Board of Directors
Jennifer Riley, RN, IBCLC, Chair, Lactation Consultant, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Richard Cohn, PhD, Clerk, Principal Scientist, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Alan L. Feld, Treasurer
Naomi Bar-Yam, PhD, ACSW, Executive Director, Ex officio
Joanne Brown, EdM, MPH, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, VNA Care
Monique DaSilva, Head, Corporate Communications, Spark Therapeutics
Lillian Graffam, Freelance communications consultant/writer, LG Communications
Robert M. Insoft, MD, Medical Director, Ex officio
Ralph Lieberman, Senior Advisor, OC&C Strategy Consultants
Natalee P. Martin, M.S., Associate Director of Development, UConn Health; former milk donor
David Newburg, PhD, Research Advisory Board Chair, Ex officio
Mark I. Rosen, PhD, Associate Professor, Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program, Brandeis University
Ruth Vishniavsky, RDH, MS, IBCLC
Medical Advisory Board
Robert M. Insoft, MD, Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Dara Barnett, RN, IBCLC, Maimonides Infants and Children’s Hospital
Shelly Bazes, MS, RN, WHNP-BC, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Jonathan Blau, MD, FAAP, Director of Neonatology, Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Darlene Breed, RN, IBCLC, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Martha C. Caprio, MD, FAAP, Director, NYU Langone Medical Center Regional Perinatal Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine
Jane Crotteau, BSN, RNC, IBCLC
Marianne Garland, MD, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
Lauren Hanley, MD, FACOG, IBCLC, FABM, Medical Director of Lactation and Attending Physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Emily Hashim, MS, RD, LDN, Boston Children’s Hospital
Matt Hohenboken, MD, PhD, Therapeutic Area Head for Clinical Development of Pandemic and Other Vaccines, Seqirus
Susanna Huh, MD, MPH, Director, Growth and Nutrition Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Susan B. Laster, MD, FAAP, Offices of Drs. Roth, Rotter, and Laster
Mehran Nesari, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Lawrence Noble, MD, FABM, FAAP, IBCLC, Elmhurst Hospital
Paula Oliveira, RN, IBCLC
Vinisha Singhi, MD, FAAP, Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Karen Sussman-Karten, RN, IBCLC, Lactation Specialist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR, Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Director of Clinical Research, Neonatology, Yale School of Medicine
Susan Worden, RN, IBCLC, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
Research Advisory Board
David Newburg, PhD, Research Advisory Board Chair; Director, DSN Medical Consulting
Mandy Brown Belfort, MD, MPH, Attending Neonatologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth Brownell, PhD, MA, Perinatal Epidemiologist, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center
Marcia Marker Feld, PhD
Ardythe Morrow, PhD, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Human Milk and Lactation; Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Margaret Parker, MD, MPH, Attending Neonatologist, Boston Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine
Richard Schanler, MD, Co-Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Research Laboratory, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York; Investigator, Center for Immunology and Inflammation, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research; Professor, Pediatrics, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
