KATHY HERRON, CNM, MS

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1 KATHY HERRON, CNM, MS 30 Martling Avenue Pleasantville, New York (914) (home) (914) (cell) EDUCATION MS, Midwifery, 1986 Columbia University, New York, New York BS, Nursing, 1982 Columbia University, New York, New York BA, Psychology, 1979 Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut CERTIFICATIONS American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) Certified Sexuality Counselor, 8/2015 to present American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) (formerly the ACNM Certification Council) Certified Nurse-Midwife, 1986 to present WORK EXPERIENCE Midwifery Institute of Philadelphia University (Philadelphia, PA) Assistant Professor, 4/1/14 to present Instructor and Clinical Coordinator, 11/13 to 4/1/14 Adjunct Professor, 8/12 to 11/13 Instructor for online Advanced Physical Assessment course Instructor for online Introduction to Teaching Methods course Instructor and organizer for on-campus office skills and birth skills intensives Student advisor Clinical coordinator for office skills and full-scope rotations Academic council member Admissions committee member Member of question writing committee of the Northeast Regional Consortium for the Comprehensive Exam in Midwifery (NERCCEM) Participant in ten-year reaccreditation process for the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) Search committee for Associate Program Director College Assessment Committee member for the College of Health, Science, and Liberal Arts, 8/16 to present

2 Full Circle Women s Health (Croton, White Plains, and Harrison, NY) Midwife, 2/14 to present Collaborative practice with pelvic floor physical therapist specializing in the treatment of pelvic and sexual pain and dysfunction Well-woman gynecology Founder and Practice Director, 12/00 to 6/05 Midwife, 6/05-1/14 Full-scope midwifery care in an independent, midwife-owned private practice with admitting privileges at Phelps Memorial Hospital (Sleepy Hollow, NY) Preceptor for midwifery and nurse practitioner students Preceptor for family practice residents Member of Phelps VBAC committee successful in getting administration to continue allowing VBACs Lobbied successfully to bring tubs, water births, and waterproof telemetry fetal monitors to Phelps allowing women having inductions and VBACs to use hydrotherapy and ambulation SUNY Downstate Midwifery Program (Brooklyn, NY) Adjunct Professor, 10/13 to 12/13 Instructor for Basic Skills for certified midwife students Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (White Plains, NY) Midwife, 2/08 to 1/14 Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care with a clinic population Medical Center for Female Sexuality (Purchase, NY) Midwife, 11/06 to 2/07 (part-time; leave replacement) Evaluation and treatment of female sexual dysfunctions Investigator for two national drug trials Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (Mt. Kisco, NY) Midwife, 4/01 to 12/03 (part-time) Well-woman gynecology with a clinic population Open Door Family Medical Group (Rye Brook, NY) Midwife, (part-time), (per-diem) Antepartum, postpartum and well-woman gynecology with a clinic population (part-time); intrapartum and postpartum care (per-diem) New York Medical College (Westchester County, NY) Senior Midwife: Phelps Memorial Hospital, Staff Midwife: Westchester Medical Center, Staff Midwife: St. Agnes Hospital, Full-scope midwifery care with clinic populations (Ossining Open

3 Door, Westchester Medical Center Clinic, Planned Parenthood, Greenburgh Health Center) and a suburban private practice (University OB/GYN, Hawthorne) First-assistant for cesarean sections Initiated the process of becoming a clinical site for midwifery students; liaison between midwifery schools and our service; preceptor for students from Columbia, Yale, SUNY Downstate, SUNY Stonybrook, UMDNJ, NYU, and Frontier/CNEP North Central Bronx Hospital (Bronx, NY) Staff Midwife, , full and part-time Full-scope midwifery care with an inner city, high-risk population Preceptor for midwifery students, medical students, obstetric and family practice residents Teacher for adolescent childbirth classes Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (New York, NY) Staff RN, labor and delivery, Frequent charge experience Frequent preceptor for nursing students ORGANIZATIONS American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), 1985-present National Continuing Education Committee Member, 2016-present Hudson Valley Chapter (II-7) Treasurer, present Chair, Vice-Chair, Planning committee for educational conferences including Ina May Gaskin, Michel Odent, Anne Frye, Robbie Davis-Floyd New York State Association of Licensed Midwives (NYSALM) Member, 2000-present Hudson Valley Birth Network Membership Coordinator, February 2016-present Secretary, May 2015 February 2016 Founding member, 2005 present Planning committee for educational conferences including Penny Simkin, Ina May Gaskin, and Maureen Corry International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) Founder and leader, Westchester Chapter, This active chapter continues now, as designed, as a lay-led group

4 International Society for the Study of Women s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Member, 2012-present American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) Member, 2014-present North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Member, 2016-present COMMUNITY Clearwater Festival, Croton, NY 1997-present OUTREACH ACNM Chapter II-7 ( ) Hudson Valley Birth Network (2005-present) Organizer for annual weekend of community education about women s health in the activist area at a music festival Creator of the festival s first tent for nursing and changing babies, staffed with lactation consultants, midwives, and doulas PRESENTATIONS The Effects of Oral Contraceptive Pills on Sexual Pain and Dysfunction 1-hour podium education session ACNM Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 5/2017 (pending) ACNM Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 5/2016 Diagnosis and Management of Sexual Pain in Women ½ day workshop Hudson Valley Midwifery, Kingston, NY 6/2016 ACNM Annual Meeting, 6/2015 Hudson Valley Birth Network, 2013 Full Circle Women s Health, White Plains, NY 2012, 2015 Labor and Birth: Normal Labor and Birth: Complications Physician Assistant Studies Program Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA 6/2014, 6/2015, 6/2016 Cervidil and Cytotec for Induction of Labor Hudson Valley Birth Network, 4/2015 Yoga for Birth a Couples Workshop Co-teacher with yoga instructor at Full Circle Integrative Care, Harrison, NY Prana Yoga and Meditation, January 2016-present Creation Yoga,

5 Puberty for Girls Pleasantville Middle School health classes, 2003 to present Natural Family Planning Workshop Full Circle Women s Health, White Plains, NY, 2007 Talking to Your Kids About Sex Workshop Full Circle Women s Health, White Plains, NY, 2007 Hudson Valley Birth Network, 2007 Postpartum Sexuality Workshop Full Circle Women s Health, White Plains, NY, 2005, 2007 Destination Maternity, White Plains, NY, 2007 Midlife Sexuality Workshop Full Circle Women s Health, White Plains, NY, 2005, 2007 Our Whole Lives, Grades 7-9 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Croton, NY, Certified leader of year-long, comprehensive sex education curriculum Sex-Ed, Contraception and STIs Pleasantville High School health classes, Pleasantville, NY Our Lady of Victory High School health classes, Dobbs Ferry, NY VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) Childbirth Education Association of Westchester, 1990 NYU Midwifery School guest lecturer, Hudson Valley Birth Network, 2007 AWARDS AND HONORS NYU Midwifery Program Preceptor Award Hudson Valley Birth Network Midwifery Award, 2002 Birth Goddess designation in the 2009 book Your Best Birth, Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein s follow-up to their movie The Business of Being Born ACADEMIC VOLUNTEERING LICENSES Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) Alumna interviewer for prospective students, 2012-present Midwife, New York State (prescription privileges) F OB-GYN Nurse-Practitioner, New York State F Registered Professional Nurse, New York State