Planning Board 1999
Incorporated March 30, 2000
Presidents
Marian Seliquini, President 2021-2023
Sascha James Conterelli, President 2018-2020
Karen Jefferson, President 2015-2017
Pat Burkhardt, President 2011-2013; on Board 2010-2016
Laura Sheperis, President 2010-2011; on Board 2004-2011
Kristin Walsh, President 2008-2009; on Board 2004-2010
MaryAnne Laffin, President 2004-2007; on Board 1999-2008
Cecelia Stearns, President 2002-2003; on Board 1999-2004
Nancy Campau, President 1999-2001; on Board 1999-2003
Vice Presidents
Cynthia Lynch & Helena Grant 2021-2023
Kate Finn, 2018-2019
Susan Rannestad, 2011-2016
Susan Brockmann, 2009-2010
Rosemary Janofsky, 2003-2006
Ronnie Levine, 1999-2002
Secretaries
Whitney Hall 2021-2023
Nancy Kraus 2020
Palomi “Mimi” Niles 2017-2019
K. Michelle Doyle, 2015-2016
Alice Gilgoff, 2014-2015
Jennifer Seymour, 2012-2013
Jennifer Jagger, 2011-2012
Linda Balles, 2009-2010
Cheryl Della Sala, 2004-2008
Nancy Kraus, 2001-2003
Treasurers
Danielle Gilmore 2021-2023
Ashley Meccariello, 2018-2019
Pat Burkhardt, 2017-2018
Carol Bues, 2015-2016
Lily Dalke, 2013-2015
Nancy Kraus, 2009-2012
Beth Coleman, 2007-2008
Stacey Rees, 2004-2006
Beth Coleman,1999-2004
Board Members
Jessica Allison, Midstate, 2020-2022
Mary Borra, 2010-2011
Robin Brancato, 2007-2008
Stacy Brosnan, 1999-2000
Therese Brown-Mahoney, 2004-2005
Joan Bryson, NYC, 2012-2013
Carol Bues, NYC, 2021-2023
Sarah Cayer, 2011-2012
Julia Chachere, 2007
Connie Coker, Hudson Valley, 2001-2003; 2012-2014
Susanrachel Condon, Hudson Valley, 2011-2017
Lily Dalke, NYC, 2012-2015
Kathleen Dermady McMahon, Midstate, 2000-2008
Diana dos Santos Faustino, Hudson Valley, 2021
K. Michelle Doyle, Northeast, 2011-2017, 2021-2023
Tammy Farnham, 2004-2006
Kate Finn, Midstate, 2010-2015
Meredith Geers, 2011-2014
Susan Gerken, 1999-2000
Alice Gilgoff, Hudson Valley, 2008-2015
Helena Grant, NYC, 2020
Jocelyn Hart, 2007
Evette Hernandez-Lieber, 2014-2015
Danielle Irizarry, 2006-2007
Karen Jefferson, NYC, 2010-2015
Richard Jennings, NYC, 2001-2005
Mary Ellen Johnson, 2009-2014
Julia Lange Kessler, Hudson Valley, 2001-2003
Connie Kieltyka, Hudson Valley, 2012-2015
Allison Koch, 2007
Stacey Lamar, 2013-2015
Caitlin LeGros, Western, 2017-2020
Pat Loftman, At-large BIPOC midwife, 2021-2023
Robin MacIntyre, 2007-2012
Patti Mahoney, 2004-2008
Ellie Miller, Student Rep, 2021-2022
Claire Moynihan, Western, 2021-2023
Hilary Prager, 2006-2007
Frances Perez-Hernandez, 2009
Kathy Price, 2008-2009
Susan Rannestad, Hudson Valley, 2010-2016
Faith Reimers, 2005-2006
Marian Seliquini, Hudson Valley, 2018-2020
Dana Sidney, 2004-2005
Jenna Smith, 1999-2000
Kay Smolley, 2007
Andrea Sonenberg, 1999-2002
Audrey Stedford, NYC, 2020-2022
Elizabeth Sullivan, Long Island, 2019-2021
Catherine Tanksley, 2009
Helene Thompson-Scott, 1999-2002
Ann Visser, Long Island, 2012-2015
Louisa Walker, Long Island, 2003, 2005-2006
- September 4, 2015: “Mercy Hospital Becomes Center for Midwife Births,” WIVB – featuring Sharon Nisengard and Kristine Sabatino
- April 26, 2015: “How Does a Home-Birth Midwife Work?” Slate Podcast – featuring Karen Jefferson
- August 9, 2014: “A Changing Brooklyn: Babies of the ‘Brownstone Belt,’” The Brooklyn Ink – featuring Christiane McCloskey
- March 8, 2014: “Midwifery Quietly Growing in Capital Region,” Troy Record – featuring Michelle Doyle
- April 2, 2013: “Domestic Delivery,” CDParentPages.com – featuring Michelle Doyle
- March 26, 2013: “In White Plains, an Uptick in Midwife Demand,” White Plains Patch – featuring Anne Margolis
- March 13, 2013: “Giving birth at home gaining popularity,” Star-Register – featuring Jenna Houston
- March 8, 2013: “Women Who Make America,” WCNY Insight (TV interview) – featuring Kate Finn
- January 3, 2013: “Woman Gives Birth to Twins Naturally, One Year Apart,” The Stir – featuring Eileen Stewart
- December 1, 2012: “Giving Birth at Home”– Poughkeepsie Journal multimedia artist, Chrissie Williams, met with women who chose home birth and the midwives that helped them.
- September 28, 2012: “Home Birth Revolution,” Chronogram – featuring Connie Kieltyka
- September 13, 2012: “51% Show #1209,” WAMC (radio interview) – featuring Susanrachel Condon
- June 15, 2012: “The Midwife as Status Symbol,” New York Times – featuring Sylvie Blaustein, Elizabeth Boyce, Miriam Schwarzschild, and Barbara Sellars
2019-2020:
- A318 Cesareans
- A4988 Informed Consent
- A2988 Partner Therapy
- A4316 Same Sex Infertility
- A5248 NY Health
- A568 Premium Reduction
- A6650 Employee Notification
- A118 Incarcerated Women
2017-2018:
2015-2016:
2014:
- Birth Center Bill, A.9398 (Gottfried) / S.7121 (Hannon)
- Multiple Bills Related to Women’s Equality S.5872/S.5873/S.5874/S.5875/S.5876/S.5877/S.5878/S.5879/S.5880/S.588
- Premium Reductions for Obstetric Practitioners A.414-A (Paulin) /A.1674-A (Grisanti)
- Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnant Women A.1264 (Gunther) / S.1479 (Krueger)
- Reproductive Health Act S.438 (Stewart-Cousins)
2013:
- Family Leave Act A.2654 (Simotas) / S.120 (Peralta)
- Emergency Contraception A.420 (Paulin) / S.1494 (Krueger)
