Blossom's Staff and Board of Directors

Blossom invites you to get to know our staff and board members.

You'll feel supported with the help of our all woman 6 staff members and more than 35 independent contractors working to be your village. 
​ Wherever you are on spectrum of parenting: there's a place for you here.  

​Join us! 

Staff Members

• ​Carolina Hahn - Executive Director
• Cindy Chow - Fundraising Specialist & Volunteer Coordinator
• Helena Ljoljic - Marketing Manager 
• Birte Bennecke - Program Manager 
• Deana Szeto - Customer Service/ Program Manager Liaison
• Looking for a Program Manager and Fundraising Specialist

Board of Directors

• Allison Zimmerman
• Rebecca Cho - Treasurer
• Fiona Akhtar - Board Chair
• Leslie Peterson
• Angela Swartz- Secretary ​
• Melissa Teng​
• Erica Lewis
• ​Priya Balachandran
• Marnie Levenson
• Amy Ramsey - Advisor to the board 
• Yaxin Duan - Advisor to the board​

Instructors & Facilitators

• Anna Zyla - Yoga Instructor
• Ann Udofia - Pelvic Workshops
• Ananda Day Cavalli - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
• Asiyah Abdul-Mu'min - Childbirth Prep
• Audrey Kalman - Breastfeeding Basics
• Beep! Beep! Founders - Ben & Karli Arias- The First Ride Home
• Bill White - Baby Sign Language
• Cameron Seeberger - Preparing for Birth and Beyond 
• Catherine Crider - Childbirth Prep, Baby Care, Breastfeeding
• Carolina Hahn - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga​
• Deana Dawson-Jesus - DONA Certified Birth Doula, Lactation Educator, Childbirth Educator, and VBAC Specialist
• Erika Vetter - Toddler and Preschool Sign Language
• Eva Roodman - Parent-Baby Groups
• Elizabeth Green - Sleep Support 
• Isha Santos - Prenatal Yoga, Back to You Fitness
• Jessica Yu - Parent-Baby Groups
• ​JuFen Hsu - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
• Kathy Buck Thomson - Mom and Baby Pilates​

• Katie Sinnott - Prenatal Yoga​
• Kelli Ghanati - Pregnancy Support Group
• ​Lisa Westhorpe - Growing Together
• ​​Lori Ismail - Natural Childbirth
• ​​​​Mia Hall - Prenatal Yoga, Core-based Vinyasa Flow
• Michelle Paul-Vogel - Baby Care, Breastfeeding Basics, Lactation
• Mike Willson - Adult, Infant & Child CPR
• Misty Masvalo - Mom & Baby Yoga
• ​Nora Ziegenhahn - Mom & Toddler Yoga
• Reenie McCaffrey - Infant Massage Workshop
• Rotem Pearlson - Baby Care, Breastfeeding
• ​Sandy Caldwell - Baby Care
• Sarah Zuniga - Back to You & Prenatal Yoga
• Serena Weingrod - Babywearing Essentials
• Siri Shakti - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
• Tracie Lynch - HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan Method

Yoga and Fitness Instructors 

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• Anna Zyla - Prenatal Yoga 
• Nanci Shakthi Nardona - (NEW) Prenatal Yoga
• Lorena Martinez - Prenatal Yoga, Baby & Me Yoga


• Helena Ljoljic -  Prenatal Yoga, Baby & Me Yoga
• ​​​​Mia Hall - Prenatal Yoga
• ​​Carolina Hahn - Prenatal Yoga, Baby & Me Yoga​

 

• ​Nora Ziegenhahn - Mom & Toddler Yoga
• Isha Santos - Prenatal Yoga, Back to You Fitness
• Katie Sinnott - Prenatal Yoga​

 

• Jenny Chu - Prenatal Yoga 
•  Jenny Putt - Prenatal & Postpartum Pelvic Floor Workshops
• Alyssa Jacobson - Prenatal and Postnatal Fitness