Meet our 2018-2019 Board

Megan Wood, IBCLC
​President
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Megan’s passion for maternal health was born 16 years ago along with her first pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding experience. Since giving birth to her daughter in 2002, she has been a birth doula, a midwifery student, a midwife, a postpartum doula, a lactation intern, a board-certified lactation consultant with a small private practice, and in 2018, a perinatal health educator at a major hospital and board president for BALA. She is excited to play a role in bringing together lactation professionals from all around the Bay Area to network and share in continuing education opportunities. ​

Lynn Thiebaud, RN, IBCLC
Vice-President

​Lynn Thiebaud is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant working with breastfeeding families in the Bay Area since 2008. She has worked in many settings, including hospitals and WIC agencies in Alameda County and Contra Costa County. She is a volunteer at La Clinica San Antonio and currently has a private practice doing home visits in the East Bay.
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Sarah Quigley, MA, IBCLC
​Membership

After a career in writing and teaching, Sarah became a mother to two wonderful girls and found a new passion: breastfeeding. She is a long-time volunteer with La Leche League, a perinatal educator at UCSF, and a lactation consultant in private practice in the Bay Area. ​

Ellen Schwerin, MPH, IBCLC
Treasurer

Ellen is the mom of one 12-year old boy, three cats, one bearded dragon, and one business: Happy Milk Lactation Support. She is a non-judgmental IBCLC doing home visits in the East Bay and SanFrancisco, and is in-network with Aetna.

Katie Howser, IBCLC
Education
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Katie Howser is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) based in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from San Francisco State University, she attended the University of California San Diego for lactation and then performed 300 clinical hours at Kaiser San Francisco Hospital. Katie is very active, providing in-home lactation services and she worked with over 1,000 families. Katie believes in the importance of lactation support and she provides balanced non-judgmental services.
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Jasmine Marquez, MPH, IBCLC
​Secretary

Jasmine is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant who has been passionately working in the field of Public Health, specifically in the field of Maternal, Infant, and Child health, for over 8 years. She has a private Lactation Consulting practice in the East Bay, works inpatient and outpatient as a Lactation Consultant at Highland Hospital, and is also working with different community organizations to provide lactation support to underserved populations.

Paula Santi, IBCLC
​Past President

​Paula Santi is the mother of two young men, and an IBCLC in private practice serving the East Bay with Home visits, particularly east of the Caldecott Tunnel.​