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Regional Breastfeeding L​iaison Program

Regional Breastfeeding Liaisons (RBLs) facilitate seamless breastfeeding support by collaborating with health care providers, hospitals, employers and the community. RBLs are located regionally throughout the state and work in the following goal areas:

To see if there is a WIC RBL in your region, contact your WIC Local Agency or check out the map below for RBL programs by county.

Regional Breastfeeding map with color-coded regions​​

Northern

Shasta County

Kristi Richey, RD, IBCLC
Krichey@shastacounty.gov​

Butte County

Kate Sheehy, MS
KSheey@buttecounty.net

Sierra Nevada

Placer County

Vacant

Vacant

Amalia Saavedra, MPA, CLEC
Amalias@communityresourceproject.org

Central Valley

Merced/Mariposa Counties

Jessica Cardenas, CLC
jcardenas@mercedcaa.org

Fresno/Madera Counties

Sally Tran, BS, LEC
Trans@unitedhealthcenters.org

Tulare/Kings Counties

Carmen Escobar, BS, CLE
Cescobar@tularecounty.ca.gov

Kern County

Terriva Porter, CLC
tporter@capk.org

Central Coast

San Mateo County

Ana Lopez, IBCLC, RLC
ALLopez@smcgov.org

Santa Cruz/San Benito Counties

Erika Costanzo, MAS, CLE
ErikaC@cbridges.org

Santa Clara County

Lorena Cuan, MS, RDN, LEC
Lorena.Cuan@phd.sccgov.org

Monterey County

Sylwia Klos, MAS, RD, IBCLC
Kloss@co.monterey.ca.us

Santa Barbara County

Meg Beard, MPH, MCHES, RDN, IBCLC
MBeard@sbcphd.org

Shantal Hover-Jones, MPH, CLES
SHover-Jones@sbcphd.org

IIda Nelson, RD, IBCLC
INelson@sbcphd.org

Northern Central​ Valley

Yuba/Sutter/Colusa Counties

Jennifer Conejo​, BS, IBCLC
jconejo@amplahealth.org

Sacramento County

Vacant

Vacant

Amalia Saavedra, MPA, CLEC
Amalias@communityresourceproject.org

San Joaquin County

Wendy Howard, CLEC
whoward@sjcphs.org

Tamesha Turner, IBCLC
TTurner@deltahealthcare.org

Stanislaus County

Tiawny Williams, BS, CLE
tiwilliams@schsa.org​

Bay Area

Sonoma County

Susie McCulloch, BA, IBCLC
Susie.McCulloch@sonoma-county.org

Solano County

Andrea Cabezas, CLE
Abcabezas@solanocounty.com

Ana Rivera, IBCLC
APRivera@solanocounty.com

Contra Costa County

Marlene Ceballo, RD, IBCLC
Marlene.Ceballo@cchealth.org

San Francisco County

Priti Rane, MS, RD, IBCLC
Priti.rane@sfdph.ca.gov

Yvonne Kong, MS, RD, IBCLC
Yvonne.kong@sfdph.org

Alameda County

Jeanne Kettles, MA, IBCLC
Jeanne.Kettles@acgov.org

Southern Coast/LA

Ventura County

Heather Camarena, RN, PHN, IBCLC
Heather.Camarena@ventura.org

Los Angeles County (Antelope Valley)

Kelsi Bauermeister, MPH, RD, IBCLC
Kelsi.bauermeister@avmc.org

Los Angeles County
(NE Valley)

Adriana Abraamyan, MPH, IBCLC
adrianaabraamyan@nevhc.org​

Los Angeles County (PHFE)

Wendy Fung, MS, RDN, IBCLC
RBL@PHFEWIC.org

Orange County

Riwa Ghalayini, MPH, RDN, LEC
rghalayini@ochca.com

Southern

San Bernardino County

Cecilia Maldonaldo, CLS
Cecilia.Maldonaldo@dph.sbcounty.gov

Riverside County

Elizabeth Herrera, CLC
ElHerrera@ruhealth.org

Jennifer A. Perry, IBCLC, RLC
Japerry@ruhealth.org

San Diego County

Kim Elkins, IBCLC
Kimberley. Elkins@redcross.org

Vacant

Alejandra Cabello, IBCLC
Alejandra.cabello@truecare.org

Imperial County

Kayla Estrada, CLE
Kaylae@innercare.org

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