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We’re a team of women who know how valuable support is as a parent.
Our Staff
Monira Silk
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR + FOUNDER
Monira is the founder of reBlossom and Athens Parent Wellbeing. She lives with an amazing husband, and two boisterous teenage daughters and mutts. She is happiest when she's exploring the world, dancing with her people, and leading her Girl Scouts.
Monira is the founder of reBlossom and Athens Parent Wellbeing. She lives with an amazing husband, and two boisterous teenage daughters and mutts. She is happiest when she's exploring the world, dancing with her people, and leading her Girl Scouts.
Ashley Plunk
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Ashley is a wellbeing advocate, grant writer, and TheraParent coordinator, as well as a mom of two. She enjoys knitting, crocheting, flying at Canopy Studio, and getting lost in a good book.
Ashley is a wellbeing advocate, grant writer, and TheraParent coordinator, as well as a mom of two. She enjoys knitting, crocheting, flying at Canopy Studio, and getting lost in a good book.
Ava Miller
MARKETING INTERN
Ava Miller brings APW’s mission to life through social media and creative content. She is a fourth-year Marketing major at the University of Georgia with an emphasis in Digital Marketing and is pursuing a Master’s in Emerging Media.
Ava Miller brings APW’s mission to life through social media and creative content. She is a fourth-year Marketing major at the University of Georgia with an emphasis in Digital Marketing and is pursuing a Master’s in Emerging Media.
Our Board
Megan Laconico
CO-PRESIDENT
Megan is a higher education risk specialist, new mom to Nora, and certified personal trainer. She enjoys the outdoors, reading, and cuddling with her dog, Doddie Ru.
Megan is a higher education risk specialist, new mom to Nora, and certified personal trainer. She enjoys the outdoors, reading, and cuddling with her dog, Doddie Ru.
Noni Fisher FNTP
CO-PRESIDENT
Noni is an Athens mom, Birth Doula, and Functional Nutrition Practitioner supporting women from pre-conception through postpartum. A longtime APW participant, she is passionate about advancing APW’s mission.
Noni is an Athens mom, Birth Doula, and Functional Nutrition Practitioner supporting women from pre-conception through postpartum. A longtime APW participant, she is passionate about advancing APW’s mission.
Robin Schafer, LCSW, CATP, FTP
VICE PRESIDENT
Robin is a licensed clinical social worker and early childhood expert with 20+ years of experience supporting children and families. She specializes in child development, perinatal wellbeing, and parent-child relationships.
Robin is a licensed clinical social worker and early childhood expert with 20+ years of experience supporting children and families. She specializes in child development, perinatal wellbeing, and parent-child relationships.
Marie Boyle, M. Ed
SECRETARY
Marie is a gifted education teacher and longtime Athens educator, married with two children. She enjoys reading, exercising, traveling, and cheering on her kids at sporting and music events.
Marie is a gifted education teacher and longtime Athens educator, married with two children. She enjoys reading, exercising, traveling, and cheering on her kids at sporting and music events.
Becca Crowe, CLD, CBS
TREASURER
Becca is a labor and postpartum doula, educator, and co-founder of AthensBorn. She is a mom of two and enjoys supporting families through life’s biggest transitions with compassion and care.
Becca is a labor and postpartum doula, educator, and co-founder of AthensBorn. She is a mom of two and enjoys supporting families through life’s biggest transitions with compassion and care.
Brittany Bramlett, AFC®
Brittany is a wife and mom of three who values community, family, and time outdoors. She enjoys walking, hiking, swimming, and connecting with nature to find balance and tranquility.
Lindsey Hughes
Lindsey is a mother of teens and a baby, counselor-trained home-birth midwife and doula, and the owner of Behold Birth.
Casey Pierce, PhD
Casey is the founder of The Language Nook, a Mandarin immersion playgroup, and a mom to a toddler and two pups. She loves traveling, crafting, and binge-watching K-dramas.
Jessica Clark, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Jessica provides evidence-based, compassionate, holistic care. LGBTQIA+ affirming and sex-positive, she collaborates with clients to support their individual goals and wellbeing.
Our board recruits new members every September.
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