Our Partners

Our partners are essential to the work we do. Together, we aim to implement breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and lactation support in health care practices and worksites, develop support groups and coalitions, and promote activities in community and public spaces.

If you are located in the locations listed below and would like to collaborate with us, Contact Us Here.

For information on the types of partnerships, designation/recognition processes, and/or existing partners,
Click on the following:

Practices

Work Sites

Community Spaces

Lactation Support Groups

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Locations we serve

We proudly serve the Islip, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Babylon, Shinnecock, and Southampton areas.

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Our Prior Work under "Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities" Grant (2016-2023)

designated 16 Practices as breastfeeding-friendly

recognized 29 Worksites as breastfeeding-friendly

recognized 15 Child Care Centers as breastfeeding-friendly

Our Current Work under "Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Lactation Friendly New York" Grant
(2023-present)

designated 3 Practices as Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Lactation friendly

recognized 6 Worksites as lactation friendly

recognized 5 Community Space as lactation friendly

Steering Committee Members

Committee Chair:

Committee Vice Chairs:

Community Partner Representatives:

Northwell Health Physician Partners at Glen Cove

South Shore University Hospital

Perinatal and Infant Community Health Collaborative

Cornell Cooperative Extension

Suffolk County Department of Health Women's Services

Parent and Community Representative

Northwell Health OB/GYN Service Line

Postpartum Resource Center of NY

Long Island Center for Independent Living

Allied Physicians Group

Peconic Bay Medical Center

Creating Healthy Schools and Communities

WIC

Women's Diversity Network

Harmony Health Care

La Leche League

New Hour

Administrative Assistants:

Henry (Hank) Bernstein, DO, MHCM, FAAP

Pamela Reichert-Anderson, MA, RD, CDN, CLC

Edward Hill, MD;

Mary Goussis, RN, CBC

Donna Moravick RN, NP, MBA

Anthony Aprile, RN

Wendi Andria, MS, RNC-OB, IBCLC

Ellen Higgins, LCSW

Marta Blanco

Zahrine Bajwa, CPH, MS, PhD

Grace Ioannidis

TracyAnn Camarda, RDN, CDN, CLC

Lizeth Villa

Sophia Russo

Thea Fry

Lisa Geismar Sharon

Judy Yadgar

Adriann Combs, DNP, NNP-BC

Chanel Jones

Therése Aprile-Brzezinski, MA

Lauren Macaluso, MD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC

Kristen Kramer, BSN, RN, CLC

Karyn Kirschbaum, PhD, LMSW

Sharon Oliver-Murthy, MPA, MSc, RDN, CDN;

Lynne DiGuiseppe, RD, CDN, CLC;

Lauren Brand, MS, RD

Laura Babyatsky, MS, RDN, CDN, CLC

Marlyse Cetoute

Carol Burnett

Bernice Baronville-Jaboin

Jennifer Sokolow, IBCLC

Kristin Klemme

Janet Ricketts-Simon, CLC, PPD, CBD

Helena Lewis

Marlyse Cetoute, CBC

Amanda Acebedo

Angela Beatriz Cabrera, BS

Anusha Panjwani, BS

Sara Popofsky, BS

BFREE Coalition

Empowering parents to breastfeed every step of the way

Our Partners

For information on the types of partnerships, designation/recognition processes, and/or existing partners,
Click on the following:

Locations we serve

We proudly serve the Islip, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Babylon, Shinnecock, and Southampton areas.

Our Prior Work under "Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities" Grant (2016-2023)

Our Current Work under "Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Lactation Friendly New York" Grant
(2023-present)

Steering Committee Members

BFREE Coalition

Our Partners

For information on the types of partnerships, designation/recognition processes, and/or existing partners, Click on the following:

Locations we serve

We proudly serve the Islip, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Babylon, Shinnecock, and Southampton areas.

Our Prior Work under "Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities" Grant (2016-2023)

Our Current Work under "Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Lactation Friendly New York" Grant (2023-present)

Steering Committee Members

For information on the types of partnerships, designation/recognition processes, and/or existing partners,
Click on the following:

Our Current Work under "Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Lactation Friendly New York" Grant
(2023-present)