Board of Executives

Anita travels the world gathering communities, uplifting experiences and demolishing shame. Her passion is helping birthing individuals and their families redefine what parenthood looks like for them while helping them take back their power from shame in their journey to and through parenthood, and cultivating conversations that have been silenced for too long. Anita is a Clinical Professional Counselor, author, speaker, sleep consultant, full spectrum doula, and currently serves as the Southern Nevada Breastfeeding Coalitions' educational planner and marketing coordinator.

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Anita currently works in her own mental health private practice, co-facilitates a black moms in loss group through Postpartum Support International, and is the central florida regional co-chair for the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for POC.

Jacquelyn Bonde resides in Reno, Nevada with her two kids, partner and basset hounds, Mary and Gus. She became interested in lactation and community nutrition while completing her undergraduate degree in nutrition at the University of Nevada, Reno. In 2015, following the birth of her first child, she experienced many lactation challenges, which drove her to want to support other parents with lactation. After completing her degree, she became a Certified Lactation Educator (CLE), and her passion for lactation and nutrition led her to the Nevada WIC Program. In 2018, she became the Nevada WIC Program’s Breastfeeding Coordinator where she works to ensure WIC participants have the information and materials they need to meet their lactation goals.

When she is not working, she enjoys reading, cooking and growing food, as well as spending time with her family and friends.

Colette wholly believes in the mission of the breastfeeding coalition to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. She has been a member of the coalition since 2006, the year she earned her first certification credential in lactation. She became an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 2015 and joined the SNVBC board in 2017. Colette worked with newborns and their families as a Registered Nurse, and later as an RN program coordinator and lactation specialist, at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada for over 35 years. With a background in newborn intensive care and community outreach and education her passion has always been helping families to get off to a healthy start. Whether working in community outreach or counseling families in support groups or at home, Colette believes that providing education and support helps families build confidence in their journey towards meeting their breastfeeding goals.

Colette, a Las Vegas “native” since 1975, is married to a true Las Vegas native. They raised their family here and have 5 grandchildren who are 5th generation Nevadans.

Jenn spent over 15 years as a birth assistant, lactation consultant & CLE, CBE, and Birth Doula, with a passion for supporting women who have become Mothers. Jenn is also a Bereavement Doula®, helping families struggling with grief and loss, as well as an Adoption & Surrogacy Doula.

Currently, she serves as the Executive Director of DOULA CO-OP of Nevada, a non-profit connecting birth, postpartum, and end-of-life doulas statewide with underserved communities.

Jenn is Mom of 18 (yes, 18 kids!), a parenting veteran since 1992. She has written the blog "Mom’s Running It" since 2011, and has been the host of the "Becoming Parents Podcast" since May 2017, which is ranked in the top 2.5% worldwide. 

Jenn is a Speaker and has over 15 years of experience in the foster care sector, both as a parent and a trainer.

Carolyn has lived in Nevada for the past 26 years. She is an IBCLC, working in private practice as a contractor for Breezy Babies. She provides lactation care through both telehealth and in-home visits in southern Nevada, with particular emphasis in Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley. Bringing lactation care to rural Nevada is something that Carolyn feels passionate about. 

 She is happily married to her husband of 28 years and loves being the mother to 6 fantastic children. In her spare time, Carolyn enjoys biking, walking, gardening, home improvement projects, and caring for several chickens and 2 energetic golden retrievers.

After becoming a mother and going through her own breastfeeding journey, Jenni was inspired to pursue lactation education and is in the process of becoming a CBS, intending to become an IBCLC. The uplifting community has inspired her to get involved and support others through their own feeding journey.

She graduated from San Francisco State with a BA in Anthropology and has post-graduate work in Human Rights. Her background in childcare, teaching ESL, and training gives her a unique perspective to support her clients.

After travelling and living in South Africa, Spain, and Brazil, she settled in Reno, where she lives with her husband, daughter, 3 cats, and bearded dragon.

I am a Certified Registered Nurse in Maternal Newborn Nursing with many years of experience with new mothers and new babies. I am a firm believer in the importance of breastfeeding for mother and for baby and I breastfed all my own children. Having done so, I know that sometimes things are not always easy, and I love teaching and supporting others to meet their breastfeeding goals.

​As a parent who breastfed and exclusively pumped for a total of three years, I understand the challenges and rewards that come with the journey. My goal is to support and empower parents by providing them with the guidance and resources they need to make informed feeding choices. I look forward to learning and growing in this field and making a positive impact in my community.