Conference Speakers
Diana West, BA, IBCLC
Diana is an IBCLC in private practice, co-author of the 8th edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk, and Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Procedures. She is the author of the Clinician's Breastfeeding Triage Tool and Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.
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Chris Clark, IBCLC, RCP, RMT
Chris
has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant since 1999. She
has spent almost three decades counseling nursing women- with involvement in La
Leche League, mother support groups, high risk birthing centers, rural
hospitals, and as a WIC peer counselor. She has worked as a doula, respiratory
therapist, and cardiac rehab specialist.
Chris is credited with bringing Kangaroo Care to this country, after her last child was born prematurely at United Hospital in St. Paul. After her successful piloting and advocacy of this treatment, the hospital began a program to encourage other parents to try skin to skin to improve outcomes for premies. As the founder and director of BlessingWay Family Services, she has developed and implemented numerous initiatives including mother to mother mentoring programs, promotion of kangaroo care, and mentoring aspiring Lactation Consultants.
Chris is credited with bringing Kangaroo Care to this country, after her last child was born prematurely at United Hospital in St. Paul. After her successful piloting and advocacy of this treatment, the hospital began a program to encourage other parents to try skin to skin to improve outcomes for premies. As the founder and director of BlessingWay Family Services, she has developed and implemented numerous initiatives including mother to mother mentoring programs, promotion of kangaroo care, and mentoring aspiring Lactation Consultants.
LaVonne Moore, DNP, RN, CNM, IBCLC, ICEA
LaVonne has a Doctorate in Nursing Practice, is a Registered Nurse, Certified Women’s Healthcare Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and Childbirth Educator. She is a spiritual midwife, health educator, consultant and activist providing health education and services in a variety of formats for over two decades. She desires all women to know the blessings of a healthy life, pregnancy, and birth.