Catherine Sposito Sullivan MPH, RDN, LDN, IBCLC, RLC, FAND

Catherine Sullivan is Director and assistant professor at the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI). Catherine leads CGBI programmatic efforts in the areas of breastfeeding-friendly healthcare, childcare, communities, and lactation training. She facilitates the National Collaborative for Advancing the Ten Steps and serves as CGBI’s Principal Investigator on the core leadership team of CDC’s EMPower Breastfeeding Initiative. Additionally, Catherine serves as course coordinator for the Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative. Under her leadership, CGBI is the steward for the US Breastfeeding Committee’s Maternity Care Constellation. Catherine served as State Breastfeeding Coordinator in the NC Division of Public Health from 2006-to 2013 and has worked at the local level as a WIC Director and as field faculty for NC State’s Cooperative Extension Service. Additionally, she has been a faculty member and clinician in the Department of Family Medicine at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. She is a registered and licensed dietitian and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Catherine is a frequently invited speaker with over 100 presentations in the areas of lactation training, maternity care practices, breastfeeding advocacy, and nutrition. She has 24 years of experience in the fields of nutrition and lactation.