Member Bio for Brynne Potter...

Brynne Potter, CPM is a mother, a midwife, and community activist. She has two children, ages 12 and 16, who were born at home in Virginia with the aid of midwives. She became a CPM in 2005 and shares a thriving home birth practice, Mountain View Midwives, with one partner in her community of Charlottesville, VA. Between 2002-2005, Brynne served as the Legislative Coordinator for the grassroots efforts to pass a licensing bill to allow CPMs to provide midwifery services in Virginia. Brynne helped to found the VABirthPAC. She currently serves as Policy Coordinator for the Commonwealth Midwives Alliance (CMA), acting as liaison to the state Board of Medicine and coordinating education efforts of state agencies regarding the practice of licensed midwives. She also serves on the board of directors for the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), the credentialing agency for CPMs. She is the managing editor for The Midwives Monologues, a web log dedicated to all things related to midwifery.