Meet the Team

Julie is a U.S. Air Force spouse, Registered Nurse, International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), and proud mother of three children. Prior to having children, she worked as a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) nurse for five years. In 2015, Julie earned her Master’s degree in Nursing Education from Penn State, her alma mater. While stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Julie worked as Nurse Home Visitor for the Army New Parent Support Program. During this time, she became a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and began to volunteer with Mom2Mom KMC which ignited a passion to help families with their breast/chestfeeding goals.

When her family received orders to Royal Air Force Mildenhall in the United Kingdom, Julie saw a huge need for education, advocacy, and support in the area. During the quarantine period of the COVID pandemic, Julie established Mom2Mom Tribase UK (supporting Mildenhall, Lakenheath, and Feltwell installations) and built the group from virtual meetings to in-person cafes, conquering frequent lockdowns and restrictions.

The birth of her third child brought about some unexpected medical issues that required the finesse of navigating feeding a newborn with pre- and post-surgical considerations. With a short notice move to Alabama for 10 months, Julie has taken the year off to recover. Julie has had tongue tie revisions on all three of her children due to various reasons including poor weight gain, solid food feeding aversions, and cracked nipples. She is passionate about empowering families and children and is excited to join the Global MilCom team with a focus on evidence-based education to all chapters.

Kelly Quinn has been volunteering with Global MilCom (formerly Mom2Mom Global) since 2019. She is in the Army Reserve and has almost 24 years of military service. Kelly believes in taking care of servicemembers and their families in a holistic manner and she is a strong advocate for pregnant and postpartum servicemembers. Over the past several years, she has worked to change DOD-wide policies. Some of her accomplishments in this area include the authorization of the lactation undershirt (now approved in all military services), the pending Army procedure to issue the lactation undershirt as an optional clothing item with the maternity duty uniform, and the Army waiver to TB MED 530 that authorizes breastmilk storage in DFAC refrigeration. Most recently, Kelly co-authored the white paper and participated in the HQDA directed working groups that analyzed the white paper which led to the publication of the Army’s Parenthood, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Directive. She also assisted with the drafting, editing, and social media roll-out of this directive.

Kelly has two daughters and works as a nurse care manager in the primary care clinic at the Des Moines IA. She also helps admin the Facebook group The Army Mom Life.

Kristine is a Certified Nurse-Midwife who specializes in reproductive healthcare from adolescence through menopause with a special focus on pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and lactation. She began her career as a nurse in 2002, working mostly in and around birth where lactation support has always been a priority in providing holistic care. In 2014, she received a Master’s degree in Nurse Midwifery from the University of Cincinnati. Since then, she has provided care in a civilian hospital with a free-standing birth center as well as military treatment facilities stateside and overseas.

Midwife means “with womxn.” Kristine feels strongly that to be truly with womxn and people, their needs must be met where they are, and with equitable support, education, and empowerment. As an immigrant, a spouse to an active duty servicemember, and a working mother to four lovely humans, this is something she deeply understands and is passionate about. Her own breastfeeding journey has been met with many challenges, but has been overcome with much community support. Cumulatively, she has breastfed for 7+ years and counting since 2011. She aims to inspire and provide support within our military communities and beyond.

As the Assistant Education Director, she brings with her past experiences as a nursing professor from various institutions to include Pikes Peak Community College, Clemson University, and the University of Cincinnati. She has also served as faculty for Army OBGYN resident physicians at Womack Army Medical Center.

Kristine is very grateful for the opportunity to serve military families through Global MilCom.

Selina is a U.S. Air Force spouse and mother of three boys who she was blessed to nurse until natural weaning age. After a challenging start to her breastfeeding journey and meeting a spouse who was a CLC, she decided to pursue certification to help other families with their own breastfeeding journeys. Beginning in 2014, she facilitated meetings with The Lactation Connection in Grafenwoehr, Germany which soon became the Bavaria chapter of Mom2Mom Global. In 2017 she took on the role of Social Media Manager for Mom2Mom Global (now Global MilCom) and now serves as Global Outreach Manager.

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Augusta State University and holds a graduate certificate in International and Domestic Emergency Management from Hawaii Pacific University. She continues to expand this education with a focus on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies.