Speaker Biographies

Highlighted Speakers:

Dr Mary Renfrew, RGN, SCM, PhD author and Professor of Mother and Infant Health, Department of Health Sciences, University of York UK who has been the principal researcher on a number of funded UK research projects and is the co-author of The New Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You.

Dr Mark Cregan, BSc, PhD, Faculty Director of International Programmes in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Western Australia who, with his doctoral students, is working towards better understanding the cellular components of breastmilk during lactation.

Dr Julie Smith, BEc(Hons1), BA (Asian Studies), PhD (Ec) an Australian economist and lay breastfeeding counsellor, who is currently researching a book on the economics of mothers’ milk.


Additional Invited Speakers:

Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, ILCA Secretary; private practice IBCLC working in varied work settings.

Cathy Carothers, BLA, IBCLC, ILCA Director of Marketing and co-director and co-founder of EVERY MOTHER, Inc., a nonprofit organization providing counseling and lactation training services.

Glenda Dickerson, RN, MS, IBCLC; USLCA President; Lactation Services Manager at Brookwood Women’s Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.

Joan Fisher, RN, BN, MEd, IBCLC; Director, Lactation Consulting Services, private practice, Ottawa, Canada and presenter of DVD Teaching Breastfeeding Mothers

Dr Leon Gross, PhD, Director of Psychometrics & Research National Board of Examiners in Optometry and Psychometric Consultant, IBLCE, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Professor Tom Hale, RPh, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Amarillo, Texas, USA and author of Medications and Mothers' Milk

Dr Jane Heinig, PhD, IBCLC, Academic Administrator, Department of Nutrition UC Davis, California, USA; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Human Lactation

Becky Mannel, BS, BA, IBCLC, ILCA President; Coordinator of the Lactation Center at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

Paula Meier, RN, DNSc, FAAN Director for Clinical Research and Lactation at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Diane Powers, BA, IBCLC; Billings Clinic, Montana, USA and private practice IBCLC

Sue Saunders, RM, IBCLC, Director, Lactation Consultant Services private practice, Kemsing, UK and ILCA-WABA Fellow, Penang, Malaysia.

Dr Christina Smillie, MD, FABM, IBCLC; Private Practice, Breastfeeding Medicine
Stratford, Connecticut, USA and presenter of DVD Baby-Led Breastfeeding… The Mother−Baby Dance

Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC, private practice IBCLC and author of Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants.

Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSEd, IBCLC; private practice IBCLC and co-author of The Breastfeeding Atlas