Meet the Team

Diane is a Registered Dietitian (RD), Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), currently based in Austin, TX.

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Diane had a first career in marketing, before becoming an RD to align her work with her values and lifestyle. She merged the two with a focus on food & beverage marketing and health communications.

In 2015, Diane and her partner moved to London, UK, where their son was born a couple years later. At this time, Diane began volunteering as a peer supporter with local infant feeding clinics. She also traveled to KMC in Germany, in order to train for, and earn, her CLC credential. This was her first introduction to Global MilCom, then called Mom2Mom.

Diane experienced a number of feeding challenges throughout her breastfeeding journey with her son, including: a NICU stay, tongue-tie, feeding from one breast (after a previous mastectomy), cow's milk protein allergy, and her own postpartum PTSD and anxiety with feeding solids.

While in the UK, Diane also began supporting families with infant feeding through helpline (phone) and webchat support. She became an IBCLC in 2021, as an extension of her passion for nutrition and her love of helping families navigate infant feeding. Shortly thereafter, she returned to the U.S. with her family.

After developing a chronic illness, Diane became a mindfulness teacher and has taken a career break to focus on her health and to support others with the same condition.

Diane is thrilled to join the Global MilCom team in support of military families and their unique feeding journeys, as well as the Military Lactation Counselor program, and overall lactation advocacy.

Gabrielle is passionate about helping families and maternal health. She is currently pursuing an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) certification to better serve her community. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to support and network with a global community of parents and families. After more than a decade of providing childcare, COVID-19 took her life in a different direction. She began working for a maternal health organization and working towards additional credentials. She is currently a Certified Lactation Educator (CLE) and member of CAPPA. She looks forward to completing MLC training to better serve families.

Heather is a military spouse who is navigating this great adventure of life with her husband, two children, and cat (named Duck). She became involved with Mom2Mom in 2012 after a difficult lactation journey with her first child while living overseas. Though exclusive breastfeeding was not a possibility for Heather, she strongly shared Mom2Mom’s vision and earned accreditation as a Certified Lactation Counselor to help other parents achieve their lactation and feeding goals. Heather increased her involvement with the organization by serving as Mom2Mom’s Newsletter Coordinator until she relocated stateside in late 2013.

In 2015, Heather joined Mom2Mom Global as a founding board member, serving as the Director of Finance. In this role, she brought years of account and administrative management experience. Heather holds an MBA from East Carolina University, specializing in health care management. Over the years, Heather’s involvement with the organization expanded as she leveraged cross-functional experience to support process improvement, growth, and sustainability efforts.

Heather is grateful for the support she received from peers and lactation specialists as she navigated infant feeding relationships that required supplementing. She is proud to be part of an organization that actively seeks to deliver inclusive lactation support to families and strives to overcome barriers to equitable access to care and support.

Krystle is a Coast Guard Academy Graduate and Coast Guard Reservist. She is married to an active duty Coast Guard pilot and has two kids she proudly breastfed. Her interest in the lactation field started after the birth of her first child. Many of her friends would consult her for breastfeeding advice and she loved being able to help, despite being a new mother herself. 

After transitioning from Active to Reserve and the birth of her second child, Krystle started to really contemplate what she wanted for a career outside of the Military. It did not take long for her to choose the lactation field. She started by obtaining her Masters in Health and Wellness with a focus in Human Lactation from Union Institute and University.

She became a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) while in grad school and worked for three years as a CLC with NOLA Baby Cafe and also has been a La Leche League leader for two years. Her love and understanding of the unique challenges to military families and breastfeeding led her to Global MilCom (formerly Mom2Mom Global) where she initially served as Education Assistant and was integral in launching the Military Lactation Counselor (MLC) training program. Krystle then served as both the organization’s Executive Director and Director of the MLC Program. She is now an Ex Officio Board Member.