LatchOn IBCLC Bios

Dr. Kinzie Lee has been a registered nurse for 14 years and knew very early on that her passion was in Maternal Child health. Her first few years as a nurse were spent on a high-risk labor and delivery unit in Oklahoma City where she became certified in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing. In 2007 the Air Force moved her family to Aviano AB in Italy where she was given the opportunity to work as a home visiting nurse with military families that were pregnant or had a child under the age of three. It was there that she found her strength and passion in teaching new mothers how to feed and care for their infants. During that time, Dr. Lee obtained certification as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant as well as extensive training in parenting and child abuse prevention programs. In 2011 her family was reassigned to Robins AFB in GA. Initially Dr. Lee went back to work in Labor and Delivery; however, she found that she missed teaching so much that she returned to the home visiting program on base as soon as possible.

Dr. Lee graduated with my Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Wyoming in 2003, became certified in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing in 2006 and became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 2009. In December of 2015 Dr. Lee graduated from the University of Minnesota with her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Public Health Nursing.

While nursing and teaching are huge passions in her life, her family has always been her main priority. Dr. Lee’s husband of 15 years is Active Duty Air Force and they have 3 beautiful daughters together. Two daughters are in high school and one is currently in middle school. The Lee family has been here in Georgia for almost 5 years now and while their girls keep them very busy with school, dance, FFA, choir and many other activities, they still love to travel and camp in their RV whenever they can.

Dianne Cassidy is a Lactation Consultant in Rochester, New York with Advanced Lactation Certification. Dianne works in Private Practice, and in a busy Pediatrician office supporting mothers and babies. She also teaches prenatal breastfeeding and childbirth in the hospital setting. In the fall of 2013, Dianne completed her MA in Health and Wellness/Lactation. She is dedicated to serving mothers and babies, and has the unique ability to identify with the needs and concerns of new mothers.

Dianne has worked extensively with women who have survived trauma, babies struggling with tongue tie, birth trauma, milk supply issues, attachment, identifying latch problems, transition to motherhood, returning to work and breastfeeding multiples.

Dianne has 3 biological children, including twins, 3 step children and a wonderful husband. Dianne is an author and public speaker and enjoys teaching caregivers how to support new families through breastfeeding struggles.

Jennifer Ambrose has been a registered nurse since 2003, a career path that she loves! In 2015 Jennifer obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing as well as completing the certification for International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She is also a member of the Cayuga County Breastfeeding Coalition, comprised of members of the community who are interested in promoting and supporting breastfeeding.

In addition to her professional experience with breastfeeding, she is a mother of three daughters. Just as each pregnancy was different, each breastfeeding experience was different. Whether mom plans to nurse her baby for the first few days or all the way to kindergarten, Jennifer is committed to helping every mom reach her goal. She believes that any time a baby spends nursing at his mother's breast is beneficial to both mom and baby.

Aubrey Richardson is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Certified Lactation Counselor and Registered Nurse. She has helped thousands of babies latch and breastfeed successfully. She has several years of experience as a postpartum RN at a baby-friendly institution as well as experience at a local birth-center. She performs home and virtual lactation visits, teaches prenatal breastfeeding classes and leads a breastfeeding support group utilizing the most up-to-date research. She believes breastfeeding should be accessible by all and is working to spread 'baby-friendly' to the community while helping families achieve their goals. Aubrey is fluent in French, and has a Bachelor’s Degree in French from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She carries a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from New York University as well. Aubrey is also a certified yoga instructor and believes that holistic self-care is primary care.

Rachel has been a La Leche League leader since 1994 and a Board-Certified Lactation consultant since 2000. Rachel is the mother of two breastfed “babies” (both in their 20’s and both weaned many years ago.)

She has a private practice in Monmouth County NJ and has also been a hospital-based IBCLC since 2001. She was coordinator of the Breastfeeding Center at Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC for 15 years, and is currently an IBCLC at NYULangone Medical Center in NYC.

Her experience includes working with premature newborns, full term healthy newborns, and with breastfeeding mothers with a wide range of breastfeeding challenges

Along with helping breastfeeding families on the mother/baby unit, NICU, and PICU, at NYULangone, Rachel teaches breastfeeding classes for parents to be, as well as doing staff education for Residents and RNs. In addition, Rachel teaches the “Latch Hour” classes for NYUL families needing extra assistance with breastfeeding after discharge, and facilitates the NYULangone Breastfeeding Café support group.

Doris Howie is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Registered Nurse (RN). Most of her twenty plus year career has been in support of infants and new mothers including nearly ten years as a lactation consultant. She has experience in both inpatient and outpatient environments. It is her pleasure to cut through the stresses of meeting a newborn’s needs by coaching, answering questions, encouraging and providing support to breastfeeding mothers; allowing them to experience the joys of parenting.

Doris resides in Rhode Island. When she is not coaching new mothers, Doris enjoys spending time with her grandson, husband and four grown children. She also volunteers in her church, paints, gardens and explores New England and beyond.

Shannon has been passionate about supporting mothers in their breastfeeding journey since 2005 when she began breastfeeding her own daughter and joined a La Leche League support group as a way to connect with others sharing this experience. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Kennesaw State University, and an Associate of Science in Nursing from University of North Georgia. Through her own breastfeeding journey and experiences, she discovered her desire to teach, support, and promote breastfeeding -- specifically in the hospital setting -- and began to pursue further certification. She obtained certification as a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) in 2008 while working in the Neonatal ICU, which allowed her to support breastfeeding mothers in that setting while also obtaining a second degree as a Registered Nurse. Since then, Shannon has worked as an RN in both Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, and more extensively as a Lactation Educator for Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA, which is known for delivering more babies than any other hospital in the U.S. She obtained board certification as an IBCLC in 2015 and currently works as a Lactation Consultant for a busy private pediatric office. She is a member of ILCA, USLCA, and SELCA.

Shannon is mother to a precocious 11-year-old daughter, a Weimeraner and gray tabby cat (both rescues).  When she is not working or chauffeuring her daughter to her many performing arts activities, Shannon enjoys music, singing, movies, animals, and travel among many other things.  She also endeavors to learn ballroom dancing and resume her role in rescuing retired racing greyhounds!