GOLD Speakers

Marion Rice, Ed.D., IBCLC

• Country: United States

Biography:

Dr. Rice  has been working at the intersection of education and health for social justice and public good.  She is the former Executive Director of the Breastfeeding Coalition of Oregon.  Currently,  Dr. Rice works on organizational development, communication, marketing, public policy and community engagement to advance health equity through access to donor human milk.  A national thought leader, she is deeply engaged in convening conversations about the importance of maintaining women’s biological integrity, advancing feminist approaches to human milk banking and at the same time, encouraging capacity building for human milk derived therapies improving health outcomes for the most vulnerable babies .

Most recently Dr. Rice provided consulting as a Policy Associate with Mothers' Milk Bank of San Jose and has provided strategy and policy consulting for the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). Marion holds a doctorate in Education Leadership and is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant, IBCLC.