GOLD Speakers

Naomi Bar-Yam, PhD, MSW

• Speaker Type: 2025 Main Presentations
• Country: United States

Biography:

Naomi Bar-Yam, ACSW, PhD, has been working in maternal and child health for over 35 years as an educator, researcher, advocate, and writer. Her professional training is in social work and social policy. Naomi is past president of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) and the founder and director emerita of Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast, which provides safe donor milk to hospitals and families throughout the northeastern US. She writes and speaks widely on technical, ethical and policy aspects of milk banking, breastfeeding and maternal and child health.