Kelli Brien, CD (DONA) LCCE, CLS, SpBCPE, CPE
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Kelli Brien, CD(DONA) LCCE, CLS, SpBCPE, CPE is a certified birth doula, childbirth educator, lactation specialist and perinatal educator. She created the Speak Life Doula program and co-authored the Safety PIN grant submission that garnered multiple awards from the Indiana State Department of Health. Kelli founded In Full Bloom Maternity Service LLC and Mahogany Maternity, a 501(c)(3), has served in hospitals, home births and birth centers, for over 15 years, established the 32nd Milk Bank Depot in Indiana and serves on the board of The Milk Bank.
She serves on The Saint Joseph County Fetal Infant Mortality Review team, the Indiana State Department of Health Maternal Mortality Review team, the board of Mental Health Awareness of Michiana, and serves as the Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Director of the I.M.P.A.C.T program for DONA International. She co-founded Birth Equity and Justice SJC, and has testified at the Indiana Statehouse in House and Senate chambers in support of Senate Bill 416, which passed, to be signed by Governor Eric Holcomb.