Read more about our Board of Directors by clicking their names or photos to advance to their bios. 

Interested in board service or committee service? Email [email protected] and visit our USBC Committees webpage for more information. 

Meet Our Board of Directors

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Tiana Pyles

​Chair

Andrea Serano

Chair-Elect

Lindsay B. Groff

Secretary

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Briana Jegier

Treasurer

Love Anderson

Elected Director

Ifeyinwa Asiodu

Elected Director​

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Amber Granite

Elected Director​

Porsche Holland-Otunba

Elected Director​

Stephanne Rupnicki

Elected Director​

Tiana Pyles, MHA, CLC

Chair

"I consider the United States Breastfeeding Committee family since I first attended as a presenter for BSTARS; a Cultural Coalition listed with the USBC in 2016. In 2018, I was a recipient of the "Emerging Leader" award at the Eighth National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening. As the Executive Director for the Orange Mound Development Corporation, the Tennessee Breastfeeding Coalition and a co-founder of BSTARS (Breastfeeding Sisters That Are Receiving Support), I understand that to truly help and empower families to be prosperous in their communities, it takes a “circle of support.” This “circle of support” must include family, adequate education and health care, affordable, quality housing options, peer support and good neighbors. I work hard on forging networking partnerships at local, state and national levels in order to better serve the community, city, and state I am vested in and love.

I’m a proud mother of four and come from an unbroken family lineage of breastfeeding mothers. I actively work on bridging the disparities in community development, health care, and breastfeeding in Memphis, Tennessee, and beyond, by helping to create opportunities to support the much needed work. I continue to be entrenched in this work to honor my ancestral heritage and in efforts to leave a good example for my legacy to live by and to be proud of."

Andrea Serano, ​MPH, CHES, CLC, IBCLC

Chair-Elect

Andrea Serano, MPH, CHES, CLC, IBCLC, is Executive Director of Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE) and a leader in advancing maternal and child health (MCH) equity. With extensive clinical lactation experience and a background in public health and human lactation, she champions breastfeeding to address disparities, especially in vulnerable communities. She holds a Master's in Public Health (MPH) from Georgia Southern University and a Bachelors of Science in MCH with a focus on Human Lactation. She serves as Vice-Chair of the MCH Section of the Georgia Public Health Association and is a former board member of USBC. During her previous tenure on the Board, she was honored to contribute meaningfully to USBC’s mission. Since then, she has deepened her expertise in organizational leadership and national public health strategy. She returns now with renewed perspective, strengthened skills, and an even greater commitment to advancing equity in lactation. She is confident that this next chapter of service will allow her to make an even more impactful contribution to USBC and the communities we collectively serve.

Lindsay B. Groff, MBA

Secretary

Lindsay’s dedication to helping medically fragile children is inspired by her own experience as a mother and milk donor during her daughter, Charlotte’s extended stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. Lindsay held to her personal goal of providing breastmilk for one year, both supporting Charlotte with her milk through a nasogastric tube (NG tube) and by donating excess to other vulnerable infants. Today, Lindsay is impassioned by her role at HMBANA and, with her thriving daughter, shares a deep belief in serving under-resourced communities through her work with local nonprofits. Lindsay has an MBA from Rowan University and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Rutgers University.

Briana Jegier, PhD

Treasurer

Briana J. Jegier, PhD, is a Professor and Chair of Health Administration & Public Health, Chair of the Community Health Worker Program, and Co-Chair of BHSU HealthCORE at Baptist Health Sciences University. She is the Maternal Child Health Section Past Treasurer, a USBC member representative, and Breastfeeding Forum past Chair for the American Public Health Association. She is a wife and a mother to 3 awesome boys, and is an elected member of the International Society for Research in Human Milk & Lactation.

Love Anderson

Elected Director

Love Anderson is a co-founder of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities (BFFC), an organization that actively supports 24 local and regional coalitions nationwide including Breastfeed Durham, the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition, and the SAFE Infant Feeding Team. A Black-Cherokee woman and parent, Love brings lived experience, policy expertise, and a focus on equity. Her work spans systems change, digital strategy, and emergency infant feeding (IYCF-E), fostering inclusive support so all families can meet their feeding goals. Love feels that serving on the USBC Board of Directors is a natural next step in her journey to support and strengthen systems for cultural lactation practices nationwide.

Ifeyinwa Asiodu, PhD, RN, IBCLC, FAAN

Elected Director

Dr. Ifeyinwa Asiodu is an Associate Professor at the University of California San Francisco and leads the MILK Research Lab. Her program of research focuses on identifying and addressing the impact of social and structural determinants of health during the reproductive life course. She has served as a USBC member representative for the American of Public Health Association (APHA) since 2015. During this time, she has served on the USBC’s Conference Planning Committee, CRASH, Finance & Audit Committee, several constellation workgroups, and currently sits on the 5-Year National Strategy Advisory Council. She is an experienced leader, researcher, IBCLC, and equity champion. As a USBC Board member, she wants to strengthen and expand existing breastfeeding policies and advocate for greater protections for all families and communities.

Amber Granite, ​IBC, GPCE

Elected Director

"My name is Amber and my pronouns are she/her/'oia. My purpose in serving on the board is to share the perspectives of lactation through a Native Hawaiian lens, to learn from others, and work together towards a thriving lāhui (nation) that accepts and honors breast/chest feeding as our first food and medicine. Currently, my work includes co-coordinating the Hawaii Indigenous Breastfeeding Collaborative to support Indigenous practitioners serving as the Board President of Breastfeeding Hawaii, our Hawaii state coalition. I also work in the WIC setting as a Nutrition counselor supporting families in informed decision-making for themselves and for their ohana's (family's) physical, mental, emotional, lifestyle, and environmental health. 

The USBC is the kumu, the source, of understanding the vast landscape of lactation, particularly at the national policy level. In order to make or be a part of change, we need organizations like the USBC that build power for families by bringing many voices to the table to huli ka lima i lalo, turn the hands down to get the work done. Fun fact about me: my undergraduate degree is in Apparel Design. As part of my final project, I designed a rainbow-swirled evening gown for one of my favorite drag queens in Hawai'i."

Porsche Holland-Otunba, CLC, C-CBE, PMH-C

Elected Director

Porsche M. Holland-Otunba, CLC, C-CBE, PMH-C is the CEO of Reclaim Black Motherhood (RBM), a perinatal consultancy company. RBM supports perinatal professionals, creates curriculum, and champions research in mental health, lactation, and cardiovascular health. Porsche is a Philly native, wife, and girl mom. As a birth trauma survivor and two-time exclusive pumper she proudly serves her city as a Doula, Childbirth Educator, and Lactation Counselor. She prides herself on championing inclusive decision-making and cultivating partnerships that reflect shared power and purpose.

Stephanne R. Rupnicki, ​CLC

Elected Director

Stephanne Rupnicki is a recognized member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas and a married mother of six, residing on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation. She is a passionate breastfeeding advocate and leader, currently serving on the United States Breastfeeding Committee Board of Directors and the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Board of Directors.
She co-founded and leads the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Breastfeeding Coalition and founded the Indigenous Birthworkers Collective of Kansas.
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Stephanne’s work has been honored nationally and within Indigenous communities, including the 2019 USBC Tribal Trailblazer Award, the 2022 Indigi-LC Advocacy Award, and being the first Indigenous person featured on the CDC Breastfeeding Report Card cover (2020). She works as a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor and Certified Indigenous Lactation Counselor at the Prairie Band Potawatomi Health Center, and partners with the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board on initiatives supporting Indigenous parents and infants. In 2022, she received a CDC Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country subaward to advance breastfeeding visibility, normalize feeding traditions, and strengthen community support for Indigenous families.