She emigrated from Sheffield, UK to Maryland, USA in 2000. Since finishing medical school in Liverpool, UK, she has worked with; Royal Liverpool Hospital, North Yorkshire NHS Trust, The United Nations (UN), The World Health Organization (WHO), LRMC (Landstuhl Regional Medical Center), Mt Washington, and Howard County General Hospitals, Ludwig Maximillian University, Center for Breastfeeding Information, and the La Leche League.

She is a fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society for Medicine.

Ann is still working with WHO as an International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes “Code Keeper” and works as part of the team to improve Maternal Child Healthcare around the world. Ann worked as a La Leche League Leader for over 10 years with the Columbia, MD group.

Ann has been working as a research assistant and visiting professor (Lehrbeauftragter) at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich (LMU) since August 2017.

She is a current member of the CBM who works on reviewing breastfeeding books and studies. Ann has been elected as Consumer Representative for the Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition in 2010.

She regularly gives talks and hands-on demonstrations at national and international breastfeeding conferences, universities, hospitals, government, and private institutions. She has appeared in major national, and local media and documentaries as an expert and advocate for maternal childcare. She was recognized by the World Health Organization for promoting breastfeeding, and its impact on both mothers and babies. Some of her appearances; the World Health Organization video to advocate breastfeeding in India, CNN, NBC, BBC World Service, BBC Look North, MSNBC, Fox 45, Doctors Without Borders’s publication, Baltimore’s Child, Discovery Health, BBC Radio 4, Associated press, and NPR.

Ann is a current member of

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)
• United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)
• Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition (MBC)
• Lactation Consultant Association of Greater Washington (LCAGW)
• Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
• Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
• La Leche League International (LLLI)
• Baby Milk Action

Some fun facts

Ann and her husband live with their four children, along with Jewels the Siamese scaredy cat, Tessu the guide dog, and a hand-nurtured house-sheep called Lady Georgiana of Faust House in Howard County. Her four happily breastfed children taught her as much, if not more, than many of the textbooks she has ever read, and emphasize that every mother and baby pair is unique. Ann’s other interests outside healthcare are traveling with her family, organic and bio-dynamic gardening (especially herbal and medicinal plants), fencing, swimming, and rock climbing. She also officiates for USA Swimming as a stroke and turn official since 2012 and volunteers with the Maryland Youth Rugby. Ann is also a proud rugby union and Leeds Tykes fan and usually watches all England games with passion.