Board of Directors

Laurel Phillips, LM CPM
Founder/President

Thomas Caleel
Vice President

Jason Isaacs, Esq.

Marti Glenn, PhD

Patsy An Grace

Talina Hermann

Alice Levine, CNM

Shelley Noble, PhDc
Secretary

Elliot Schulman, MD

Janet Spargur
Treasurer
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ADVISORY BOARD

Adela Barcia, MFT

Alex Briscoe, MFT, DPS

Anna Bunting, CNM, NP

Sue Carlisle, PhD, MD

Mimi Doohan, PhD, MD

Stuart Fischbein, MD FACOG

Michelle Howard

Ina May Gaskin, CPM

Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD, RN

Howard Rochestie

Jo Saxon

Mary Jo Terrill, MSW, RN

Joy Margolis, Esq. Legal Counsel

Foundations supporting SBBC

The Brittingham Family Foundation
The J.S Bower Foundation
The Fund for Santa Barbara
The SB Foundation
The WWW Foundation

Volunteer!

Please contact Laurel Phillips, President at Laurel@sbbirthcenter.org regarding volunteer opportunities for location renovation, clinic, and Board of Directors.

Please contact Julie Schneiderman at julieschneidermansb@hotmail.com for volunteer opportunities in development and event planning.

Thank you!

Reducing Infant Mortality

This is a succinct, extraordinary short film by local filmmaker Debby Takikawa that explores the reasons why the US has among the worst maternal/infant mortality rate among developed nations. We hear from obstetricians, family doctors, midwives and researchers about what can be done to decrease this appalling trend. The answer has a lot to do with midwives.
Check out their website for more information.

Reducing Infant Mortality from Debby Takikawa on Vimeo.

Melissa Block response to study

Here is a very thoughtful response by Melissa Block, author of “Pushed” to a meta-analysis of homebirth by AJOG that is apparently quite flawed.

ACOG rethinks VBAC policy

This may open the door for a more lenient VBAC policy nationwide. What still needs to be changed is the “immediately available” statement regarding availability of physician and anesthesia response.

Caesarean Sections still on the rise

NY Times, 3/23/10 Caesarean Births at an All-Time High in US

VBAC news

New recommendation by the National Institutes of Health supports VBAC, story in the LA Times.

Additional VBAC coverage highlighting a hospital on a Navajo reservation that keeps costs low and good outcomes up in the NY Times.

Support Us


We are fundraising to create a Subsidy Fund so that families who want our services and need financial help may use the birth center. Please help us make this very important option available to all who seek it.

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