Erin Ryan

Erin is a midwife with a master’s in public health. She joined Burnet Institute to work in the Pacific Island region to strengthen midwifery education.

Before joining Burnet, Erin worked as a midwife specialist and later became the first midwife advisor for Education for the International Confederations of Midwives, where she led the development of midwifery education tools and midwifery strengthening programs.

Erin has strong expertise in designing, implementing, and evaluating midwifery initiatives and training programs. She takes a collaborative approach to her work and is passionate about inclusive approaches. She also has a strong track record of facilitating diverse stakeholder meetings at both the local and global levels to increase the effectiveness of advocacy and design.

Erin’s clinical midwifery is rooted in community birth in the US as well as in multiple global settings.

• 1990: BAc, University of California, Berkeley
• 2001: Post Graduate Midwifery, National Midwifery Insitute
• 2020: International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
• 2017: MPH, University of California, Berkeley

• 2024–current: Midwifery Specialist and Midwifery Consultant, Burnet Institute
• 2021: Senior Program Advisor, Trotula Fund
• 2023–2024: Birth Justice and Equity Coordinator and Policy Lead, Comotion Advocacy
• 2021–2023: Midwife Advisor, International Confederation of
  Midwives
• 2018–2021: Executive Director, National Midwifery Institute
• 2019–2020: Director of Midwifery, HOPE Foundation for Women
  and Children of Bangladesh
• 2014–2019: Global Health Consultant
• 2001–2014: Private Midwifery Practice