Our Nova Team
Receive education, support, and care from our competent and compassionate healthcare professionals.
Certified Professional Midwives
Celesta Bargatze, CPM-TN
Bachelor's of Science in Biology & Chemistry, Certified Professional Midwife, Certified Childbirth Educator, Certified Labor Doula, Certified Postpartum Doula. Learn More >
Brittany Hernández, CPM-TN
Certified Professional Midwife, Certified in NRP and CPR, Certified Labor Doula, Trained Postpartum Doula, Trained Childbirth Educator. Learn More >
Elise Gerard, CPM-TN
Certified Professional Midwife, Childbirth Educator, Labor Doula & Postpartum Doula, Monitrice. Learn More >
Jennifer Miller, CPM-TN, RN
Registered Nurse, Certified Professional Midwife, Labor Monitrice, NRP Certified, AHA-CPR Certified. Learn More >
Tanya Green, CPM-TN
Licensed Certified Professional Midwife, Registered Nurse, certified NRP, BLS. Learn More >
Professional Doulas
Jessica Easter
Certified Labor Doula, Certified Placenta Specialist. My interest in maternal health, reproduction, and birth developed at a very young age; but my passion in aiding women to have empowered birth experiences stems from the birth of my own daughter… Read More >
Anna Baskin Jones
Trained Labor Doula, Trained Postpartum Doula. I love serving women as both a doula and a postpartum doula. Through utilizing the skills that I have gained to support women before, during, and after birth, I also have the opportunity to… Read More >
Marcie Hadley
Certified Birth Doula (DONA), Certified Postpartum Doula (DONA), Certified Lamaze Instructor, Certified Lactation Counselor. My official journey into labor support began on our farm helping my daughter as her Golden Retrievers gave birth. She was the midwife. I was a doula before I knew what a doula was. The spark was lit. I knew I wanted to support women through pregnancy and birth!… Read More >
Detrisscia McLean Corbitt
Labor Doula, Postpartum Doula, Midwifery Assistant. I am a wife to an amazing husband & mom to a beautiful daughter! My heart has always been filled with a passion to help and care for others. As a child I knew I wanted… Read More >
Kathie Sonner
Trained Labor Doula (DONA), Trained Postpartum Doula. Greetings! I'm delighted to introduce myself – a proud mother of three incredible adult daughters, one adoring furry boy, a devoted wife, and a relatively recent resident of the beautiful state of Tennessee, where I've embraced the warm community and vibrant culture. Read More >
Khilah Butler
Labor Doula, Postpartum Doula, Aspiring Midwife. My passion to serve families through birth and postpartum began in 2015. What has guided me through this work is steady feet and open hands. I believe each family has the right to “birth to the beat of their own drum.”… Read More >
Childbirth Educators
Kathryn Montgomery
Childbirth Educator, Labor Doula, Postpartum Doula. I have always loved the quote above because it explains why I work in this field. It was in high school when I knew I wanted to assist women in childbirth. I completed the NOVA Childbirth Education Certification program… Read More >
Katie Dunning
Labor Doula, Childbirth Educator. I cherish supporting families through pregnancy, birth and beyond. It’s a calling for me— one I began as a doula in 2008 and have continued to carry on as an educator… Read More >
Lactation Consultant
Chelsea Carver
IBCLC, Certified Childbirth Educator, Certified & Registered Lactation Consultant. In 2012 I began a two year Childbirth Education Certification program through the Institute for G.O.D. International because I wanted to serve women here and in India through maternal and infant health.… Read More >
Administrative Team
Tori Roufs
Childbirth Educator, Labor Doula, Birth Photographer, NOVA Senior Manager. In the last 15 years of supporting families in labor and birth, I have learned the importance of education and empowerment for pregnant women and their families… Read More >
Kristin Bennecker
Childbirth Educator, Labor Doula. My husband Austin and I have been married for six years and have two sons, Liam and Timothy. I first became interested in helping expecting families after the birth of my first son in 2011. This experience… Read More >
Megan Fleeman Ssekabira
Childbirth Educator, Labor Doula, Postpartum Doula. I began pursuing training in childbirth education and doula support in 2008, after being inspired by the motherhood journeys of many close friends, and compelled to become equipped… Read More >
Heather Muñoz, CPM-TN, RN
Registered Nurse, Trained Labor Doula, Labor Monitrice, Certified Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor, Licensed Certified Professional Midwife. Learn More >
Founder
Tara Garner
Labor Doula, Childbirth Educator, Birth Photographer, and Founder. I’m a happy wife of 25 years and mother of five, to three daughters and two sons. I have been supporting and educating families in pregnancy and childbirth since 2006… Read More >