Renee qualified with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from The University of Melbourne in 2000. In 2011, her book, The Newborn Baby Manual was published. In 2012 she became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Renee has also written peer reviewed papers for Breastfeeding Review and regularly writes articles for BellyBelly.com.au. Renee is about to embark on a Masters by Research degree to investigate low milk supply.

Liz McGuire is qualified as a BSc, an IBCLC and has a Diploma of Breastfeeding Management and works part time as a scientific information officer in Breastfeeding Information and Research for ABA. Her interest in the physiology of lactation led her to apply for a role as an Information Officer with ABA and has kept her here since then. As a part of the Breastfeeding Information and Research team, she writes for Breastfeeding Review and contributes to the regular health professional members’ e-newsletter.

Heather Miller is a community educator with the Australian Breastfeeding Association, qualifying in 2007.  Along with her work in breastfeeding education, she has a particular interest in breastfeeding and Down syndrome after her son Austin was born with Down syndrome in 2014.  After qualifying as a Mental Retardation Nurse Heather worked in disability services for over 20 years including community learning disability nursing in the UK, case management in non-government agencies and in training.  Her current role as Disability Health Educator for the Centre for Developmental Disability Health, Monash Health, involves facilitating health promotion sessions to people with an intellectual disability, medical undergraduate teaching and health professional education. Heather also works at ABA's National Office in the role of Professional Development Support, developing professional development resources for breastfeeding counsellors and community educators. 

Meg Prior is a psychologist who is working as the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Specialist within Helen Mayo House in SA. Helen Mayo House is a mother-baby inpatient psychiatric unit and is part of the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service, Women’s and Children’s Health Network.  Meg has 20 years’ experience in working with families with high and complex needs. Previously Meg has worked with infants, toddlers and their parents in community health settings, perinatal mental health, adult mental health, child protection and infant mental health fields. Her current interests include working with mothers with mental illness and their babies to promote increased attachment security and infant wellbeing. Meg works in both individual and group settings. 

Cesar G. Victora is Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil, where he works since 1977. He has honorary appointments at Harvard, Oxford and Johns Hopkins Universities. He has conducted extensive research in maternal and child health and nutrition, birth cohort studies, inequalities in health, and on the evaluation of the impact of major global health programs in a large number of countries.  His research in the 1980s and 1990s influenced global policies that led to the recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life, and he had a leading role in the construction of the World Health Organization growth standards based on breastfed children. He was a founding member of the Countdown to 2015: Maternal, Newborn and Child Health” initiative and is one of the leaders of the ongoing Countdown to 2030 initiative. In Pelotas, he coordinates the International Center for Equity in Health. He has over 700 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of the editorial boards of several journals, including The Lancet. He was President of the International Epidemiological Association (2011-14), and won the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award in 2017.