Board of Directors

Christine Staricka is an IBCLC and certified childbirth educator with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management.  Her work in Bakersfield, CA area hospitals has encompassed inpatient and outpatient clinical consultation, ongoing staff education, and work toward Baby-Friendly certification.  She is an experienced NICU and postpartum, and outpatient lactation consultant.  In 2013, Christine co-founded a professional lactation education group called California Advanced Lactation Institute which has trained nearly 100 individuals in basic breastfeeding management and preparation for the IBCLC exam.  In 2013 she and her local colleagues created Central Valley Lactation Association (CVLA),  a chapter of USLCA, to coordinate efforts to support lactation professionals in California’s Central Valley.  She is the current Secretary of CVLA.  In 2014, Christine and 2 other IBCLCs opened California’s first licensed Baby Cafe location.  Baby Cafe provides free breastfeeding support and IBCLC care in a welcoming and non-medical environment; it is a non-profit service which operates on in-kind donations and Christine and the IBCLC team volunteer their clinical services.  Baby Cafe also provides the only venue in Kern County which allows individuals to obtain supervised clinical hours toward the IBCLC exam in a non-employment setting.  Christine is serving on the California Breastfeeding Coalition Summit Committee for 2016 and is a member of the International Association of Tongue Tie Professionals.  Christine met her husband of over 20 years while both were serving in the US Navy and they are the proud parents of 3 amazing daughters.  She and her husband love dogs, especially Doberman Pinschers, and enjoy concerts and live music, especially Pearl Jam.

Dominique Gallo has been helping mothers and advocating for breastfeeding for the past 6 years and has been an IBCLC for the past 2 years. She is a wife to a wonderful husband and mommy to two beautiful girls and one adventurous little boy.

Michelle Stulberger holds a Bachelor degree in Psychology, Masters of Healthcare Administration, and IBCLC (2014.) She is the Director of Business Operations for Metropolitan Breastfeeding & Littlebeam in Bethesda, MD, where she runs the businesses and also see patients.

Danielle Harmon joined the USLCA as Executive Director after spending 2 years as the Breastfeeding Project Coordinator for a non-profit in her home town of Lincoln, Nebraska. During her time in Lincoln she also served on the leadership team for the Nebraska Breastfeeding Coalition. Danielle obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Science and Dietetics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and earned her Master of Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health. During graduate school, she worked at the University of Texas Health Science Center and the Lactation Foundation, where she developed an even stronger passion for breastfeeding and the important role of the IBCLC.  Danielle and her husband, Thomas reside in the Chicago suburbs with their dog, Cozmo and welcomed their new baby, Paisley in January 2018.