Anna is a Registered Dietitian for the Woman Infants and Children (WIC) program in Boise, Idaho. She holds a Master of Nutrition and completed a Dietetic Internship at Idaho State University-Meridian and a Bachelor of Food Science and Nutrition with a Specialization in Dietetics from Central Washington University. Her family resides in Washington, Oregon, and Arizona. Outside work, you can find Anna in her miniature porch garden where she has crammed as many vegetables and herbs as possible. She enjoys yoga, adventure walks, woodworking, kayaking and feeding people she loves. Anna has a passion for wellness at any age but has a burning desire to serve the demographic she currently sees through the WIC program. This includes lactation promotion and education in her personal and professional life, learning ways to establish a foundation of eating starting in the womb throughout childhood and supporting parents best she can during the potentially challenging stage of starting a family. Anna is now working on adding IBCLC behind her name working towards her lactation consultant licensure. Anna has an empathetic heart and a passion for advocating for women’s health.

For more than 25 years Christine has taught classes for parents in a Baby Friendly hospital, spoken at schools, toddler groups, and parent education organizations, and facilitated support groups for new parents. In addition to her work with parents, since 2011 Christine has worked with Evergreen Perinatal Education and lectured nationally at infant feeding conferences, teaching healthcare professionals and guiding them in how to take care of the vulnerable pregnant and postpartum families they serve. Her classes blend a genuine love of parents and their children, a sense of humor, and compassion, while at the same time delivering evidence-based, best practice information. Some areas of expertise include infant feeding, discipline, weaning, safe sleep, maternal mental health, growth & development, fostering a healthy relationship with food, extended family relationships, and other joys and challenges that parents face. Realizing that the need is great and not everyone can make their way into a classroom, Christine founded Strength and Surrender. For parenting and lactation tips without any shame or guilt messages, just practical insights and lots of empathy, follow her on Instagram @strengthandsurrender.

Molly received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seattle University and then earned her certification as an IBCLC. Her dedication to improving healthcare outcomes for families in high-risk newborn care units around the globe reflects her enduring passion for making a positive impact on global health initiatives. With over 15 years of experience as a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse, Molly currently serves as the Senior Clinical Support Manager at Adara Development. In her current capacity, Molly leads clinical support efforts for Adara's health teams, offering invaluable advice and guidance while spearheading the development of best practice clinical training materials. She fosters collaboration with healthcare partners, ensuring the delivery of optimal care to communities in Uganda and Nepal, drawing from her experience as a volunteer and member of the International Medical Volunteer team, where she contributed to the Hospital to Home project in Uganda. Prior to joining Adara and Evergreen Perinatal Education, Molly served as the chair of the multidisciplinary Feeding Committee, working closely with Ginna Wall, and played a key role in NICU lactation program development at the University of Washington Medical Center. Her extensive experience includes educating staff, working directly with birthing parents, and advocating for the nutritional needs of medically fragile infants.

For two decades, Mark worked as the Coordinator of Perinatal and Pediatric Support Projects at M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital, where he supported families with lactation, perinatal loss, and pediatric bereavement. Working with local partners and as former Board of Director of the Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition, Mark established 4 milk collection depots for the local HMBANA milk bank, facilitated the first U.S. fatwa authorizing the use of donor milk and facilitated dispensary arrangement for donor milk. Mark does lecture writing and social media work for EPE.

Melissa received her degree in Computer Science from Duke University and has been working in the web development industry for over 19 years. She has been maintaining the EPE website since 2007.