PreConference Workshops

AABC How to Start a Birth Center Workshop

DATE: Tuesday, September 9th - Thursday, September 11th
TIME: 5:00pm-9:00pm (Tues) / 9:00am-5:15pm (Wed) / 8:30am - 12:30pm (Thrs)
FACULTY: Brianna Bennett, MBA and Amy Johnson-Grass, ND, LN, LM, CPM

Have you thought about starting a birth center but don't know where to start? You're not alone. Attend the AABC How to Start a Birth Center workshop to learn everything you need to consider when starting an evidence-based practice in the wellness model of care. 

Taught by leaders in the birth center industry, the AABC How to Start a Birth Center workshops are interactive and informative. They address the many issues you need to consider when exploring the development of a birth center including:

  • birth center operations

  • financial management

  • budgeting

  • community assessment

  • marketing

  • next steps.

Each registration includes a comprehensive digital library of tools and resources to help you through the development process.

REGISTRATION FEE

  • General Registration: $695 AABC members | $825 Non-Members

  • Student Registration: $475 AABC members | $545 Non-Members

REGISTER A TEAM & SAVE
Register two or more people and save $50/person on a general registration. You must register all team members at the same time to receive the discount. Discount does not apply to student registration.

AABC MEMBER SAVINGS
Take advantage of the member discount by joining AABC.
Become a Developing Birth Center Member and receive one FREE registration to the workshop; plus, additional registrants from your organization can register for the discounted rate of $625.

Full-time students are eligible to join as Associate members.

FACULTY

Jen McClellan

Brianna Bennett, MBA

Brianna is an expert in birth center administration and an experienced nonprofit medical manager.  She has served as faculty for AABC for more than 10 years teaching workshops throughout the U.S., consulting with midwives, medical leaders, and entrepreneurs.  She understands all facets of financial management, HR, marketing, program development, and business grit.  Brianna worked for more than 15 years as the business director of the Women's Birth & Wellness Center in Chapel Hill, NC where she  helped the center grow and expand its services to include more than 7,500 clients.  Brianna also helped to kick-start a second birth center in Asheville, NC in 2016.

Amy Johnson-Grass, ND, LN, LM, CPM

Amy is the owner and director of Twin Cities Birth Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a midwife, naturopathic doctor and licensed nutritionist. She opened the first birth center in the Twin Cities and built the idea of birth centers in Minnesota starting with being instrumental in passing legislation to license birth centers in 2010. She is a past president of AABC.