A New Role

Dear BAC members and supporters,

I am very excited about the upcoming year and serving as the new president of BAC. I want to begin by thanking all of you for your hard work and support over the last couple of years. I also want to specifically acknowledge and thank Kim Rivers for her tireless efforts as president; she has truly been the backbone of BAC. I hope to carry on her efforts so that BAC continues to thrive by educating and advocating for birthing women in our community.

BAC is such a wonderful organization that supports women and their families and I am so thankful to be a part of that. Working with BAC as Secretary over the last year has been extremely rewarding. I have made some amazing friendships and have been inspired by the passion of all the members. I look forward to working closely with the new board of directors and I am thrilled that Sandy and Summer have joined us.

Thank you again for your support. You will be hearing from us soon as we have some exciting new outreach programs and several community events that BAC plans to participate in during the upcoming year. Please contact me if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions. We are always striving to expand the mission of BAC.

All the best,

Summer Sivas

Welcome New President and Board Members

Dear BAC Members & Supporters, 
As of today, September 1, 2010, I am no longer serving as president of the Birth Action Coalition. I have been honored to have served for two years. I will remain on the Board as a Member at Large and look forward to supporting our new President, Summer Sivas. Summer is a new mom who lives in Ventura, as well as a researcher in the field of chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is wholly dedicated to our mission of educating and advocating for all birthing women in our community. Summer has served on our Board for the past year or so as Secretary and so she is familiar with the current issues and direction BAC is headed. Please join me in welcoming her to this new role in our organization. 
I also want to welcome two brand new Board members, Sandy Lipkin and Summer Hines. Both have been BAC members and when we went looking for new Board members they accepted the nominations from current Board members. Sandy is a local patent attorney, mother and will serve as a Member at Large on our Board. Summer is a busy new mom who was a tremendous help in our wildly successful "Women Create" fundraiser last year. Summer will be acting as Treasurer. 

So here is our current Board:
President: Summer Sivas
Vice President: Tasha Cleaveland
Secretary: Jenn Plew
Treasurer: Summer Hines
Member at Large: S. Krystal McCauley
Member at Large: Jen Camomile
Member at Large: Laurel Connell
Member at Large: Kimberly Rivers
Member at Large: Sandy Lipkin


We will be adding Board Member bios to our website shortly. And remember, we want YOU to get involved in BAC. Click here to view our Volunteer Page. 


Best, 
Kimberly Rivers