Abby Pitts – Chapter Liaison
Abby lives with her family in Southern Maine. She serves her community as a postpartum doula and prenatal educator. As a mother to three daughters, she has experienced the challenges the perinatal time can bring. Bringing awareness and support to Maine alongside PSI is something she finds very important in her work.
Alison Kopelman, MD – Chapter Treasurer
Ali is a pediatrician and IBCLC who runs a private practice with a special interest in Fourth Trimester Care. After tumultuous newborn periods after the birth of each of her two children, she is dedicated to providing in-home support to mothers and babies. She is grateful to have PSI as a resource that can be shared with families and professionals in a state where there are limited local resources. Speaking of gratitude, her two children are now school aged, hilarious and thriving – proof that things do get better!
Ellen Kunkle, CCE
Ellen is a childbirth educator, doula. and facilitator of new parent support groups. She has been working with families in Southern Maine and Coastal New Hampshire since 1996. Ellen believes that the support a family receives in the beginning has monumental impact on how they move forward in life. It is through her work that she became aware of the need for increased education and awareness of perinatal mood disorders. Ellen previously served on the board of the Maternal Health Alliance of Maine and Birth Roots in Portland, ME. Ellen is thankful and excited to be working with the other board members of PSI-Maine who share a similar vision.
Erin Schwarz, DO – Chapter Secretary
Erin is a psychiatrist in private practice who is dedicated to supporting women as they navigate the intricacies of pregnancy and parenthood. Her eagerness to be a part of the board for Postpartum Support International stems from the desire to help create and implement programs and services that can positively impact the lives of Maine families. She is excited for the chance to work with other dedicated individuals and make a meaningful impact for new parents, their families, and those who care for them.
Rebecca Goodwin, Doula, LMT, SpBAP
Serving the Greater Portland birthing community since 2000. Rebecca is the Founder of Community Doula Birth Program an all-inclusive non-profit designed to help families navigate birth and postpartum, as well as connecting the doula community with families. She has personal experience seeing how this support can benefit a birthing person in need of information or recovering from a traumatic birth.
She welcomes her affiliation with PSI. It is an opportunity to grow and connect the birth community.
Kristen Moustrouphis – Chapter Chair
Kristen lives in Portland Maine and is the mom to two young boys and the owner at Beacon Community Fitness. Her own journey of navigating the motherhood transition with undiagnosed postpartum anxiety has fueled her passion to create connection in her fitness programs for other moms and also serve on the board of PSI to spread the resource available to other birthing people and expand the capacity of perinatal professionals to support the birthing people they care for.
Britt Daly – Board Member
Britt Daly lives in Southern Maine with her husband and three young sons. She previously practiced as a physician assistant for 7 years in family medicine and urgent care and then became a small business owner. She has a long standing interest in women’s mental health and worked as a research coordinator at the Center for Women’s Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital as her first job after graduating from Bates College. As a provider, she saw the lack of adequate mental health resources and support available to mothers and then as a mother, she personally experienced it firsthand. Britt served on the board of the Maternal Health Alliance of Maine for 5 years and is now excited to be a part of PSI Maine to continue to help increase awareness and support for women with perinatal mood disorders in Maine.
