Meet Our Team

The Colorado Midwives Association supports and promotes the option of homebirth for families in Colorado. The CMA facilitates communication and community amongst direct-entry midwives through conferences and workshops. Direct-entry midwives have been legal in Colorado since 1993 due to the efforts of the CMA and supporting community. The CMA strives to be a legislative force behind maintaining and updating the regulations of direct-entry midwifery in Colorado.
Mission
The mission of the Colorado Midwives Association is to support direct-entry midwifery through advocacy, continuing education, and community awareness.
Vision
Midwifery care will be an integral part of the healthcare system and home birth will be a widely accepted option. Midwives and other maternity healthcare providers will work collaboratively with professional respect, trust, and mutual goals in providing excellent care.
Purpose

• The CMA advances home birth midwifery care as an accessible option to families in Colorado.
• The CMA provides educational and informational resources, as well as opportunities to midwives in Colorado.
• The CMA advocates for laws and policies that promote best practices in midwifery care.
• The CMA expects midwives to provide excellent quality of care using the Midwives Model of Care, MANA statement of values and ethics and Colorado State Rules and Regulations as their guide.

jennifer dossett

TREASURER

Bio to come.

jennifer barr

president

Jennifer Barr RM, CPM  president she/her

Jennifer has re-joined the board in the fall of 2018 (having served previously from 2002-2007) with a profound desire to continue the work her foremothers did to support ever-improving legislation and sense of responsibility for the future of midwifery in Colorado.  She brings to the organization a belief that access to health care is a basic human right and plans to be a part of the board and organization becoming more consciously and overtly anti-racist.

Jennifer became a homebirth midwife in 2009 after a 13 year journey through the PEP process which formally began in 1996 at Maternidad La Luz (maternidadlaluz.com) in El Paso, TX and completed with an apprenticeship and internship in the Denver and Boulder areas.  She holds a BA in Religion from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and has been a craniosacral therapist for 20 years.  She studied craniosacral and somatic therapy with Anna & John Chitty at the Colorado School of Energy Studies (energyschool.com) and Prenatal and Birth Therapy with Ray Castellino (castellinotraining.com) which she weaves into the trauma-aware, evidence-based care that she provides.  She had the opportunity to study with many wonderful senior midwives throughout her training in both birth center and home birth settings.  Jennifer has served on the board of International Midwife Assistance (midwifeassist.org) since its inception in 2005.  IMA’s mission is to raise the standard of maternal/infant care in areas experiencing crisis and currently funds a birth center in Soroti, Uganda.  

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camille friason

STACIE MEREDITH

PUBLIC relations chair

Camille was first introduced to birth at 9 years old when she was present for the birth of her little brother. She didn’t learn about midwifery until later in life and loved how it aligned with her views on healthcare, autonomy, and normalcy of pregnancy. 

She attended Bastyr University for her didactic studies and completed two rotations spanning 2.5 years at birth centers in Seattle, WA and Boise, ID. In 2021 Camille passed the NARM, making her a Certified Professional Midwife and has had the honor of supporting families along the Front Range as a Registered Midwife with Community Roots Midwife Collective. 

Camille believes birth is just one part of the wondrous journey to parenthood. Making sure the birthing person feels safe, respected and cared for can make a lasting impression that shapes the future of that child and family. She is passionate about evidence based, client centered care and making midwifery care accessible to BIPOC families. ​

SECRETARY

Bio to come