DIANNA FREEHAN

Meet the newest member of our CHAMPS National team and this week’s CHAMPion: Dianna Freehan, MS, RN, WHNP-BC, IBCLC! Dianna joins CHAMPS as a consultant, bringing more than 17 years of maternal-child nursing experience and a deep commitment to equitable breastfeeding support.

Dianna comes to us from Salem Hospital in Massachusetts, where she led the hospital’s Steps Team. Over her career, she has cared for families across antenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum, newborn nursery, and lactation services. In every setting, her focus has stayed the same: equitable, family-centered care.

Dianna has led and supported several quality improvement efforts. She was a lead member of a project promoting immediate skin-to-skin contact in the operating room after cesarean births. She also worked with colleagues at Mass General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Newton-Wellesley Hospital to bring bedside breastfeeding education videos to families in both English and Spanish.

Dianna first got to know CHAMPS as a lead team member at Salem Hospital. She tracked monthly metrics like breastfeeding rates and learned from lactation-focused projects at CHAMPS hospitals across the country. That experience showed her how data-driven practice changes can improve outcomes and help close racial and ethnic gaps in care.

Dianna shares, “While I have thoroughly enjoyed caring for patients at the bedside and contributing within my hospital community, my involvement with CHAMPS has inspired me to think more broadly about breastfeeding practices and maternal-child health within the larger healthcare landscape.” Now, she’s excited to bring her clinical expertise to hospitals nationwide.

We welcome Dianna to the CHAMPS team and celebrate her as our CHAMPion of the Week!