Jill Bergman

Jill is passionate about helping parents and their babies get the best start in life. She is an advocate, a voice for the newborn. She received her Teachers Diploma from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 1983. She taught in Zimbabwe and South Africa and lectured at the teachers training college. She has …

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Liz O’Shea

Liz began her midwifery journey out of a deep desire to share the joy of birthing at home. She wanted all women to experience what it is like to feel the innate power within them to give birth. Following her first home birth in 1982, she began studying to be a birth assistant in Rahima …

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Horatio Daub, MD, MPH

Dr. Daub received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from M.I.T. He went on to receive his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed a residency in Family Medicine at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. He later received a Master’s degree in public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He has been …

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Cristin Tighe

Cristin certified as a BirthWorks Childbirth Educator in 2010 and in 2020 cross-certified as a BirthWorks Birth Doula & Postpartum Doula. (She’s also DONA Birth/Postpartum Doula certified). She’s honored to serve BirthWorks by coordinating strategic and program development in the US and abroad. Cristin is a Yoga Teacher/Trainer and has three children – her daughter by waterbirth …

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Dr. Nils Bergman

Dr. Bergman’s passion starts with “skin-to-skin” contact of mother and baby. He qualified in Cape Town, South Africa, then worked as a Manama Mission doctor in Zimbabwe. With midwife Agneta Jurisoo, he developed and implemented Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for premature babies. Since then, the ongoing research has been presented as keynote lectures at conferences …

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Cathy Daub

Cathy is a pediatric physical therapist who is founder, designer, and president of BirthWorks International. She is author of Birthing in the Spirit- a human values approach to childbirth, and Doulas of Love and is co-author of the BirthWorks Childbirth Educator Manual, and the Doula Journal Workbook. Cathy has taught childbirth education and doula workshops …

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Melissa Johnson

Melissa is a self-made businesswoman with a natural entrepreneurial spirit. Her background which includes owning a wellness center and yoga studio, as well as a doula agency, grew into a desire to help others build intentional businesses and see their visions become a reality. Now, as owner of Simplified Website Design, Melissa offers small business …

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Cristin Tighe
Program Director & International Coordinator
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