Coalitions
Coalitions are the heart of MBC’s work and bring together all types of professionals, advocates, and community partners to pursue natural infant feeding equity. Learn about the coalition in your area or explore the coalitions representing the Indigenous and Hmong communities in Minnesota.
Find a coalition near you
*Denotes a current MBC member
Statewide Cultural Coalitions
Hmong Breastfeeding Coalition
For information, contact: Tiffany Pao Yang at 920-287-9805, hmongbf@gmail.com or visit the HBC Facebook page
Indigenous Breastfeeding Coalition of Minnesota
For information, contact: Pearl Walker at 605-431-6207, pearl.r.walker@gmail.com; Shashana Craft at 651-325-9267, shashana.craft@gmail.com; or indigenousbfcoalitionmn@gmail.com.
Local, Regional, and Tribal Coalitions
Anoka County Breastfeeding Coalition*
For information, contact: Holly Haney at 763-324-4215, or Gretchen Etzler at 763-324-4342, gretchen.etzler@co.anoka.mn.us
Bemidji Area Breastfeeding Coalition (includes Beltrami County and Red Lake and Leech Lake Tribal communities)*
For information contact: Krista Boyer at 218-333-8110, krista.boyer@co.beltrami.mn.us or Allie Rude at 218-333-6033, allie.rude@sanfordhealth.org
Breastfeeding Coalition of Dodge, Rice, and Steele Counties
For information, contact: Sara Coulter, sara.coulter@ricecountymn.gov
Crow River Area Breastfeeding Coalition (includes McLeod, Meeker, and Sibley Counties)
For information, contact Jenny Crowe at 320-693-5394, jenny.crowe@co.meeker.mn.us or Lindsay Hanson at 320-510-4850, lindsay.hanson@mmspublichealth.org
East Central Breastfeeding Coalition (includes Chisago, Kanabec, Isanti, and Pine Counties)
For information, contact: Ellie White, ellen.white@co.kanabec.mn.us
Fargo Moorhead Area Breastfeeding Association (includes Cass County, ND and Clay County, MN)
For information, contact: Tera Orr, fmareabreastfeedingassociation@gmail.com
Freeborn County Breastfeeding Coalition
For information, contact: Sue Yost at 507-377-5100, sue.yost@co.freeborn.mn.us
Goodhue Wabasha Pierce County Breastfeeding Coalition
For information, contact: Jolie Berktold at 651-267-5376, berktold.jolie@mayo.edu
Kandiyohi County Breastfeeding Coalition*
For information, email Shana Wall, 320-231-7800, shana.wall@kcmn.us, or publichealth@kcmn.us
Mower County Breastfeeding Coalition*
For information, contact: Karrie Green at 507-210-1655, green.karrie@gmail.com
Northland Lactation Network (includes St. Louis, Carlton, and Lake Counties in MN and Douglas County in WI)*
For information, contact: Laura Greensmith at 218-725-5264, northlandbfcoalition@gmail.com
Olmsted Area Breastfeeding Coalition
For information, contact: Elizabeth De La Cruz at 507-328-7555, elizabeth.delacruz@olmstedcounty.gov or OABreastfeedingCoalition@gmail.com
Partnership 4 Breastfeeding (Otter Tail, Becker, Wilkin Counties)
For information, contact Leslie Anderson at 218-736-8625, laanderson@lrhc.org
Polk County Breastfeeding Coalition*
For information, contact: Tammy Conn at 218-281-3385, tammy.conn@co.polk.mn.us
Quin County CHS Breastfeeding Coalition (includes
Kittson / Marshall / Pennington / Red Lake /
Roseau Counties)*
For information, contact: Katie Ellerbusch at 218-681-0876, kcellerbusch@penningtonmn.gov or Pam Hockstedler at 218-745-5154, pamela.hockstedler@northvalleyhealth.org
South Central Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition (regional coalition made up of Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan, Faribault, Martin, Le Sueur, Waseca, and Blue Earth Counties)
For more information contact SHIP staff for each region, listed here.
SouthWest Metro Breastfeeding Coalition (includes Carver and Scott Counties)*
For more information contact: Hannah Resendiz Olson at 612-368-8973, hresendizolson@co.scott.mn.us or swmetrobreastfeeding@gmail.com
Healthy Connections (includes Todd and Wadena Counties)*
For information, contact: Sarah Riedel, sarah.riedel@asterahealth.org; Stephanie Mitzel, stephanie.mitzel@co.todd.mn.us; Nan Hanson, nan.hanson@lakewoodhealthsystem.com; Madison Brinkman, madison.brinkman@centracare.com; or Mary Jo Pieper, maryjo.pieper@wcmn.us
Twin Cities Regional Breastfeeding Coalition
For information, contact: Franny Clary-Leiferman at frances.clary@co.ramsey.mn.us or Pa Shasky at pa.shasky@co.ramsey.mn.us
Washington County Breastfeeding Coalition
For information, contact: Lia Burg at lia.burg@co.washington.mn.us
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