Staff Information
Lorrie Kaplan
Executive Director
Lorrie joined ACNM as Executive Director in May 2007. She has 25 years of experience in health policy, advocacy, communications, publications, and education, including ten years as Executive Director of the National Home Infusion Association, a multi-disciplinary health care association representing pharmacies providing I.V. therapies for home care patients. Lorrie believes passionately in the value and importance of midwifery care in the U.S. and globally. As a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Paraguay she specialized in maternal and child health, partnering with a local auxiliary nurse-midwife. In 1989, she and her husband Bob had a joyous experience with midwifery for the birth of their second child.
Barbara Bost
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
Barbara Bost joined ACNM as the Executive Assistant/Office Manager in March 2008. She comes to us with 16 years of experience in non-profit and for-profit organizations. Most recently, she served as Office Manger for the Kady Group, Inc., a busy home building company, where she managed all administrative functions of the organization. At ACNM Bost will serve as the primary assistant to Executive Director Lorrie Kaplan. She will also support the ACNM board of directors and assist in ensuring effective flow of information and efficient operations between departments in the national office and our volunteer leaders. She can be reached at bbost@acnm.org.
Fausto Miranda
Information Technology Manager
Fausto joined ACNM in September 2006 as the Information Technology Manager. Before joining ACNM, he worked for Merchant Link, LLC a subsidiary of Chase Paymentech. As a Network Administrator III, he provided technical support for various web, database, and security projects.
Kerri Durnell Schuiling CNM, PhD, WHCNP, FACNM
Senior Staff Researcher (Off-Site)
Kerri is a senior staff researcher for ACNM. She accepted this part-time role in April 2003. Her nurse-midwifery certificate is from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. She earned her doctorate from the University of Michigan in 2003. She assists the ACNM in the collection, analysis, and communication of important data about its members. Additionally, she is the national office liaison to the ACNM Division of Research and is the ACNM representative on the Interagency Collaborative on Nursing Statistics (ICONS).
Sharon Kirksey-Walcott CMP, CEM
Associate Director of Meeting & Industry Relations
Sharon has been with ACNM since 1999 and in the meetings industry for more than 15 years. She has worked as both an association planner and a government meeting planner. She earned her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 1999, followed by the Certified Exhibition Manager (CEM) in 2005. Sharon is a member of the Professional Convention Management Association and the International Association of Exhibitions and Events. She is the mother of four, three boys and a princess, three of her four births were attended by a midwife.
Andrea Watkins
Meetings Manager
Andrea graduated from Bowie State University with a bachelor's degree in Sociology. She has been working with ACNM and the A.C.N.M. Foundation for the past six years. Andrea coordinates the Annual Meeting including the logistics for meetings, lectures, recognition ceremonies, and other events. She is responsible for entering all donations made to the A.C.N.M. Foundation into the database and for sending out acknowledgements. Andrea travels three to four times a year to provide on-site coordination for Board Meetings, Silent Auctions and events.
Angela Telesford
Receptionist/Admin Assistant
Angela Telesford is receptionist and administrative assistant for the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She started at ACNM in April 2007, and has a background in accounting. She loves to travel, cook, write and watch documentaries.
George Hamilton
Associate Direcctor for Membership
A native of Philadelphia, PA, George traveled south to Greensboro, NC for college where he earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Guilford College. After college George moved to the Washington, DC area and began a career in non-profit association management. After stops at the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences & Business and Professional Women/USA, George joined ACNM in March 2001 as Membership Manager. Now serving ACNM as Associate Director for Membership, George has ultimate responsibility for aspects of the membership department. His primary day to day functions involve membership retention & marketing, member benefits, and non-dues revenue development. George is excited to celebrate his 7th anniversary on the ACNM staff in March.
Meaghan Airel
Membership Coordinator
Meaghan graduated from Villanova University with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. She worked as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at a Habitat for Humanity affiliate in Colorado, and most recently worked as a Program Specialist for Girl Scouts of Central Maryland. At ACNM, Meaghan provides customer support for members and responds to the Membership Department's emails and phone calls. Additionally she maintains member records and compiles and distributes membership materials.
Erika Hernandez
Membership Assistant
Erika Hernandez joined the national office staff as the Membership Assistant in March 2008. She comes to ACNM with solid administrative and data entry skills and the added benefit of a passion for and familiarity with midwifery. Hernandez has previous administrative experience working on the practice side of midwifery at the Maternity Center in Bethesda, MD and is looking forward to learning even more about midwifery in her new role at ACNM! She can be reached at ehernandez@acnm.org.
