Latch On to Success Summit
Louisville, Kentucky- February 2-3, 2026
15 dynamic speakers, 2 FULL days, keynotes, breakouts, workgroups and more!
NOW Offering up to 6 Nursing Contact Hours and 8 contact hours through CAPPA!
Meeting Global Parenting Needs featuring Nikki Rishi- Keynote Speaker
Medha Nicky Rishi is the Founder of MissPoppins, a modern digital village app transforming the parenting journey through real-time coaching, AI-powered personalization, and expert-driven support. A seasoned global HR executive, she most recently served as Head of HR at Square, and previously led multinational teams with Mercer, Aon and Woodruff-Sawyer across 63 countries. Nicky holds degrees in Biochemistry and Economics, along with a Master’s in Fashion Design. A licensed private pilot and passionate advocate for wellness, she also founded 180Elevate.com, a thought-leadership platform. Committed to healthcare-tech and community service, Nicky has served on boards including Forma, Healthy Finds, Pratham, and the American Indian Foundation. She is a former CFO of United Nations-SF and has chaired HR and Finance for city councils. A two-time TEDx host, she continues to champion inclusion, innovation, and impact.
Building Unbreakable Bonds: Growing Your Practice Through Connection and Trust featuring Emily Green- Keynote Speaker
Emily is a TEDx speaker, entrepreneur, and former founder of Grace Communications, a national marketing agency she built and sold in under six years. Now the force behind Love Means Business, Emily helps thought leaders turn their stories into strategy through speaking, consulting, and community. She’s the host of the Love Means Business podcast, creator of the T.H.O.U.G.H.T. Leadership Program, and founder of the Speaker Support & Referral Community—empowering leaders to grow their visibility and credibility with purpose. From working with speaker agents and media to spotlighting survivors and changemakers, Emily proves that love, leadership, and authenticity are the most powerful marketing tools we have.
Boss and Brand Method: How to Build a Magnetic, Profitable Brand in 30 Days, Even if You Hate Marketing featuring Chanel Wells- Henderson- Keynote Speaker
Chanel is a visionary entrepreneur, personal brand photographer, and marketing strategist dedicated to empowering small business owners and professionals. With a passion for storytelling and a knack for creating impactful visuals, Chanel helps her clients clarify their message, elevate their brand, and connect with their audience. As the founder of Chanel Nicole Co. and Boss and Brand, she combines creativity with strategy to deliver polished, relatable, and results-driven solutions for modern entrepreneurs.
Mission Meets Money: Building Sustainable Practices for Birth, Lactation, and CHW Professionals featuring Ashley Green and Veronica Simpkins- Keynote Speakers
Ashley is a registered nurse, lactation consultant, and entrepreneur in maternal health. She co-founded both Latched Support, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing maternal and infant health equity, and A&V Innovations. This learning studio designs workforce training and digital tools for birth and health professionals. Drawing from her own lived experience with severe postpartum complications, Ashley is passionate about bridging the gaps in postpartum care and addressing systemic bias in healthcare. Today, she focuses on building sustainable, culturally responsive models that equip doulas, lactation consultants, and community health workers with the tools to thrive in their practice while expanding access to care for families.
Meets Money: Building Sustainable Practices for Birth, Lactation, and CHW Professionals featuring Ashley Green and Veronica Simpkins- Keynote Speakers
Veronica is a registered nurse, lactation consultant, and co-founder of Latched Support and A&V Innovations LLC. Trained in advanced women’s health, she leverages her clinical background to design and lead innovative programs that empower families and transform systems of care. At Latched Support, she helps expand maternal health programs rooted in equity and community voice. Through A&V Innovations, she develops curricula, digital platforms, and business strategies that enable birth and health professionals to grow their impact while sustaining their livelihoods. Her work bridges mission and money, ensuring providers are equipped to deliver care and supported to build thriving, sustainable practices in the birth, lactation, and CHW fields.
Why Lactation Advocacy Belongs in Your Business Plan featuring Tina Sherman- Breakout Speaker
Tina is the National Director for Maternal Justice at MomsRising, where she leads work focused on improving the health, dignity, and economic security of mothers and birthing people across the country. A certified birth doula with formal training in public policy, Tina brings both head and heart to her work grounding national advocacy in the lived experiences of families, especially those most impacted by racial and economic injustice.
Guided by the belief that those closest to the challenges should shape the solutions, her work pushes for policies that reflect real lives and center care, equity, and dignity.
She remains deeply connected to her community, serving as chair of the Town Planning Board and Affordable Housing Committee in her hometown as well as several state level boards including the North Carolina Partnership for Children and as co-chairs the NC Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
The Productivity Puzzle: Fitting Systems & Basic AI into Your Business featuring Katie Nyberg- Breakout Speaker
Katie has found a love of small business ownership through her Iowa based doula agency which provides support to families across the state. With 15 years of experience, she has built a reputation as The Iowa Baby Lady, helping parents navigate the joys (and chaos!) of childbirth and those first few weeks at home with their babies, while also training and mentoring other doulas just starting out in their careers.
Having had to readjust business tactics many times along the way, Katie has mastered the art of creating systems that help her find harmony between running a business and still being able to make time for her family’s activities. When she’s not working in Iowa, Katie can be found training doulas and speaking at international conferences all over the country
Diversify Your Practice featuring Anna Rodney- Breakout Speaker
Anna is the owner and founder of Birth & Baby University, an online educational platform for perinatal professionals and expecting families and she also founded and created the largest doula agency in the United States, Chicago Family Doulas; which employs over 300 birth and postpartum doulas and is run by herself and 18 other admin.
Anna is a committed life long learner and has spent her entire adult life in the field of education. After the birth of her first child in 2009, Anna became incredibly committed to learning as much as possible about birth and babies. She first became a labor and postpartum doula and childbirth educator. She is committed to growing her businesses and supporting others as they grow their businesses. She is an expert in developing an agency, designing trainings, courses and products and being a leader and mentor in this important space.
Expanding Your Network and Net Worth: Building Online Membership Communities featuring Jodi Congdon- Breakout Speaker
Jodi is the owner of Hip to Heart®️, a birth and postpartum doula agency in Boston, as well as a Postpartum Doula and Lactation Educator trainer. She is the creator of the Birth Boss educational series and focuses on working with perinatal professionals to scale their solo business into an agency model.
Jodi has 3 amazing daughters (2 that were born at home), an incredible husband, 2 cats and dog.
Non-Profits and Breastfeeding: Where Do I Start? featuring Stephanie Hutchinson- Breakout Speaker
Stephanie is an IBCLC, specializing in providing inclusive lactation care in and around the tri-state area of Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
She has extensive experience working with lactating families in different settings from WIC to inpatient and outpatient hospital settings. Currently and most excitingly, she enjoys owning her own private practice, Rainbow Mountain Lactation, offering telehealth visits and home visits.
Stephanie is the founder and president of Appalachian Breastfeeding Network and is currently one of the administrators of their 24-hour lactation hotline. Amongst many great opportunities, Stephanie has been a previous board director to the United States Breastfeeding Committee, vice chair, treasurer, and regional representative to Ohio Breastfeeding Alliance, and web editor and Southeast Ohio representative for Ohio Lactation Consultant Association. Stephanie is also the Director of Communications and Instructor for Lactation Education Consultants.
Network Your Way to Notice: Building Authentic Connections & Brand Awareness in Lactation featuring Tiffani Dickerson- Keynote Speaker
Tiffani is a RN, IBCLC, is the CEO and founder of The Breast Choice Lactation, where she blends clinical expertise, lived experience, and business strategy to transform the way families and professionals experience breastfeeding support. Known for her bold, relatable approach, she empowers families to thrive while equipping birth and lactation professionals to build sustainable, profitable practices.
After growing her business from serving just 10 families to over 600 in under three years, Tiffani recognizes networking as the key driving force behind her success. Now, she’s passionate about sharing the strategies and lessons she’s learned so other birth professionals can expand their reach, strengthen their businesses, and create greater impact within their communities.
No Money, No Problem: How I Built a Thriving Lactation Practice from Scratch featuring Stacy-Ann Louie- Breakout Speaker
Stacy is an IBCLC known for evidence-based, compassionate care. Since starting as a birth doula in 2017 and earning her lactation credential in 2019, she has supported families across labor & delivery, NICU, pediatric, newborn clinic, and private practice settings. Her clinical focus includes solving common and complex feeding concerns, educating families, and protecting the breastfeeding relationship with empathy and cultural sensitivity.
Recognizing the need for continuity beyond brief hospital encounters, Stacy-Ann founded Gwinnett Breastfeeding to provide accessible, community-rooted support. She is also a certified mental health group facilitator who partners with therapists to integrate group care during the perinatal period. Guided by the belief that “if you go together, you go further,” she centers teamwork, equity, and whole-family well-being in every encounter.
From Google to Growth: Mastering SEO & Analytics- Breakout Speaker with Jessica Colliersmith
Jessica is a marketing strategist and founder of Digital Media, LLC, where she helps small businesses grow through smarter marketing, better systems, and clear strategy. With more than a decade of experience in digital strategy, branding, and e-commerce, she’s known for turning marketing from something overwhelming into something doable and effective.
As a mom of twin girls she tandem nursed until they were three and a one-year-old she’s still breastfeeding, Jessica brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work with maternal and family-focused businesses. She’s helped clients across industries, from wellness brands to law firms, build visibility, clarity, and lasting growth through practical strategies rooted in both data and connection. Her approach is grounded, insightful, and heart-centered because great marketing starts with a genuine connection.
Jessica lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her wife and three children. When she’s not teaching marketing strategy, she’s usually in the garden, exploring with her kids, or planning her next family adventure.