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Christie works as a director at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, focused on leading programming and interventions nationally on patient safety, quality improvement, and improving outcomes for all birthing families. With over 20 year of nursing experience, Christie has worked as a Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, NICU and Birthing Center nurse, and managed a state-wide program for pregnant individuals with active substance use disorder. She continues to work clinically in a local NICU. As an advocate for families of all sorts, she is committed to supporting the center’s provision of high-quality, equitable care, and services, particularly to people who have not felt centered in spaces like these traditionally. Christie lives in Maryland with her husband Seth, 2 hilarious teenage people who would now protest being called children but still don’t shower without encouragement, and an assortment of pets.

Lauren is a Project Manager with Axiom Data Science. Her background is in Marine Science, focusing on human and environmental resilience to disasters. Lauren found the breastfeeding center prior to having her son Emmet and took advantage of all the services they had to offer. This led her to become more involved in areas of parental support and providing equitable services to the greater DC community. She has found this work directly correlates to creating resilient communities and resilient families in the face of natural or man made disasters. She supports the center as board Secretary and provides general technical support and coordination. She also serves on the board’s Health Equity/Diversity committee. Lauren lives in NE DC with her son, husband and 2 dogs, Betty Lou and Lena.

Torey Corrado is a human resources professional with over a decade of experience across talent and performance management, employee and leadership development, organizational design, and talent acquisition. She currently serves as an HR Business Partner at Capital One where she leads a team of HRBPs supporting talent strategy and execution for leaders and employees within the Technology organization. Torey became aware of the Breastfeeding Center while preparing for the birth of her first child, and is excited to give back to this community so that others can continue to count on the holistic support the Center provides. Torey lives in the Navy Yard neighborhood with her husband and 2-year-old daughter.

Sarah is a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. Prior to her legal career, she worked as a legislative aide in the Virginia General Assembly. Sarah found the Breastfeeding Center while pregnant with her son, Harlan, and became passionate about breastfeeding advocacy and postpartum support. In addition to connecting the Center with legal advice and support, she is committed to expanding the Center’s supportive community and advocating for breastfeeding, breastfeeders, and their families. Sarah lives in Southwest DC with her husband, son, and their cat, Tuna.

Kristal Dail is a public health professional with over 16 years of experience working for federally funded maternal and child health and nutrition programs. She currently serves as a Project Officer/ Public Health Analyst with the HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureaus Healthy Start Program where she provides programmatic oversight and technical assistance to her assigned Healthy Start Projects across the nation. Prior to this, she also served as the DC Healthy Start Program Manager providing oversight, monitoring and planning to support successful implementation and operation of the DC Healthy Start Program. Concurrently, Ms. Dail also oversaw additional Maternal and Child Health programs in the District such as the Healthy Steps Program and the Nurse Family Partnership First Time Mothers Program. In the past, Ms. Dail has worked for various maternal and child health and nutrition federally funded programs for the District such as the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and Supplemental Nutrition Education Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) USDA child nutrition program and has also assisted with the HRSA Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Ms. Dail received her Master's in Public Health from George Washington University.

Lizamarie is invested in disrupting the ways in which we provide care to those systematically underserved at the intersection of reproductive and maternal health care. Lizamarie is passionate about social justice issues, is committed to advancing access to quality, comprehensive care, and centers those historically marginalized. As the Senior Program Associate at Rhia Ventures, Lizamarie works to influence the business community to support maternal and reproductive health access. Prior to Rhia Ventures, Lizamarie was the State Issues Manager at the Guttmacher Institute. Lizamarie became aware of the Breastfeeding Center when she encountered her own breastfeeding challenges with her first child and is thrilled to support the Center in serving breast/chestfeeding people in the wider DC area.