Founder of the Safer Birth Foundation and the Cincinnati Birth Center and experienced midwife, doula, and lactation consultant, Meghan Nowland brings expertise and confidently calm energy to her clinical approach for clients across the local Cincinnati area since 2014 and in Kentucky since 2020. She moved to Walnut Hills with a passion for improving Ohio’s maternity care and regularly volunteers to teach community childbirth education classes. In addition to her work as a midwife, she’s a founder of Ohio’s chapter of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives. Most recently she’s been involved with legislative efforts to increase access to midwives and serving on the Kentucky Midwives Advisory Council, creating regulations for licensure of CPMs.

Siobhan McNear is our Outreach and Education Coordinator here at the Safer Birth Foundation. Born and Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio with over 20 years of Performance and Production experience. As a graduate of the School for Creative and Performing Arts, Siobhan is a Fine Arts creative with a vast background in music, TV, film, and community service. With performances at The White House, and The Ellen Degeneres Show to name a few, Siobhan has reached the masses with her talent and now reaching the community of her hometown. Siobhan holds a Masters Degree in Entertainment Business. With her natural leadership skills, Siobhan brings a creative spark to Outreach and Education.

FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Founder of Cincinnati Birth Center and experienced midwife, doula, and lactation consultant, Meghan Nowland brings expertise and a confidently calm energy to her clinical approach for clients across the local Cincinnati area since 2014 and in Kentucky since 2020. She moved to Walnut Hills with a passion to improve Ohio’s maternity care and regularly volunteers teaching community childbirth education classes. In addition to her work as a midwife, she’s a founder of Ohio’s chapter of National Association of Certified Professional Midwives. Most recently she’s been involved with legislative efforts to increase access to midwives and serving on the Kentucky Midwives Advisory Council, creating regulations for licensure of CPMs.

CHAIR

Chair and Development Director of Safer Birth Foundation, emerged engaged and empowered to improve the overall quality of life for every marginalized citizen! She’s the founder of Black Economic Empowerment Market (BEEM Group LLC) sponsored by the African American Chamber of Commerce. She’s an Evanston resident and graduate of Xavier University where she earned a Bachelors of Liberal Arts with a concentration in organizational leadership and a Minor in Gender & Diversity Studies. She also graduated from Jenny Laster Community Engagement Academy, Mortar Entrepreneurship, Citizens on Patrol, Parents Leadership institute, JustLeadership USA, and Grassroots Leadership Academy. Past VP and current Board Member Cincinnati Recreation Foundation, she’s a current member NANWXNational Association of Negro Womens Clubs. Tonya is a first generation graduate and leader, a member of National Council of Negro Women, she’s a past president of Cincinnati Federation Colored Women’s Clubs and Mt Auburn Toastmasters.

SECRETARY

Michael “Mac” McCullough, Chief Financial Officer, is a Seasoned, Pragmatic, Hands-on, Business-centric Privacy & Information Management Executive. He graduated from George Washington University Law School and is a foremost expert in data governance, governance, and ethics. He served in the United States Marine Corps and is dedicated to ethical, equitable healthcare and data management. He is a prominent speaker on the ethics of privacy and a thought leader who advocates for data policies which are built by a framework of equity and anti-racism.

TREASURER

Steven Hall is the Founder of Maternity Care Solutions, LLC, a consulting, development, and management company specializing in birth centers and midwifery care as both stand-alone ventures and as integrated care models into a healthcare system. Additionally, he is Founder and Finance Director of Babymoon Inn providing strategic direction and managing the birth center’s finances and accounting.Steven serves on the Finance, Government Affairs, Industry Relations, and Risk Management Committees of the American Association of Birth Center (AABC), and previously served as Treasurer and Executive Member of the AABC Board of Directors. Previously, he was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV), and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) as a Managing Consultant with Navigant Consulting, an international consulting firm, a Director with FTI Consulting in Phoenix, a Vice President with BVA Group in Dallas, and an auditor with KPMG.

FINANCE

India Stringer, attended her first birth in 2018 and started working as a birth assistant in 2020. Personal autonomy is very important to her. She loves to provide well rounded resources and knowledge to families and see them take an active role in their care. Her favorite thing about midwifery is the comfort and ability to have a baby in the safety of your own home. Before entering midwifery India studied Finance at Northern Kentucky University.

GOVERNANCE

Laura Hamady currently acts as a strategic privacy advisor working to enable responsible data use. Her privacy work at various in-house companies has spanned data governance, privacy operations and legal counseling. Most recently, Laura led Twitter’s team of privacy counsel advising internal stakeholders on privacy and data protection by providing strategic direction and tactical support on all matters ranging from product development and commercial ventures to business development and M&A. Previously, Laura led Visa’s global data governance, privacy operations and records and information management teams responsible for the design, strategic direction, and

implementation of the company’s global privacy program. She also serves on the board of Floating Doctors.

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

Tigist is a passionate licensed Midwife specializing in home birth and women centered care. Experienced in managing high and low risk pregnancies internationally and physiologic births at home in the US, she has extensive understanding of global maternal health issues and an interest in researching more. Tigist holds a Master of Arts in Maternal Child Health Systems with skills and education on program planning, strategic planning, program evaluation and research.