Our Team

A group of inspiring locals who all have a drive to serve the women in our community.

Natanya Champney, NHCM

Founder & Homebirth Midwife

Mother, midwife and birth advocate serving the women of Northern NH for over 14 yrs. Natanya has a strong desire to help foster a deep connection between motherhood and community. She is the homebirth midwife that serves the North Country of NH, yet has a yearning to help women and families receive vital information no matter their risk factors or place of birth. She has 3 growing sons whom she works dilegently for always and has homeschooled at various times throughout the years. She has multiple others role at various organizations in the North Country, serving on a few different Boards over the years and has maintained employment as a Human Resources Manager at a local manufacturing facility. Natanya has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Green Mountain College, a Certificate in Midwifery from Birthwise Midwifery School, and a Certified Midwife in NH.

Kailene Jones, MPH

Founding Board Member

Natural birth enthusiast, mother of 3, and public health professional with a passion to make a broad impact on the lives of women and their children. Kailene has been captivated by the perinatal world since childhood, growing up as the oldest of six and attending 6 births before the age of 18, she fell in love with the empowering journey she watched multiple women embark on while they brought new life into the world. Kailene quickly realized she wanted to make a difference that would require much more than just providing direct care. This desire led her to obtaining a bachelor's degree in Public Health in 2017, followed by a master’s degree in Public Health from in 2020. Throughout her academic career Kailene focused her research on maternal health needs and outcomes, gaining a wealth of knowledge regarding the necessity for systems change in the US maternity care industry. Currently employed by Dartmouth Health, Kailene now has 5 years of public health project coordination experiences, 2 years of public health project management experience, and 3 years of grant writing experience. Kailene is eager to use these public health skills to help strategically build WOMB into a sustainable nonprofit that will provide North Country women and families with holistic perinatal resources/education, connection and supports for years to come.

Taylor Imhoff, IBCLC

Active Board Member

Birth, breastfeeding, and motherhood enthusiast, Taylor felt the undeniable pull toward birth work since childhood. Taylor became a DONA Doula in 2019 and served as a volunteer doula in Chicago, Illinois before moving back to her native New England. Since settling in New Hampshire, her passion for equitable, safe, and empowering birth experiences has led her to join WOMB. She brings with her over 10 years of experience in corporate and adult education and professional development, which informs her approach to educating, supporting, and collaborating with expectant mothers. Taylor’s children have given her two unique birth experiences that inform her practice; one ecstatic natural birth and one high-risk pregnancy, which resulted in a complex c-section birth and 12-day NICU stay for her daughter. Both experiences have deepened her ability to accept and celebrate all birth experiences, and equipped her with a wealth of knowledge to support natural, high-risk, unexpected, and complicated births. She joined the Board of Directors in October of 2022 and is privileged to serve alongside a group of strong, inspiring, intelligent, and passionate birth professionals. She believes that WOMB will move mountains in the birth world as we walk alongside, support, and nurture the mothers of the north country.

Simone Cote,

Active Board Member

I am a proud mama and a social worker residing in the Northeast Kingdom of VT. I
currently work in the educational system providing individual counseling to high
school students. One of my greatest passions has always been in the area of
reprodctive health care and access to care especially in the areas of post-partum. Since becoming a social worker, I have worked in the non-profit sector helping support families in the adoption process and have also worked in the government sector serving the homeless population. I've been a part of mamas groups and love attending birth story circle as birth is one of my favorite topics to talk about!

Heather Lefoll

Heather is a mother of 7 children, all born at home. She has 25 years of experience helping mothers prepare for and go through birth. Heather also holds 7 years of combined experience in energy healing and birth support. Her interests include hiking, gardening, traveling, milking cows, crocheting, puzzles, and painting. Heather is the proud owner of Two Hearts Healing serving the north country of NH and VT! www.twoheartshealing.info

Rikki Chapman

Active Board Member

As a lifetime resident of the North Country and biproduct of parents who have struggled with addiction to this day, Rikki's lived experience has brought her to her position working with women who have Substance Use Disorder. She is a Community Health Worker/Recovery Coach and her role is to assist this marginalized population in receiving their social determinants of health through advocation, education and reducing stigma. She is a mom of three, two girls and 1 boy, who have taught her that parenting is like a walk in Jurassic Park. However, without them, she would not be who she is today, and she wouldn’t have known what unconditional love is. Since working with the North Country Health Consortium, it has given her the determination to finish her associate degree, switching her point of study from Criminal Justice to Behavioral Health Science, focusing her attention on the aspects of Public Health.