Molly Pessl, BSN, IBCLC
Molly has spent most of her career with a focus on family-centered maternity care. She worked at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center from 1985 - 2003, following 5 years as a health educator, clinician and lactation consultant for a hospital based nurse-midwifery service. During her years at Evergreen Hospital, Molly developed comprehensive parent and professional education programs, the regional breastfeeding center, a postpartum follow-up clinic and Baby-Parent Groups. These programs led to the first US designation of “Baby Friendly” by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Molly is currently the director of Evergreen Perinatal Education, a consulting and education program for professionals. Molly served on the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners and is a past president of that board. She is a registered nurse, childbirth educator and Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant.
Ginna Wall, RN, MN, IBCLC
Ginna founded the lactation program at the University of Washington
Medical Center in 1986 and continues there as coordinator for Lactation
Services. This program serves a predominantly indigent and high-risk
client, and the challenge of caring for the premature infant is
a major focus of the program’s lactation consultants. Almost
20% of the infants born at the University of Washington Medical
Center require neonatal intensive care.
Ginna received her master's degree in nursing from the University
of Washington and has published several articles about breastfeeding
in BIRTH, JOGNN and the Journal of Human Lactation. Ginna has served
on the editorial board of the JHL and the exam committee of IBLCE.
She has been on the faculty of Evergreen Perinatal Education since
its inception.