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New Hampshire Breastfeeding Task Force

MEMBERS OF THE NH BREASTFEEDING TASK FORCE

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services gratefully acknowledges the following members for their time and commitment to the development of this breastfeeding guide.


Kelly Bellemare
Manchester

Mary Jane Chase, RNC, MN, CCE, IBCLC
Whitefield, NH

Shari Cohen-Blockis, CLC
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
York Hospital
York, Maine

Lynne Colbath, RNC, BSN, IBCLC
Memorial Hospital
North Conway

Jane C. Crotteau, BSN, RNC, IBCLC
Exeter Hospital
Exeter

Judith Dodge, BS, CLC
Belknap-Merrimack Co. CAP/WIC
Concord

Mimi Driefus, RN, CLC
Good Beginnings
Claremont

Lynn Duffy, RN, IBCLC
Concord Hospital

Margaret Furnari, RNC, IBCLC
Catholic Medical Center
Manchester

Laurie C. Geck, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Londonderry

Maureen Gilbert-Thibault, MEd, RNC, IBCLC
Breastfeeding Promotion Coordinator
Bureau of Nutrition and Health Promotion
Concord

Kathleen Govatski, MSN, CCE, IBCLC
Littleton Regional Hospital
Littleton

Alison V. Holmes, MD, MPH
Pediatrician
NH Dartmouth Family Practice Residency
Concord

Karen Jameson, RN, CLC
Good Beginnings
Claremont

Cindy Johnson, RN, BSN, LCCE, IBCLC
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Derry

Elizabeth Keith, RN, IBCLC
Portsmouth Regional Hospital

Emily Kelly, BSN, RNC, IBCLC
Littleton Regional Hospital
Littleon

Joyce Kelly, RN
Laconia, NH 03246

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC
Chairman, NH Breastfeeding Task Force
La Leche League Leader, Lactation Consultant,
Health Psychologist
Family Research Lab, University of New Hampshire

Audrey Knight, MSN, ARNP
Child Health Nurse Consultant
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Office of Family & Community Health
Concord

Lisa Lamadriz, RNC, IBCLC
Intensive Care Nursery
Children's Hospital at DHMC
Lebanon

Dawn Libby, CMA, CLC
Dover Pediatrics
Dover

Jean M. Loiselle, RNC, IBCLC
Wentworth Douglass Hospital
Dover

Sue Madden, RN, IBCLC
Portsmouth Regional Hospital

Kelly Nordstrom, ARNP
New Boston

Pat O'Connell, RN, MEd, IBCLC
Monadnock Community Hospital
Peterborough

Paula Oliveira, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Founding Chairman - NH Breastfeeding Task Force
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston

Suzanne Parodi, RN, IBCLC
Elliot Hospital
Manchester

Rebecca Pockl, RN, IBCLC
Nashua Pediatrics
Southern NH Regional Medical Center
Nashua

Jolenne Short Porter, RNC, MS, IBCLC, ICCE
Amesbury, MA

Kristen Prescott, MD, IBCLC
Pediatrician
Riverfront Medical Group
Tilton

Nancy Ramirez, RN, IBCLC
Elliot Hospital
Manchester

Michelle Scott, MA, RD, IBCLC
Consultant, Bureau of Special Medical Services

Betty Quinlan Sheldon, RN, IBCLC
Family Birthplace
Lakes Regional General Healthcare
Laconia

Mardrey Swenson, DC, IBCLC
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Lebanon

Deb West, RN, BSN, CCE, IBCLC
HCA Parkland Medical Center
Derry

Bonny Whalen, MD, IBCLC
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
Lebanon

Petronella Wilkey, RNC, IBCLC
Catholic Medical Center
Manchester



ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Kathleen Craig, RNC, IBCLC
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon

Pam DiNapoli, Ph.D.
School of Nursing
University of New Hampshire
Durham

Liz Gaudette, RN, LCCE, CD
Liaison from DONA
Salem

Barbara Leafe, RN, IBCLC
Director, Maternity Services
Catholic Medical Center
Manchester

Torun Rhodes, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon

Lisa Stolper, MD
Obstetrician
Cheshire Medical Center
Keene

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