Hi Lactnetters!    I'm excited to join my fellow breastfeeding advocates on this list.  Couldn't wait to join the 90's and get my own PC!  Anyway, my name is Jo Ann Gerling and I've been a La Leche League Leader for 25 years.  I have been Board Certified as an LC for 12 years.  I started the lactation program at a Central NJ hospital in 1987 and am now working at a NYC hospital.  It has  been very exciting seeing this all-important health professional field evolve and feeling a part of it.  
Keep up the great work that you all are doing!  What's better than mothers and babies? ! !