Eileen Stewart
President |
Barb Haney-Cocca
Vice
President |
| Eileen
Stewart, CNM, is the director of Life Cycles Center. She is
currently a faculty member at Trocaire College. Stewart has
had a private midwifery practice for over eight years. Her educational
background includes a Master of Science in Nursing, Case Western
Reserve University; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing,
Cleveland Ohio; Graduate of Frontier School of Midwifery and
Family Nursing; CNEP Community-based Nurse-Midwifery Education
Program, Hyden Kentucky; Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SUNY
at Buffalo. |
Barb Haney-Cocca has been working with peri-natal families
for 13 years. She is an international board certified
lactation consultant, certified infant massage instructor,
doula (ALACE), and registered yoga alliance instructor.
Barb currently works at Care Connection, is a consultant and
exhibitor for Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc., and teaches yoga
at YogaMa in East Aurora. Barb has an Environmental
Science degree and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala
where she learned Spanish. |
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Lisa Napora
Secretary |
M. Rita Buckley |
| Lisa
is currently a full time Ph.D. student in Higher Education
Administration and serving as a Research Assistant in the
Educational Leadership and Policy Department at the University
at Buffalo. Lisa does consulting work for a local business
focusing on the research, design and implementation of programming,
marketing and business administration practices and policies
to promote organizational growth and change. In addition,
Lisa has a Master’s in Esoteric Psychology and is trained
in the Science of Esoteric Astrology. Lisa seeks to facilitate
the manifestation of this opportunity and to participate in
the support and empowerment of women in their life processes. |
Rita
has expertise in the end of life cycle. She is dedicated
to assisting individuals in bringing meaning to the last journey
of life, believing that death should be a personal moment, rather
than a medical or institutional moment. Rita has a Masters
of Science Degree in Palliative Care Nursing and
has lead grief groups for twenty plus years, working with bereaved
parents and developmentally disabled. |
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Kathryn Frankiewich |
Jessie Grimm |
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Jessie
Grimm is graduating from Trocaire in May 2008 as a Licenses
Practical Nurse. She currently works at Excelsior Orthopedics
as a receptionist. She hopes to continue her dreams of becoming
a Midwife through Life Cycles Center. As she enjoys learning
and helping other mothers and their families, she looks forward
to experiencing pregnancy and birth in the near future. |
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Kurt Guenzer |
Tracy Horn |
| Coming
Soon. |
Tracy
Horn, an entrepreneur at heart, is executive director of the
Emerald Waters Birth Center Development Group and currently
running a small business called "Stay at home mother
raising two small children." Horn is a childbirth educator
and dedicated activist for making "Mother Friendly Childbirth"
a priority in our country. |
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Stacey Nazitto |
Eric Rosolowski |
| Stacey
Nazitto is an acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practicioner,
serving Western New York since 2003. She is a mother of three
wonderful children who are her inspiration for serving on
the board of Life Cycles Center. She has been serving them
since 1999. Stacey's interests in promoting a holistic approach
to health and healing will help Life Cycles Center create
and maintain programs to benefit the communities of greater
Buffalo. |
Eric
Rosolowski is a multi-media designer who founded eRGB.biz,
a website/print/cd-rom development company. He is the current
Website & Communications committee chair for Life Cycles
Center. His fourteen plus years experience in website design
are truly beneficial to Life Cycles Center's own website and
other publicity needs. |
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Sandy Scheib |
Justine Tutuska |
| Sandy
Scheib is a Nurse Practitioner in Women's Health. Scheib attended
UB for her BSN and Stony Brook University for her MSN. She
currently works at Roswell Park Cancer Institute as a research
coordinator in Diagnostic Radiology. |
As
the Director of the Health Care Studies Program at Daemen College,
and full time faculty, Justine teaches courses related to community
health and complementary and alternative health care practices.
Through her coursework, community assistance and massage therapy,
Justine hopes to create an environment for education, holistic
health and well-being for women and families. |
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Cathy Hoepfinger |
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| Catherine's
educational background includes an AAS in Nursing, a BS
in Medical Technology and an MS in Nurse Midwifery. She is currently
employed as an Instructional Support Specialist in the biology
department at ECC and also is a member of the Quest Diagnostics
laboratory team. Catherine worked for two years as a midwife
assistant in a home birth practice. During this time, she experienced
the joys and triumphs of women and families who chose to give
birth at home. Catherine enjoys spending time in nature through
a multitude of activities and is dedicated to preserving nature
especially the natural process of birth. |
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E-mail: eileen@lifecyclescenter.org ©
2008 LCC, Inc.