O'Connor, Barbara: - Barbara O'Connor, RN, BSN, IBCLC holds degrees in nursing and elementary education. She has worked in a variety of settings as a newborn nursery nurse, school nurse, HIV/AIDS educator and WIC Coordinator. Barbara is active in several task forces. She was a member of the first International People to People Breastfeeding and Human Lactation Delegations to Russia, Romania and Cuba.

Blair, Anna Cadwell: - Anna Blair, PhD, CLC, has focused her work primarily on evidence-based practice, ethics and teamwork with maternal and child health in the area of community and hospital based workgroups and task forces. Her masters degree is in Organizational Behavior. Anna is a doctoral student studying Health Communications at the Union Institute. She was one of the world-wide coordinators for the GLOPAR project. She is the co-author of Toward Evidence Based Breastfeeding Practice.

Cadwell, Karin: - Karin Cadwell, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANLC, IBCLC is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker, researcher and educator in the field of health communication and maternal child health. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in the field of nursing and a PhD in health policy. She has worked in hospitals and in public health settings and as university faculty in health communication and maternal child health. She convened Baby-Friendly USA, implementing the UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in the US. Dr. Cadwell served on the IBLCE Panel of Experts to develop the first certification exam. Her extensive clinical experience includes hospital and community practice, and she continues to counsel nursing mothers on Cape Cod.She is a currently a member of the faculty of the Healthy Children Project as was a member of the faculty of Union Institute and University's Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees in maternal child health. She was Visiting Professor and chair of the Health Communication Master's Program at Emerson College (a joint appointment with Tufts University School of Medicine and Public Health) where she taught courses in health behavior change, risk communication and health communication.She is the author of numerous books and articles in the field of nutrition and maternal child health.

Turner-Maffei, Cindy: - Cynthia (Cindy) Turner-Maffei, MA, ALC, IBCLC is a lead faculty member of the Healthy Children Project, Inc., where she develops and conducts training programs and research projects. A frequent speaker on the national and international level, she served as national coordinator of Baby-Friendly USA for 14 years, overseeing the assessment and designation of more than 100 U.S. Baby-Friendly maternity facilities. Cindy has worked as a nutritionist and breastfeeding educator in WIC and other maternal child health programs, in clinical and private practice settings as a nutritionist and lactation consultant, and as a professor at Union Institute and University. A member of breastfeeding coalitions on the regional and national level, including the US Breastfeeding Committee, she is also the author of several articles, monographs, and books, including Continuity of Care: Best Practices in the Maternity Setting (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2009). She has had the honor of collaborating in research into the impact of education and practice on maternal child health outcomes in the U.S. and in Latvia, Egypt, Sweden, and is currently developing research on the impact of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices on dietary diversity in later life.