BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The MMBNE has many dedicated professionals and parents working to create and sustain the milk bank.Medical Advisory Board
Kathleen Marinelli MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP; Director of Lactation Support Services, Connecticut Children's Medical Center; Neonatologist, Connecticut Children's Medical Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of CT School of Medicine; Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinator, American Academy of PediatricsFrank Bednarek MD, Chief of Neonatology, Director of Neonatal Fellowship, UMass Memorial Medical Center; Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of OB-GYN, UMass Medical School
Anya Koutras MD, IBCLC
Michael Worthington MD, Chief of Infectious Disease, Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Advisory Board
*Charles Anderson, MD, MPH, MBA*Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D.
*Arlene Bernstein, Esq.
*Jane Crotteau, RNC, IBCLC
Ilene Fabisch, IBCLC, RLC
*Professor Marcia Marker Feld, Ph.D.
Raechel Hackney, RN, IBCLC
Professor David Newburg, Ph.D.
Karen Sussman-Karten, RN, IBCLC
Ruth Vishniavsky, RDH, MS, CLC
Susan Worden, RNC, IBCLC
*indicates Executive Board members
Staff
Naomi Bar-Yam, PhD; Executive DirectorKathleen A. Marinelli MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP; Medical Director
Andrea Jorgensen Suh, IBCLC; Outreach Director
Kelli Purchase, MT (ASCP); Laboratory Director
Sally Kepnes, Administrator
Heather Greene, IT Specialist