Clare Friedrich, MA, CLC (she/her) is the Director of Maternal Infant Health at Cicatelli Associates, Inc (CAI). She oversees the Improving Health Equity and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes project in New York City, a collaborative of 12 community-based organizations that provide direct social services to perinatal populations. She also serves as the project director of Healthy Food, Healthy Lives, a Peer Navigator program at local WIC agencies serving asylum-seeking participants. She has trained on an array of community health topics for New York City and Statewide training centers, including NYS WIC, the Perinatal Infant Community Health Collaboratives Initiative, and the Department of Health’s Bureau of Child Health, as well as at the HRSA Maternal Child Health Bureau. Prior to joining CAI, Clare coordinated maternal health care and facilitated CenteringPregnancy™ at the Institute for Family Health. Clare has a master’s in health education from Teachers College Columbia University and is a certified lactation counselor and Lamaze certified childbirth educator.