula trainer.
Marilyn Hildreth, RN, IBCLC, CD(DONA),
LCCE, FACCE, ICCE, IAT-CE-D, ICD
Brookings, South Dakota
ICEA and DONA approved birth doula trainer, ICEA basic
teacher training workshops instructor, over 30 years experience in
maternal-child nursing.
Marshall Klaus, MD
Berkeley, California
Professor of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco;
co-author: Bonding, The Doula Book, Your Amazing Newborn,
DONA International Founder.
Phyllis Klaus, MFT, LCSW
Berkeley, California
Psychotherapist, social worker; co-author: Bonding, The Doula
Book, Your Amazing Newborn, When Survivors Give Birth,
video: The Amazing Talents of the Newborn, DONA International
Founder.
Miriam Maslin, Certified Birth Assistant,
Associate Polarity Therapist
Jerusalem, Israel
Doula and international workshop facilitor from Israel who
incorporates Polarity Therapy (a system of energy/holistic healing)
into her work.
Lysa Parker, MS, CFLE
Madison, Alabama
Certified Family Life Educator and parenting
consultant, former teacher of children with
disabilities, La Leche League Leader, co-founder
of Attachment Parenting International,
co-author of Attached at the Heart: 8 Proven
Principles for Raising Connected and
Compassionate Children.
Nasima Pfaffl, MA
Melbourne, Florida
Sociologist, co-chair, Grassroots Advocates
Committee for the Coalition for Improving Maternity
Services (CIMS), member of the CIMS Board of Directors.
Teri Shilling, MS, CD(DONA), LCCE, IBCLC
Mount Vernon, Washington
Director of Passion for Birth, a childbirth educator training
program, creator of the Idea Box for the Creative and Interactive
Childbirth Educator, DONA certified birth doula and approved
doula trainer, past president of Lamaze International.
Nancy Sinclair, LCSW
Chicago, Illinois
Trainer and Program Development Specialist at Ounce of
Prevention Fund’s Parents Too Soon division.
Karen H. Strange, CPM, AAP/NRP Instructor
Lafayette, Colorado
AAP/AHA/Neonatal Resuscitation Program instructor, founder
of The Midwifery Management of Neonatal Resuscitation, midwife
and clinical director at Maternidad La Luz Birth Center.
Jan Tedder, BSN, CS, FNP
Durham, North Carolina
Family nurse practitioner, certified in Brazelton’s NBAS and
Touchpoints programs, developed The HUG program.
Nick Wechsler, MA
Chicago, Illinois
Assistant Director of Program Development for the Ounce of
Prevention Fund, infant specialist, co-author of the book, Teenagers
and Their Babies: A Perinatal Home Visitor’s Guide and contributor
to the book, Beacon of Hope: The Promise of Early Head Start for
America’s Children.
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