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Our Mission

Ventura Coast Milk Bank is dedicated to improving public health through accessible breastfeeding education and distribution of pasteurized donor breast milk to infants with a medical need.

Based out of Ventura, CA with plans to serve Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties, Ventura Coast Milk Bank will collect, screen, pasteurize, and distribute donor human milk. Our mission is to educate the public on the benefits of breastfeeding and increasing the amount of donor milk available for medically fragile infants in our community.

Meet the Board of Directors

  • Angelina McCormick Soll, MSW, LCSW

    BOARD MEMBER

  • Emily Ostrowski, BA, CLEC

    CO-FOUNDER + PRESIDENT

  • Janice Roodsari, RN, IBCLC

    BOARD MEMBER

  • Sally Torrens, MFT, BCBA

    CO-FOUNDER + SECRETARY

  • Jennie Torti, MPH

    VICE PRESIDENT

  • Patricia Wells-Turnage, Commercial Banking Consultant

    TREASURER

Medical Advisory Board

Katrina Mitchell, MD, IBCLC, FACS - Medical Director

Former Board of Directors Members

Allison Lieberman, LMFT, PMH-C

Katrina Mitchell, MD, IBCLC, FACS

Nerissa J. Velten, BA, LM, CPM, IBCLC

Former Medical Advisory Board Members

Anne Eglash, MD

Robert M. Lawrence, MD