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Annual
Awards Dinner Past Awardees 2007 Kristine “Francesca” Lauria - Fort Valley , VA Francesca is a long time (18 years) homebirth midwife and mother of 7 year old Alessandro. Francesca takes her years of international experience and shares it with midwives and student midwives locally by making herself available for consultation at any time. She also offers numerous hands-on workshops for students and midwives to learn new skills or keep their skills current. We have no other source for such readily available hands-on clinical skills practice in the state. During her career Francesca has seen many complicated pregnancies and births handled out-of-hospital, has attended numerous twin and breech births, and offers her knowledge and experience to midwives and their mother/clients without hesitation. Nancy Giglio, CNM - Richmond , VA For over 20 continuous years Nancy, as she is known to all her client mothers, has offered an incredible service to the families of the Richmond area. Nancy has built a sole homebirth midwifery practice with an incredible record of exemplary outcomes and a legacy of empowering women in birth. Nancy ’s gentle hands and light touch have served so many women throughout their childbearing cycle; from the early, nervous initial appointments to the postpartum checkup, Nancy takes as much time as each woman needs to support her through that stage. Her thorough care and genuine love and understanding of mothers and babies has guided hundreds of families through their childbirth experience. 2006 Leslie Payne was nominated because of her diplomacy, commitment and nurturing guidance of the Advisory Board on Midwifery. She received a second nomination from the women in her community where she serves as a midwife. Dawn Kubik was nominated for her work to change the birth culture in southwest Virginia. She founded an ICAN chapter and works to educate her community about how to avoid a Cesarean section. 2005 Midwifery Options for Mothers' Awardees Tammi McKinley received the MOM award for her commitment to Virginia grassroots organizations. Loudoun Community Midwives: Wendy Dotson, Margie Brandquist and Paula Senner provide the Midwives Model of Care in a hospital setting. Zan Ruby works as a public health nurse in Winchester. Her wisdom and commitment to birth empower whole communities of women. 2004 Juliana Fehr is director of the graduate midwifery program at Shenandoah University, author of Diary of a Midwife and a retired homebirth midwife. Commonwealth Midwives Alliance is a grassroots
group advocating for professional midwifery. 2003 Alice Bailes is a founding midwife of BirthCare in Alexandria, a practice that provides maternity care at their birth center and in clients' homes. Chauncey Stokes is an obstetrician who practiced in Loudoun County and backed homebirth midwives and employed midwives in his practice. 2002 Dallas Cooley provided back-up for homebirth midwives, practiced low intervention obstetrics and has served on the MOM board. Warren Johnson, a retired family practitioner, provided home birth services and backed up homebirth midwives. Deborah Snarr has worked in maternal health for
many years and has made a career of encouraging, educating and empowering
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