Michigan Breastfeeding Network

“The executive director shares the 990 with board members during the monthly board meeting after it is drafted. The full board votes to approve. Voting records are documented within the full board meeting minutes.”

“Members review and sign when they join the board of directors. Each time a financial opportunity arises, board members are consulted about the opportunity and any member who might potentially have a conflict is recused from debate and voting. In the previous years, there has been no such instances.”

“Executive director: i. The executive committee (chair, treasurer, and secretary) is responsible for researching the executive director current market rate and performing salary analysis based on the mibfn budget. Ii. The executive committee makes a compensation recommendation to the full board during the decemeber board meeting. All board members vote on the recommendation. Iii. All records are documented within the meeting minutes.”

“Key staff: i. The executive director is responsible for researching the key staff current market rate and performing a salary analysis based on the mibfn budget. Ii. The executive director makes a compensation recommendation to the full board during the december board meeting. All board members vote on the recommendation. Iii. All records are documented within the meeting minutes.”

“All information is available upon request”

“Our 2023 advocacy efforts involved successfully educating the legislature and governor's team about the importance of protecting public milk expression in the law establishment of an executive order to expand support for incarcerated mothers. We also continued two,volunteer-driven working groups to address issues in the covid-19 response and barriers to breastfeeding-supportive mental health services. Our educational efforts included providing more than 12,000 free continuing education credits to breastfeeding supporters seeking to transform the field of lactation by shifting the paradigm of expertise and centering the lived experiences of black and indigenous families. Our community building efforts remain grounded in our commitment to building the field of community-based, equity centered.”