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This resolution recognizes and commends Michele Riggs for her outstanding career at Wellstar Health System, where she worked for over two decades in various roles related to maternal and infant health. Specifically, the resolution highlights her achievements as a board-certified lactation consultant who became a manager and director of Maternal Infant Support Services, during which she led significant initiatives such as securing a Baby Friendly Hospital Designation, establishing a milk depot, implementing human donor milk supplementation, and creating employee pumping stations. Riggs also played a key role in expanding women's health education by standardizing perinatal education classes in English and Spanish, developing innovative programs like a pregnancy mobile app and a pilot doula program, and promoting maternal health awareness through the I Gave Birth initiative. The resolution praises her vision, commitment, and dedicated service, and officially recognizes her contributions to healthcare upon her retirement. Additionally, the resolution instructs the House of Representatives' Clerk to provide Riggs with an official copy of the document as a formal acknowledgment of her professional accomplishments.

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71233