Our Team
Jacqueline Kelleher
Jackie, who is BirthMark's founder, has been supporting growing families in our community since 1996 as a doula, childbirth educator, lactation counselor, doula trainer/mentor, and community volunteer. She has served as the Pennsylvania representative for Postpartum Support International, as well the Director of Postpartum Services for DONA International. In addition, she is the author of Nurturing The Family. Years of supporting families in the community have given her an excellent knowledge of the challenges faced by new parents and a drive to fill the gaps that they so often face. She is the mother of three teenagers and two year old baby James, who helps his mom and dad in the store.
Meg MacCurtin
Meg has a Masters in Art Therapy and she taught art for eight years. She and her husband used sign language to communicate with their two young sons when they were preverbal and signing continues to be a primary form of communication for her youngest son who has a developmental disability. Meg and her family live in Media.
Christine Iovannicci, MSW
Christine has worked with youth and families for over 15 years. Christine is currently raising her beautiful 2 year-old old son, Ethan, together with her husband. She also works with the YMCA HIP Kids Program, fostering healthy eating and physical activity. Prior to moving to Media, Christine lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she provided comprehensive health education for adolescents, as well as and mentored and trained staff using a youth development framework. She has found that art, music, poetry and play provide valuable opportunities to engage people in exploring new ideas, reflecting on their experiences, healing, and connecting information to their own lives, and therefore incorporates these tools in her work (and life). She is the co-author of Youth Power: A Guide to Youth Organizing.
Kay Hoover, BA, M Ed, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA
Lactation Consultant, Riddle Memorial Hospital, Media, PA
Kay has worked as a private practice lactation consultant, a hospital lactation consultant, the lactation consultant for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and for The Center for Childhood Obesity Research at The Pennsylvania State University. She has presented workshops at national and international conferences. She is a co-author of The Breastfeeding Atlas.
Heather Dyas-Fried
Heather has a BA in Theatre Arts and is a founding member of Equalogy, inc., a theatre for social change. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training and prenatal yoga teacher certification at Kripalu in MA and her Baby Om yoga training in NYC. Heather is also a postpartum and birth doula.
Daril Browning
Daril Browning is mom to adorable toddler Jack. Before entering motherhood, Daril worked with young children and their families for 20 years. Her commitment to the 0-3 population led her to get a MSEd in Infant and Parent Development and Early Intervention. She has worked in a variety of progressive and child-centered preschool and daycare settings in MD, NY, and PA. Most recently she was a special education instructor in the Delaware County home-based early intervention program. She loves setting up opportunities for children to create their own learning experiences, and enjoys capturing those moments with photography.
Jennifer Steinbach
Jenn is a DONA-certified postpartum doula and breastfeeding advocate. She currently resides in Media, PA where she participates in the Delaware Valley Birthing Partners (a doula co-op). Jennifer joined the Board of Directors of Dar a Luz Network in the Spring of 2007. Dar a Luz Network embodies Jennifer's passion for informing and empowering pregnant women, new moms and their families.
Jennifer's history as Office and Business Manager for two non-profit organizations prepared her well for her current position as Business Manager for Josh Steinbach Volleyball Camps, LLC, assisting her husband in operating volleyball camps as well as the Philadelphia Volleyball Academy (a USAV-affiliated junior girls club).
Jennifer is married to the love of her life, Josh, and they are raising two energetic sons.
Susan Maroto
Susan is a therapist who has worked with children in educational, residential, and therapeutic settings. Michael and Susan have two children who have been both schooled and homeschooled.
Angela Leonard MOM,IBCLC, LCCE, CD(DONA)
Angela Leonard is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. She has been teaching childbirth education classes both privately and in a hospital setting since 2003. Angela believes that birth is a natural process of a woman’s’ body and in her classes she strives to empower each woman to believe in her body’s innate wisdom to nurture and birth her baby. She helps fathers and birth partners learn how they can help the mother through labor and enjoy a beautiful and rewarding birth together. Angela is a DONA Certified birth doula and has attended over 400 births since 2000. She is also an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant and loves to continue working with her families even after baby is born. With all those letters after her name, Angela says that the ones that mean the most are MOM. She has 4 children, all with very different birth stories. Her first came into the world by Cesarean section, her second was born with a midwife in a hospital setting and her 3rd and 4th were born gently at home.
Michael Maroto, Esquire
Michael maintains a private legal practice in Media, which is located adjacent to BirthMark. He and his wife Susan Maroto are passionate advocates for homeschooling and educational choice.
Michael Grandner, PhD
Dr. Grandner has a PhD in Clinical Psychology, with a specialization in Behavioral Medicine. He has over 10 years of experience in the sleep field. He is the author of several scientific publications, presented research findings at a number of national and international scientific meetings, has delivered many lectures on sleep, health and longevity, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Sleep Society and a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society, among a number of professional organizations. His research on sleep and health has been profiled in hundreds of national and international news outlets. He currently treats patients at the Sleep Center at the Philadelphia VA Hospital.
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