Board of Directors

Our Board is comprised of hardworking members of our community who are passionate about Birth, Doulas, and the Wellbeing of our community at large.

Edina Day (she/her)
Chairperson

One of the founding board members of Doula Support Foundation, Edina has been a doula in both Ontario and Maine since 2016. Focusing on loss, death, and grief, she also offers birth services to those living with mental health and substance use challenges. Edina brings with her a background in Community Work and experience working with vulnerable populations in our community. Currently serving as the Chairperson of DSF, she has also held the positions of Director of Programming, Director of Outreach, and social media manager.

Mandy McLellan
Director of Education

As a mother of 6 kiddos born over the course of 2 decades, Mandy has been a witness to the evolving change in the culture of birth and childrearing. The pregnancy and birth experience of her first child over 25 years ago left her in awe of the transformative power of birth and with a profound and passionate connection with her reproductive power. This was the beginning of a deeper dive into exploring and understanding birth culture, perinatal health and reproductive justice. Attending births and supporting families through the peri and postnatal periods, Mandy's enthusiasm to continue learning and sharing knowledge has only grown.

Sophia Stickland
Director of Doulas

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Stacey Burns
Secretary

Stacey (she/her) is thrilled to be part of the DSF board, and to be in community with others to help create opportunities so that anyone who wishes to can have access to doula support. Stacey has a formal education in sociology, and brings with her experience from various other boards within Kingston, including work in communications and volunteer recruitment.

She has always been passionate about birthing and social justice, and is a Full Spectrum Doula certified through Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings. Stacey is excited to join this local community, and to be able to assist all birthing individuals and families in feeling heard, supported and empowered.

Laura Pascoe
Treasurer

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Lauren Miller
Board Member/

Social Media

Lauren joined the board in 2021 and has brought with her experience in social media marketing and excitement about fundraising for our organization. She is a single mother of two and a furbaby that might as well be a third child. She has a background in Early Childhood Education as well as Freelance Writing.

Lauren currently practices as a Postpartum Doula as well as teaches Postpartum parenting courses. In the future, she hopes to expand to birth doula work and childbirth education.

Jess Surtees (they/them)
Director of Fundraising

Jess is a settler of mixed Anglo-Franco European and Jewish ancestry born, raised, and living on the traditional territory of Tkaronto (Toronto) and now Katarokwi (Kingston), home to many nations the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishinaabe, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee, Mohawk, Algonquin, and Wendat peoples.

Jess is a labour, birth, and bereavement doula completing studies with Doula Training Canada (DTC) with backgrounds in sexual education, political theory, and the culinary arts.

Jess passionately believes that every birthing person is just as unique as the life they create and is deserving of empowerment throughout their pregnancy, labour, and beyond. Jess strives to move through the world with compassion, empathy, gentleness, and a little silliness. Their values of equity, choice, and caring are what drives them.

Jess has a thirst for knowledge and a passion for puns,
nature, their three cats, and their (now very active) one year old child.

Kiara Vallier
Board Member - Grant Writer

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Jazmin Eadie
Board Member

Jazmin is a birth, fertility, postpartum, and bereavement doula in training and is passionate about educating and being present for people at different stages in their life including labor and when trying to conceive. She is so honoured to be a board member for DSF and learn from other incredible members who have been in this field for years! It's a true honour to be apart of such an amazing organization and help in allowing everyone to receive doula care!

Founding Members

DSF was founded by a passionate, hardworking group of doulas and birthworkers in the Kingston area. Some are still involved in the organization, but some have moved on to other projects. We want to acknowledge the hard work they put into getting the Doula Support Foundation off the ground, by featuring them here.

Laura Pascoe

Chelsea Loutsenko

Chelsea continues to work in the Kingston community as a Doula and is the owner of Childbirth Kingston. CBK is a Doula Agency that provides Birth and Postpartum Doula support as well as the Education that goes along with it!