Cindy Turner-Maffei

Cynthia (Cindy) Turner-Maffei, MA, ALC, IBCLC is a lead faculty member of the Healthy Children Project, Inc., where she develops and conducts training programs and research projects. A frequent speaker on the national and international level, she served as national coordinator of Baby-Friendly USA for 14 years, overseeing the assessment and designation of more than 100 U.S. Baby-Friendly maternity facilities. Cindy has worked as a nutritionist and breastfeeding educator in WIC and other...See more

Cynthia (Cindy) Turner-Maffei, MA, ALC, IBCLC is a lead faculty member of the Healthy Children Project, Inc., where she develops and conducts training programs and research projects. A frequent speaker on the national and international level, she served as national coordinator of Baby-Friendly USA for 14 years, overseeing the assessment and designation of more than 100 U.S. Baby-Friendly maternity facilities. Cindy has worked as a nutritionist and breastfeeding educator in WIC and other maternal child health programs, in clinical and private practice settings as a nutritionist and lactation consultant, and as a professor at Union Institute and University. A member of breastfeeding coalitions on the regional and national level, including the US Breastfeeding Committee, she is also the author of several articles, monographs, and books, including Continuity of Care: Best Practices in the Maternity Setting (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2009). She has had the honor of collaborating in research into the impact of education and practice on maternal child health outcomes in the U.S. and in Latvia, Egypt, Sweden, and is currently developing research on the impact of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices on dietary diversity in later life. See less