Midwives Make a Difference
ACNM BOARD
Midwifery Is The Answer!
President
Erin Farah, PhD, APRN-FPA, CNM
President
Dr. Erin Farah is three-time alumna of the UIC College of Nursing having earned her BSN in 2000, MSN with dual certification in Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner in 2005, and PhD in 2016. She has been practicing full-scope midwifery at UI Health since 2005. Over the past two decades, she has held numerous leadership roles and contributed to multiple institutional committees. Currently at UI Health, she serves as the Lead Certified Nurse-Midwife for Mile Square Health Center, the Guideline and Policy Coordinator for the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and an Instructor and Clinical Coordinator in the College of Nursing’s CNM/WHNP doctoral programs. Additionally, she actively contributes to ongoing research and dissemination of scholarship through peer-reviewed publications and academic collaboration.
On the national level, Dr. Farah is the President of the Illinois Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and an active member of both the ACNM Research and Standards Committee and ACNM Leadership Development Committee. Dr. Farah is a national speaker on women’s health and midwifery practice, sharing her expertise to advance evidence-based care and promote excellence in women’s health and midwifery education and clinical practice.
Kirby Adlam
Vice President
Biography Coming Soon...
Annette Payot
Treasurer
Mary Leung
Corresponding Secretary
Amy Willen
Recording Secretary
Daphne Kuhel
Nominating Committee
Rita Ledbetter
Member at Large
Maureen McNamee
Natalie Parker, DNP, WHNP-BC, CNM
Member at large
Natalie Parker, DNP, WHNP-BC, CNM recently added midwifery to her scope of patient care after graduating from UIC in August 2022. It has been a lifelong goal for Natalie to be a midwife and she is excited to start caring for birthing people at Erie Family Health Centers in Chicago. Natalie has a passion for equity in care, health promotion and wellness for all people in traditional and non-traditional birthing practices. She has a passion for learning about and understanding biases and racism in order to promote equity in her daily patient care.
Natalie currently serves as a Member at large on the Board of the Illinois Affiliate of ACNM. When she is not caring for birthing people she enjoys spending time on the water in her kayak, hiking with her dogs, and being a mom to two girls and Nana to her grandson.
Amy Ortega
Student Representative