Laurie Hadden, CPM, LM
Owner and Clinical Director

After having two birth experiences in the hospital setting, Laurie sought midwifery care and delivered her next two babies at home in the water. Laurie felt compelled begin birth work in 2010 and began working as a doula in the Coeur d’ Alene area. Laurie worked at Dayspring Midwifery for nearly three years as a doula, birth assistant, and eventually as a student midwife. In 2013, Laurie and her family moved to Boise, and she was fortunate enough to join the Treasure Valley Midwives team to finish her clinical training. She was licensed as a Midwife in 2017. Laurie is currently attending nursing school at CWI, and plans to eventually pursue an Advanced Practice degree to broaden her scope of care as an FNP.

Laurie is married and has five children, ranging from 16-25, including a set of twins! Laurie loves art, music, and getting into nature with her family.

Bri Smith, CPM, LM, MSM
Owner and Clinical Director

Originally from the Willamette Valley in Oregon, Bri first studied Business at Oregon State University. After learning more about maternal healthcare and birth while at OSU, she felt called to pursue birth work. She was trained as a doula and childbirth educator before graduating in 2014 with a BS in Management. Bri immediately began her midwifery training, which included a year-long clinical placement at a busy birth center in WA. She moved to Boise in 2016 to complete her clinical training at TVM. In 2017, Bri graduated from Bastyr University with a Master of Science in Midwifery and became licensed in Idaho. She is passionate about providing safe, compassionate, family-centered care and truly enjoys building relationships with clients.

Since becoming a midwife, Bri has welcomed a daughter and a son, both born into her own hands at home. Bri enjoys spending quality time with her husband and children, as well as snowboarding, hiking, paddleboarding, reading, playing games, and working on DIY house projects.

Ashley Lanham, CNM

Though she is originally from Austin, Texas, Ashley graduated from nursing school at the University of Arkansas in 2011. She worked as a nurse for nine years in mostly pre-op and PACU settings before pursuing midwifery. She graduated from Frontier Nursing University in 2020 before completing a three month fellowship at a Birth Center of Manhattan. She lived and worked in the NJ/NY area for another year before relocating to Boise to join the TVM team in 2021.

Ashley had midwives at both of her own births and feels passionately about providing this service to other women. In her free time, Ashley loves to spend time with her friends and two children, and enjoys hiking, camping, being near the water, reading, and baking.

Darcy Clark, CPM, LM

Darcy graduated from Mercy in Action College of Midwifery in 2018 after completing her clinical training with several local home birth practices as well as a year-long clinical rotation with TVM. After licensure, Darcy first served clients in her own home-birth practice for a few years, before rejoining the TVM team in 2021. She is passionate about providing high quality care and making midwifery care accessible to all families. Darcy has taught several courses over the years at Mercy in Action, and is also fluent in Spanish!

Darcy is happily married and has three daughters who were born at home with midwives. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, camping, and being outdoors.

Haley Keely, CPM, LM, MSM

Originally from the Midwest, Haley has been interested in maternal health and obstetric care since she was a teenager. After high school, Haley spent some time living in Jackson, WY and spent a year abroad. She eventually started midwifery training in 2021, and completed a two-year long clinical placement at TVM. She also enjoys herbal medicine and studied Botanical Medicine as part of her graduate program. Haley graduated from Bastyr University with a Master of Science in Midwifery and was licensed in Idaho in 2023. She spent her first year in practice as a fellow at TVM, and is now a staff midwife. Haley is passionate about providing safe, holistic, and personalized care.

While still in grad school, Haley had a home birth of her own! She loves to spend time with her daughter, her partner, and their dogs. She loves riding her e-bike on the Greenbelt, camping, listening to live music, and spending time outdoors.

Julie Dater-Twomey, CNM

After having an amazing birth experience with a midwife, Julie spent five years as a doula. She then decided to pursue midwifery, and attended Georgetown to become a nurse midwife and WHNP. She also has degrees in secondary education and history from the University of Portland, and was a history teacher in Boise for four years. Julie thinks pregnancy is truly a miracle, and always wants clients to feel supported and confident in their healthcare and parenting decisions.

Julie and her husband live in the Boise foothills with their three children and three dogs. In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors, reading, hiking, photography, crafting, and making art.

Hannah Brown, CPM, LM

Hannah was born at home into a family where birth was attended by midwives and was a normal life process. She became genuinely invested in midwifery care when she learned about the global health disparities that pregnant and birthing families face. Hannah grew up in Idaho and attended Mercy In Action College of Midwifery and completed her clinical training at a birth center in Fairbanks, Alaska. Since graduating in 2017, Hannah has practiced as a midwife in Asia, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.

Hannah enjoys adventuring with her husband and dogs. She loves the outdoors, and some of her favorite activities include fly fishing, backpacking, lifting weights, and practicing circus arts.

Lindy Isaacson, CPM LM
Midwife Fellow

Lindy was born and raised in the Treasure Valley. She has played piano for most of her life, and taught private piano lessons for years before ultimately feeling called to midwifery. Lindy completed over two years of clinical training with Treasure Valley Midwives, and graduated from Mercy in Action in 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Midwifery. Lindy's main priority as a midwife is to empower, serve, and support birthing people, while ultimately keeping them safe in the process. She dreams of someday having a small, rural home birth practice in the Sun Valley area, but for now Lindy is enjoying the continued mentorship as a fellow at TVM. When she is not catching babies, Lindy loves to spend time outdoors with her husband and their dog, and enjoys running, hiking, fly fishing, and camping.

Sophie Tobeck, CNM

Sophie grew up hearing birth stories, as her mother was a nurse at a birth center. However, she was not originally called to birth work. Sophie attended nursing school with the goal to first become a missionary. After graduating from Northwest Nazarene University in 2004, Sophie worked as a nurse in several different areas of Idaho, while using her vacation time for short-term mission trips to Ethiopia. In 2009, she moved to a small town in rural Ethiopia where she worked as a medical missionary for six years. Sophie fell in love with pregnancy and childbirth during her time in Africa. When she moved back to the US, she enrolled at Frontier Nursing to become a Certified Nurse Midwife and finished her clinical training at TVM in 2017.

Sophie was married in 2022 and has since had two home births of her own. Sophie loves to travel whenever she can and enjoys cooking, reading, and starting (but generally not finishing) whatever craft has most recently captured her interest.

Anna Marie, Lactation Consultant

Born at home into a family where talking about birth and breastfeeding was the norm, it is no surprise that Anna Marie became a lactation consultant at a birth center. Anna Marie has a broad variety of experience between breastfeeding all five of her children, becoming an RN, working as a postpartum nurse, and now as an IBCLC. She is passionate about supporting families, and Anna Marie finds it incredibly rewarding to empower parents to take ownership of their own parenting and breastfeeding journey.

When she is not visiting new parents and babies, Anna Marie enjoys paddle boarding, camping, puzzling, and playing games with her kids and partner. She has also perfected the art of the afternoon nap.

Hannah Hanson, CPM, LM
(Currently on a leave of absence until May 2025)

Hannah was born at home and grew up knowing holistic care as the norm. She spent four years working a remote marketing job and traveling the world before beginning midwifery training in 2015. Originally from North Carolina, Hannah moved to Boise to attend Mercy In Action College of Midwifery. Hannah completed her student clinicals at a homebirth practice in the Treasure Valley and stayed on as a licensed midwife for several years after graduating in 2018. She has been a part of the TVM team since 2022.

Hannah and her husband are adventure enthusiasts who love to travel and experience culture. Running, biking, and snowboarding make up Hannah's favorite pastimes.

Shannon Kelley
Administrative Director

Shannon was born and raised in California, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Communications at California State University Sacramento. Shannon worked in the technology industry for a number of years, and after starting a family she redirected her focus into healthcare administration. Shannon has experience in medical billing, managing a chiropractic office, and is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders. She has also assisted several healthcare clinics with planning, marketing, human resources, and billing. Shannon loves the midwifery model of care, and strongly believes every person deserves to have the standard of care that midwives provide.

Shannon enjoys cooking for her family, friends, and the Treasure Valley Midwives team, as well as spending quality time with her family and friends, and attending her three sons’ sporting events.

Maddie Underwood
Receptionist

Maddie is originally from Arizona, but ultimately left to travel and see the world. She loves children and has a history working as a Nanny for military families. She also spent some time as a receptionist for an animal boarding facility before moving to Boise. Maddie and her daughter live on their family's horse ranch, and share a love of horses and animals. Because she thrives on organization and scheduling, Maddie is the perfect addition to our TVM admin team as our receptionist.

Reili Irwin, Senior Student
Apprentice

Before moving to Boise in 2022, Reili lived and traveled all over the world as part of the U.S. Air Force. She has always felt called to support women in some capacity, so once she discovered Midwifery, it quickly stole her heart. After completing a year-long clinical placement with TVM, Reili felt inspired to expand her scope of care, and is now concurrently training to become a chiropractor. She still plans to become a midwife, but is excited to be able to offer more wellness services with the additional credential. Reili is currently attending births in a part-time capacity as she focuses on school, and hopes to finish both her midwifery and chiropractic training in the next 3 years.

If she is not outdoors with her husband and pup, you can usually find Reili doing puzzles, murder mystery games, escape rooms, practicing ASL, or reading. She loves to be in or near the water and has hopes to become proficient in sailing over the next year.

Rachel Wright, Senior Student
Bastyr University

Originally from California, Rachel recently moved to Boise for her senior clinical placement at Treasure Valley Midwives. Before TVM, she completed a year-long clinical placement at a birth center in WA. Rachel's experience as a caregiver, chiropractic office assistant, birth researcher, and hospital volunteer inspired her to pursue birth work. She was drawn to become a midwife because of the caring nature of the profession, and the ability to form relationships with clients in order to practice individualized care. She is studying midwifery at Bastyr University, with a focus in botanical medicine.

When she’s not in school or at a birth, you can find Rachel hiking, camping, playing cards, reading in a hammock, or watching Survivor.

Fiona Tetz, Junior Student
Mercy in Action

Fiona has lived in the Treasure Valley for her whole life, and for the last nine years has lived on a small hobby farm with her parents caring for chickens, cows, and horses. Her passion for midwifery stems from the logic that pregnancy and birth is a natural event, and facilitating physiologic birth is in harmony with nature. Her passion has since grown to include autonomy and accessibility in maternity care. Fiona is trained as a doula and is currently enrolled in her second year at Mercy in Action College of Midwifery. Treasure Valley Midwives was her first choice for her clinical training, and she is so excited to be on the team. Fiona loves to travel, go on walks or hikes with her Australian Shepherds, sing, and read. Her dream is to have a homestead in the mountains with lots of happy animals.

Jessa Freeman, Junior Student
Mercy in Action

Jessa was born and raised in Long Beach, California before moving to Boise to begin her clinical training at TVM. Before enrolling in midwifery school, she studied political science for two years and worked at a law firm. A strong passion for advocacy and human rights sparked an interest in maternity care and led her to pursue birth work. She is excited for the opportunity to bring together her background in social sciences with her passion for holistic, client-centered care. Jessa is currently a second-year student at Mercy in Action and looks forward to providing compassionate care to the families she encounters.

When not in clinic or at a birth, Jessa enjoys hiking, snowboarding, reading, and walking the Greenbelt.

Anna Billings, Junior Student
Mercy in Action

Anna was born in Japan and raised in Boise, Idaho. She originally went to art school in Budapest, Hungary with the hopes of becoming an art teacher. Over time, her passion for supporting women and her awe of the miracle of life drew her to birth work instead. She is currently in her second year at Mercy in Action College of Midwifery and feels confident that she has found her life's work in midwifery care. During her first year in midwifery school she was trained as a doula and began supporting women in that role. She is thrilled to be a student at Treasure Valley Midwives to complete her clinical training. In her free time Anna enjoys ceramics, playing the guitar or fiddle, camping, road tripping, trying new recipes, and hanging out with her dog, Minnie.

Emily Moore, Senior Student
Bastyr University

Though Emily is originally from Southern California, her family has a long history with community midwives in the UK. Before starting midwifery school, Emily spent a few years as a birth assistant to midwives at birth center and home births. Emily is in her senior year at Bastyr University in Seattle, WA. Before joining TVM she did clinical training at a birth center in Los Angeles. Emily will graduate in the summer of 2025 and looks forward to returning to California to work in the homebirth community. She is passionate about supporting families through life-changing transitions with compassion, grace, and a dedication to skilled care.

Some of her special career interests include; fertility/preconception support, smooth hospital transitions, and prenatal yoga. In her free time, Emily enjoys practicing jujitsu, throwing pottery, and spending time outdoors with her dog Rider.