The LLL USA Council consists of the following Area Network delegates. Each is appointed to represent one of the four Area Networks that comprise LLL USA.

Stephanie Amekuedi – Mosaic Area Network
Ann Davis – Mosaic Area Network
Sandy Doyle – Garden State Area Network
Misty Dunn – US West Area Network
Véronique Lesoinne – Texas Area Network
Becca Sliter Hugh – US West Area Network

Stephanie Amekuedi –

Mosaic Area Network

Stephanie lives in Rolesville, North Carolina, with her husband and 5 children. She has been a Leader with the La Leche League (LLL) Raleigh Group in the LLL Pines & Palmettos Area since January of 2020 and has been hosting a virtual monthly meeting. Stephanie serves on the LLL Pines & Palmettos Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee and is the LLL USA Fundraising Liaison. Stemming from Stephanie’s passion for helping others breastfeed, she is currently working toward becoming an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Stephanie also enjoys interior decorating, yoga, and sewing when she is not tending to her garden and plant babies.
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Ann Davis –

Mosaic Area Network

Ann became a La Leche League (LLL) Leader in 1994, and lives in the Dayton, Ohio area, where she and her husband raised four children. After completing her BA at the University of Dayton, Ann became a stay-at-home parent for whom volunteering was a career path. She has volunteered for LLL, schools, and museums during the past 40 years. Currently, Ann is volunteering for LLL and is serving on the board for the Ohio Breastfeeding Alliance, the USBC-connected state breastfeeding coalition. She also fosters dogs for a collie rescue. Her four grandchildren, two dogs, and husband also demand their fair share of attention. When not engaged with any of the above pursuits, Ann can be found with her nose in a book or newspaper, ignoring the world for a while. Within LLL, Ann has served in several administrative roles, including conference programming, LAD work, and Leader administrative support. She still finds the greatest reward in directly helping families to discover what breastfeeding/body feeding can mean to them.
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Sandy Doyle –

Garden State Area Network

Sandy became a Leader with La Leche League (LLL) of Marlton, NJ in 2000 and currently serves as a member of the Research Review Team for LLL USA and Professional Liaison Department head for the Garden State Area Network (GSAN). She has been an IBCLC since 2011 with experience in public health and private settings and became an RN in 2023 to allow more flexibility in her second career moving forward. Initially trained as an engineer at Rutgers, Sandy worked in environmental compliance. Personal experience has made her educated and passionate about lactation, elder care, invisible disabilities, and food allergies, inspiring some topics for state conference presentations for parents and Leaders. Sandy and her husband raised two amazing young adults who have taught them so much along the way. They look forward to more adventures ahead, even the plot twists. Sandy loves exploring nature and history with her family, especially in her local Pine Barrens. She is a fan of youth robotics teams, remaining a spectator while her family volunteers because she’s got enough on her plate!
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Misty Dunn –

US West Area Network

Misty (she/her) and her husband, Bill, live in Sacramento, CA. They have 6 adult children and 8 living granddaughters who fill their hearts with joy. Misty’s journey with La Leche League (LLL) began before her first child was born. She remembers that this meeting felt like the “home of her heart” and how she wanted to raise her own children. Misty has served many roles in her Area, LLL of Northern California, Hawaii, and Northern Nevada (NCA/HI/NNV), and is currently serving the Area as Communication Skills Coordinator. She serves on the Council for US West Area Network (USW), offering support to Area Coordinators of Leaders, Statisticians, and Communication Skills Instructors. Misty enjoys writing articles for the USW online publication, eConnect, and giving Communication Skills sessions for Leaders and Leader Applicants in person and online. She is co-creator of an online course, “Communication Skills for Lactation Professionals” (all income goes to USW). For fun, Misty enjoys reading, being with family, traveling, taking walks, and learning about communication skills and inclusion.
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Véronique Lesoinne –

Texas Area Network

Véronique has been a Leader since 2003, in Monterrey, Mexico. She has been a District Coordinator and ACL in LLL Mexico where she fomented Equity, Diversity and Inclusion education and policies. This led her to help create LLL Intercultural with other like-minded Mexican Leaders, an Area of TXAN, for which she is now the ANDA. She is a member of the LLL USA Code and Ethics Committee and heads the teams working on the LLLI Style Guides for French and Spanish. She is on the French translation team for LAD and has been a member of the LLLI Code and Conflict of Interest Committee and the Spanish Translation Team for the Board. Véronique is Belgian by birth and Mexican by naturalization. She holds a BA in Germanic Philology, from the State University of Liège, and a PhD in American Literature from Tulane University, where she met her husband. She works as a freelance translator, specializing in legal documents and lactation information. Among Véronique’s favorite activities are reading, watching art films, listening to classical music and jazz, planting succulents, walking in nature, and cooking, especially when her four children and their girlfriends all come home for a weekly family lunch.