Organizations (in many cases, names of organizations' officers
have changed since ratification):
Academy of Certified
Birth Educators (Ottawa, KS), Judie C. Wika, RNC, MSN, CNM,
CCE, Linda M. Herrick, RNC, BSN, CCE, CD, Sally Riley, BSEd,
CCE, CD, Co-Directors
American Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth (The Bradley MethodTM), (Sherman Oaks, CA), Jay & Marjie Hathaway, Executive Directors
American College of Nurse-Midwives (Washington, DC), Joyce Roberts, CNM, PhD, FAAN, FACNM, President
College of Domiciliary Midwives (Palo Alto, CA), Faith Gibson, CPM, Executive Director
Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators (Cambridge, MA), Jessica L. Porter, President
Association for Pre- & Perinatal Psychology & Health (Geyserville, CA), David B. Chamberlain, PhD, President
Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing (Washington, DC), Joy Grohar, RNC, MS, President
Attachment Parenting International, (Nashville, TN), Lysa Parker, BS, and Barbara Nicholson, MEd, Co-Founders
Birthworks, Inc. (Medford, NJ), Cathy E. Daub, RPT, CCE, President
Center for Perinatal Research & Family Support (River Vale, NJ), Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Executive Director
Doulas of North America Seattle, WA), Barbara A. Hotelling, RN, BSN, CD, FACCE, President
The Farm (Summertown, TN), Ina May Gaskin, President
Global Maternal/Child Health Association (Wilsonville, OR), Barbara Harper, RN, President
Informed Home Birth/Informed Birth & Parenting (Ann Arbor, MI), Rahima Baldwin Dancy, CPM, President
International Association of Infant Massage (Oak View, NY), Ellen Kerr, RN, BSN, MST, CIMI, President
International Childbirth Education Association (Minneapolis, MN), Cheryl Coleman, RN, BSN, ICCE, President
International Lactation Consultant Association (Raleigh NC), Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC, President
La Leche League International (Schaumburg, IL), Carol Kolar, RN, Director of Education & Outreach
Lamaze International(formerly ASPO/Lamaze) (Washington, DC), Deborah Woolley, CNM, PhD, FACCE, President
Midwifery Today (Eugene, OR), Jan Tritten, TMME, Editor
Midwives Alliance of North America (Newton, KS), Ina May Gaskin, President
Midwives of Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA), Roxanne Potter, CNM, Kate Bowland, CNM, Co-Directors
National Association of Childbearing Centers (Perkiomenville, PA), Susan Stapleton, MSN,CNM, President
National Association of Postpartum Care Services (Denver, CO), Gerri Levrini, RN, MSN, CNAA, President
North American Registry of Midwives (Nashville, TN), Sharon Wells, MS, LM, CPM,Coordinator
Wellness Associates (Asheville, NC), John W. Travis, MD, MPH, Meryn G. Callander, ME, BSW, Co-Directors
Individuals:
Sondra Abdulla-Zaimah, MN, CNM, CPM, Senegal, W. Africa
Shannon Anton, CPM, San Francisco, CA
Susanne Arms, Bayfield, CO, Immaculate Deception
Brian Berman, Bainbridge Island, WA
Mary Brucker, CNM, DNSc, Dallas, TX
Raymond Castellino, DC, RPP, Santa Barbara, CA
Elena Carrillo, LCCE, FACCE, CD, Mexico City, Mexico
Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD, Austin, TX, Birth as an American Rite of Passage
Henci Goer, BA, ACCE, Sunnyvale, CA, Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities and The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
Dorothy Harrison, IBCLC, Edmunds WA
Jack Heinowitz, PhD, San Diego, CA, Pregnant Fathers
Tina Kimmel, MSW, MPH, Berkeley, CA
Marshall Klaus, MD, Berkeley, CA, Bonding--Building the Foundation for Secure Attachment and Independence
Phyllis Klaus, CSW, MFCC, Berkeley, CA, The Amazing Newborn
Judith Lothian, RN, PhD, FACC, Brooklyn, NY
Susan Sobin Pease, MBA, CIMI, CMT, San Francisco, CA
Paulina G. Perez,RN, BSN, FACCE, Johnson, VT, Special Women
James W. Prescott, PhD, San Diego, CA, Brain Function and Malnutrition
Mayri Sagady, RN, CNM, MSN, San Diego, CA
Karen A. Salt, CCE, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ
Irene Sandvold, DrPH, CNM, Rockville, MD
Roberta M. Scaer, MSS, Boulder, CO, A Good Birth, A Safe Birth
Betsy K. Schwartz, MMHS, Coconut Creek, FL
Penny Simpkin, PT, Seattle, WA, The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know toHelp a Woman through Childbirth
Suzanne Suarez, JD, RN, St Petersburg, FL
Sandy Szalay, ARNP, CCE, Seattle, WA
Marsden Wagner, MD, MSPH, Washington, DC, Pursuing the Birth Machine
Diony Young, Geneseo, NY