Organizational Leaders
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Organizational Leaders


Below is a listing of Lamaze leaders. If you are a Lamaze member and interested in participating in our leadership on the Lamaze Board of Directors or a committee, learn more about volunteering.

Board of Directors
Professional Staff

Lamaze Board of Directors

The Lamaze Bylaws establish the following:

"The management of Lamaze International and the responsibility to delegate duties to other individuals or committees as are deemed necessary are vested in the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors shall consist of eleven (11) voting members.

At-Large Directors shall serve a four-year term, unless they become an Officer earlier.  The term of At-Large Directors shall begin with the close of the outgoing Annual Board of Directors meeting held within three days of the Annual Membership Meeting at which they were elected, and shall continue until his or her successor takes office approximately four years later."

Officers serve in their respective capacities through the year listed below. The expiration year of the four-year term of each At-Large Director is also listed below.

Kacy Cutler
President
Board Term ends in 2024

Tanya Cawthorne, LCCE, FACCE
Immediate Past-President
Board Term ends in 2023

Jessica Deeb, MS, RN, WHNP-BC, IBCLC, LCCE
President-Elect
Board Term ends in 2025

Robin Gibson Douthit, LCCE, CLC, CD(DONA), MA
Secretary/Treasurer
Board Term ends in 2023

Brenda Kirkpatrick

Naima Beckles, MA, LCCE, CD
LCCE Educator Director
Board Term ends in 2023

Marilyn Curl

Shauna Lively, RN, EdD, LCCE
LCCE Educator Director
Board Term ends in 2024

Naima Beckles

Teresa Navarro, LCCE
LCCE Educator Director
Board Term ends in 2025

Trinisha Williams, LM, CM, MPH, LCCE, FACCE, LC
LCCE Educator Director
Board Term ends in 2025

 

Leslie Arnott, LCCE
LCCE Educator Director
Board Term ends in 2026

 

Meghan Bardwell, MSN-CNM, LCCE, CLC
LCCE Educator Director
Board Term ends in 2026

 

Marcela Souza, LCCE, CD(DONA), CBS
Director-At-Large
Board Term ends in 2026

Silvia Quevedo, CAE
Executive Director

 

 

Lamaze Professional Staff

Operations and Membership

Katherine Ruff

Katherine Ruff
Membership and Operations Coordinator
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You can contact me about:
Member Services, General Memberships, Childbirth Educator Seminars, Certification, Recertification, Exam Enrollment and Administration

Jackie Zhang

Jackie Zhang
Membership and Operations Associate
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You can contact me about:
Membership services, General membership,  Certification, Recertification, Exam Enrollment and Administration

Hannah Miller 
Membership and Operations Senior Coordinator
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You can contact me about:
Membership services, General membership,  Certification, Recertification, Exam Enrollment and Administration

Marketing and Communications

Lauren Liacouras

Lauren Lamoureux
Marketing and Communications Senior Manager
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You can contact me about:
Lamaze Ahead, Marketing and Communications Strategy 

Jasmine Guerra

Jasmine Guerra
Marketing and Communications Manager
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You can contact me about:
The Lamaze Podcast, Educator Resources, Strategic Partnerships, Inside Lamaze Newsletter, Conference Marketing, Parent Marketing, Membership Marketing

Amy Bajwa
Marketing and Communications Coordinator 
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You can contact me about:
Membership Marketing, Conference Marketing, Certification Marketing, Community and Content Management

Education and Learning

Jill Swanson

Jill Swanson
Education Coordinator
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You can contact me about:
Parent Education, Online Classes, Continuing Education, Educator Resources

Liz Dombrowski
Certification Manager
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You can contact me about:
Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator certification

Government Relations

John Richardson

John Richardson
Policy and Government Relations Director
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Molly Giammarco

Molly Giammarco
Senior Government Relations Manager
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Accounting

Johnathan Culbreath
Accounting Manager 
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Information Technology

Denis Janis

Denis Janis
Senior IT Manager
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