Meet Staff & Faculty
PRESIDENT
Email: president@midwifery.edu
JD Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, BA Anthropology Brown University
VICE PRESIDENT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS/DEAN
Email: dean@midwifery.edu
Master of Midwifery, Bachelor of Midwifery, BA Psychology and Education, Postgraduate Certificate Instructional Design, CPM
VICE PRESIDENT STUDENT SUCCESS & INSTITUTIONAL EQUITY
Email: studentsuccess@midwifery.edu
Ed.D in Leadership, MS Human Behovior, BA Sociology, BA Criminology
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE
Darliegh Webb
Email: finance@midwifery.edu
BS Accounting
Administrative Staff
Academic Administration
Academy of Continuing Education Fellow
Email: toniann.deoliveira@midwifery.edu
Academic Department Chairs
Gina Gerboth, Midwifery Chair
MPH/Maternal and Child Health Concentration, BS, CPM, RM, IBCLC
Dr. Stefanie Podlog, General Chair
PhD Exercise Science, Neurophysiology, MSc Prevention and Rehabilitation, RN
Ethical Review Board Chair
Librarian
Email: librarian@midwifery.edu
Registrar
Cindy Winward, Registrar Assistant
Email: MCURegistrar@midwifery.edu
Laura Park, Registrar
Email: registrar@midwifery.edu
Research Assistance Coordinator
Writing Lab
Admissions
Director of Admissions
Email: admissionsdirector@midwifery.edu
BA Criminal Justice, Certified Birth and Postpartum doula
Admissions Counselors
Louisa Cohen
Email: admissions@midwifery.edu
M. Ed Higher Education Leadership, BA Political Science
Melady Elifritz
Email: admissions@midwifery.edu
PhD. Candidate, BA Philosophy, BA Gender and Women’s Studies
Administrative Finances
Accounts Payable
Email: accounting@midwifery.edu
Payroll
Darliegh Webb
Email: payroll@midwifery.edu
BS Accounting
Clinical Department
Clinical Department Chair
Email: assistantclinicaldean@midwifery.edu BS Sociology
Clinical Department Chair Assistant
Assessment Specialist
Preceptor Liaison, Assessment Assistant
Financial Aid
Director of Financial Aid Awarding
Christina Hrenko
Email: awarding@midwifery.edu
BA Economics
Director of VA Benefits & Financial Aid Operations Administrator
Email: emily.rainey@midwifery.edu
MSPH, BS Anthropology
Institutional Administration
Director of Compliance
Masha Mesyef
Email: compliance@midwifery.edu
JD, BA Psychology and Political Science
Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Opportunity
Megan Simmons
Email: jedo@midwifery.edu
JD, MPA with a concentration in Health Services
Director of BIPOC Midwifery Impact
Angela Franklin
Email:impact@midwifery.edu
JD, MPA with a concentration in Health Services
Office Manager
Email: officemanager@midwifery.edu
Technical Support
email: technicalsupport@midwifery.edu
Master of Midwifery, Bachelor of Midwifery, BA Psychology and Education, Postgraduate Certificate Instructional Design, CPM
Title IX Coordinator
Strategic Communication
Director of Public Relations & Strategic Communications
Kristi Ridd-Young
Email: kristi.ridd@midwifery.edu
BS Public Health Administration, DONA International Doula Trainer, CD (DONA) Doula
Marketing Developer & Events Coordinator
Marketing & Fundraising Assistant
Student Services
Director of Student Services & Advising
Campus Life Coordinator
House Mentors
Erin Davis
email: erin.davis@midwifery.edu
MA Education, BA Psychology
Jodie Palmer
email: jodie.palmer@midwifery.edu
MA Education
Sadie Sigford
email: sadie.sigford@midwifery.edu
BA Women and Gender Studies, CPM, LM, CHW
Sandra Blankenship
email: sandra.blankenship@midwifery.edu
BA Business, RM, CPM
Sarah Butterfly
email: sarah.butterfly@midwifery.edu
MS Midwifery, MPA, BA Women and Gender Studies, BA Sociocultural Anthropology, CPM, MPA
MCU Faculty
Aisha Al Hajjar
BSM, MSM, CPM
Arden Kindred
AS Midwifery, CPM, LM, Certified Herbalist
Audra Post
BS Midwifery, CPM
Barbara Verneus
MSW
Carmen Mojica
BA Black Studies/Television and Radio Productions, Birth Doula (DONA), CPM, LM
Cassandra Aho
MA, CPM
Cheryl Furer
CHom (Homeopathy School International), BSM, MA, CPM
Delphine Silvermoon
MS Nursing, DEM
Elizabeth Ramsay
Adjunct Faculty
MFA Writing
Erin Kaspar-Frett
MS Midwifery, CPM
Gina Gerboth
MPH/Maternal and Child Health Concentration, BS, CPM, RM-Colorado, IBCLC
Jayme Moore
BSN, RN, CPM
Jennifer Ross
BS, BSM, CPM, CM
Jenny Schultz
MPA, BA, AS, CPM
Jodie Palmer
MA Education
Julianne Robinson
Adjunct Faculty
BSM Midwives College of Utah
Kelly Dean
MA Physical Therapy
Lynette Elizalde-Robinson
BS, LM, CPM, CCEd
Marijke van Roojen
MPH Maternal Child Health, CPM, LM
Maureen Farrell
CLC, Certified Family Herbalist
Megan Koontz
MM, BM Postgraduate certificate in IDT, CPM
Melady Elifritz
Adjunct Faculty
BA Philosophy, Gender and Women’s Studies
Robin Illian
BS, CPM, LM
Ruth Ann Colby Martin
BA, CPM, LM, EMT
Sandra Blankenship
BA Business, RM, CPM
Sarah Butterfly
MSM, MPA, BA: CPM, MPA
Sarah Carter
Adjunct Faculty
ASM, BA, CPM
Dr. Sharon DeJoy
MPH, PhD, CPH, CPM
Shavana Talbert
MS ed
Dr. Sonia Ochoa
Médico Cirujano y Partero, Terapéutica Homeopática, BST., A.A.S., CMA
Dr. Stefanie Podlog
Adjunct Faculty
PhD Exercise Science, Neurophysiology, MSc Prevention and Rehabilitation, RN
Stephanie Sibert
BSM, LM
Susi Delaney
MA, CPM
Tamara Taitt
MS Master of Science, Marriage & Family, AS Midwifery, BA Psychology, LMFT (FL)
Tricia Carlisle
BS(Hons), BSM, CPM
Board of Directors
President (Interim)
Kristi Ridd-Young
BS Public Health Administration, DONA International Doula Trainer, CD(DONA)
Vice President
Cheryl Furer
CHom, BSM, MA, CPM
Secretary
Dina Zydor
BA Political Science
Treasurer
Varden Hadfield
MA Philanthropic Studies, Certified Fund-Raising Executive
Members
Gavin Myers
JD, MPH
Jennifer Rabins
ASM, MBA
Whitney Mesyef
JD, BA Anthropology
Board Advisors
David E. Palmer Legal Advisor
BS, JD
David H. Rubin, M.D.
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training, Executive Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy
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