Fine tuning our foundations (Programs, Position Papers) Increased inter-organizational collaborations Promoting a strong social media presence Maintaining financial stability Stop by our booth and order your ICEA polo shirt today!

Two great projects that help expectant parents AND professionals!

The ICEA Advisory Board Anne-Marie (Dolly) Wagner, ICCE, CD: ICEA Board Member Chair, Scholarship Committee 2008-Present, Chair, Conference Committee , Childbirth Education Program Coordinator & Educator at MATC , Childbirth Educator at Group Health Cooperative 2000-Present. From Madison, WI Cheri Beth Hollman Grant RN,ICCE, CLC, ICD, CLD, CD BDT(DONA) ICEA Certified CBE and Doula 1989-Present; Founder, Premier Birth Tools; Founder, DONEOK. From Sperry, OK Candy Mueller, ICCE, CD ICEA Board Member, ; Director of Business Development Florida Childbirth Resources. From Palm Harbor, Florida

The ICEA Advisory Board cont’d Jeanette Schwartz, RN, ICCE-CD-IAT: ICEA Past President, Clinical Director Maternity Care at Woodwinds Health Campus Co-Founder of JM Birth Consultants From Shoreview, MN Nicette Jukelevics, ICCE Author: Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth: Making Informed Decisions; Webmaster From Los Angeles, CAwww.vbac.com Deb Codde, IAT-ICCE-ICPFE-ICD, CD (DONA) Owner, Southern Michigan Doulas and Childbirth Education Webmaster From Marshall, MIwww.michigandoulas.com

The ICEA Professional Board Debra Pascali- Bonaro Kathy Kendall Tackett Linda J. Smith Dr. Sarah Buckley Birdie Gunyon Meyer

ICEA IATs Around The World

2013 Sail-a-bration! 2016

ICEA has signed on with ACNM on the Healthy Birth Initiative. I am now a member of the ACNM HPI task force and am helping to get the information distributed and available to doulas, childbirth educators and lactation consultants. Other organizations we have looked at to support and to form collaboration include: The White Ribbon Alliance, World Organization Perinatal Education Associations ( OMAEP), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Baby Friendly USA, 1000 Days Project, AIMS Ireland, Global Perinatal Initiative, Academy of Women’s Obstetrical Neonatal Nurses (AWOHNN), Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH). I have responded to the Similac media campaign negatively portrayed breastfeeding women and moms in general. Currently working on a response to the negative article on contaminants in breastmilk. I have worked on group projects to help with the ICEA vendor booth and to help create a speakers bureau. I will continue to review organizations for collaboration and be ready to respond to misinformation in the media.

ICEA ICEAchildbirth ICEA ICEA_org Increased Interaction & information # ICEAFAN

Promote, Celebrate & Advocate

What’s New? HangOut with the President #iceachat 4 th Thursday each month 11 am ET ICEA Members Minute #iceachat

Continue social media efforts Prepare for 2016 conference Print advertising Infographics/branding Contests

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New Offering: Early Lactation Care Workshop- offered to childbirth educators and doulas, focus on care and education to get mothers and babies started breastfeeding successfully CEs for completion. One and one half day workshop. Free to all ICEA members- a 41 slide breastfeeding class with evidence-based information and approved pictures, includes current references. Added a new breastfeeding tab to the homepage for current information resources and information for parents and professionals

ICEA is now represented with 4 members: Donna Walls, Myra Lowrie, Katrina Pinkerton and Barbara Crotty serving on several committees and constellations. Monthly breastfeeding blogs are posted on topics including informal milk sharing, the newborn microbiome and the effects of labor interventions ICEA will be working with ILCA to developed a position paper on safe infant sleep

 Professional Childbirth Educator  Fully revised, updated and streamlined.  Accessed on ICEA website with your passcode.  Postpartum Doula  Revised and updated  Certification exam added  Birth Doula  Updated and available online

 All position papers have been updated by your board members.  Post-tests were written for each one, so that alternate contact hours may be earned.

 18 Teaching Idea Sheets have been revised to be relevant to today’s teachers.  Find them on our website!

 Myra represents ICEA at the USDA Breastfeeding Promotion Consortium. The group meets in Washington, DC twice yearly. We are a forum for dialogue between professional health organizations, breastfeeding advocacy groups and Federal agencies to promote, support, and protect breastfeeding  Myra served on the Advisory Committee on Community Support for Breastfeeding, which convened by the USBC in as part of the Best Fed Beginnings project. January 2015 we discussed opportunities and options to continue to convene this Committee, perhaps with a slightly different name/format, beyond the end of the Best Fed Beginnings initiative this past spring. I am pleased to report that we have been able to carry on the conversation through the USBC’s new “Constellation Mode” as the “Continuity of Care” topic. I will continue to represent ICEA at USBC “Continuity of Care” conversation meetings.  Myra is a member of the USBC Formula Marketing conversation. She had the pleasure of a one on one meeting with Eva Seidelman, Researcher Commercial Alert, PublicCitizen.

ICEA Executive Director Holly Currie

2015 Accomplishments Cryo cell Scholarships/MMI International Journal of Childbirth Education

US ICEA Members: 1,282 Canada: 52 Other International: 47 Total ICEA Members Worldwide: 1,381

Childbirth Educator Birth Doula Prenatal Fitness Postpartum Doula Childbirth Educator Total Certified: 900 Enrollments in Birth Doula Total Certified: 183 Enrollments in Prenatal Fitness Total Certified: 47 Enrollments in 2015 Postpartum Doula Total Certified: 11 Enrollments in

The 2015 ICEA Awards

The 2015 ICEA Member of the Year Award

The 2015 ICEA Approved Trainer of the Year

The 2015 ICEA President’s Award

The 2015 Doris Haire Life Time Achievement Award

The ICEA Board of Directors Thank YOU for your support of women and families And For your constant support of this amazing organization!