Indonesia

Robin Lim, CPM, iburobin@bumisehatbali.org is a certified professional midwife, founder and Executive Director for Yayasan Ibu Bumi Sehat (healthy Mother Earth Foundation) www.bumisehatbali.org, the author of several books and many educational materials, and lecturer. Bumi Sehat operates birth centers in Bali, Aceh, and Haiti. Robin has contributed to films, and received many awards. She works as well in disaster relief, and played significant roles  in the recovery from the Tsunami in Aceh and the earthquakes in Sumatra and Haiti. She is and featured in the documentary Guerilla Midwife www.skwattacamp.com.

Mexico

Elena Carrillo, elena@erla.net is a Lamaze International Certified Childbirth Educator, a DONA International Certified Doula, and a Certified Lactation Consultant. In addition to serving on the CIMS International Committee and participating in the formation of IMBCO, Elena is the Founder and Director of the Perinatal Centre “Nabor Carrillo, founder of ANIPP (Mexican Childbirth Educators Association), and Program Director of Lamaze/Universidad Anahuac Certification Program. She has also served on the Board of Directors for Lamaze International and DONA International.  

 
New Zealand

Denise Hynd, West Auckland, midwifedenise@vodafone.co.nz is an Australian general nurse, midwife, lactation consultant and activist with more than 30 years diverse clinical experiences in Australia, the UK, Papua New Guinea and now New Zealand (Aotearoa). 
    

Peru

Roxana Braschi, Lima, roxanabras@yahoo.com studied clinical psychology at The Catholic University in Lima, and obtained her Master’s degree in Education and Psychological Studies from the University of Miami. In addition to being a speaker and writer she is a certified childbirth educator (ICCE), and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Roxana is a community leader and advocate for the humanization of birth, founder and director of “Prenatal” www.prenatal.com.pe and an expert in psychological counseling for parents and expectant parents.

Philippines

Cecilia Banca-Santos asec_santos@yahoo.com was born in Masapang Victoria, Laguna, the Philippines. She was the youngest among seven, all of whom were delivered at home by a traditional birth attendant (otherwise known as a hilot). She took an early interest in birth, always asking to watch deliveries. She received a Master’s in Public Health from the University of the Philippines in 1991. A midwife for many years, over the past two decades she has served as President of the Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines, Chair of the Professional Regulation Commission for Continuing Public Education, a member of the Philippines Board of Midwifery, Assistant Secretary to the Dept. of Health, and as Consultant for Health Concerns for the Dept. of the Interior. She currently serves as National President of the Philippine League of Government and Private Midwives and as a Consultant for the Health Futures Foundation. She will advocate for the full implementation of the IMBCI in the Philippines in health facilities with maternity and newborn care services.                            

Amanda Deardorff RN, PHN, CD(DONA) aperkinsrn@gmail.com is the founder of Hagar Project Romania, www.hagarprojectromania.org, a maternal child healthcare advocacy organization in Bucharest, Romania. She is currently finishing her master’s degree in nurse midwifery. Amanda is involved in several grassroots movements in Romania to establish and protect the rights of birthing women and their families. Amanda with the help of her wonderfully supportive husband, Nathanael, looks forward to bringing radical, woman-centered change to the current maternal child healthcare system in Romania.