Founding Executive Director
Kiddada Green, M.A.T.
Kiddada Green is an accomplished executive leader, strategist, and nationally recognized advocate for maternal and child health. As Founding Executive Director of Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA), she has built and scaled one of the nation’s most impactful community-based maternal-child health organizations, advancing innovative models that reduce disparities, strengthen workforce pipelines, and improve outcomes for women and families.
With nearly two decades of executive leadership, Kiddada brings proven expertise in governance, fiscal management, and strategic growth. She has successfully managed multi-million-dollar federal grants and organizational budgets, along with foundation, state, and corporate contracts and sponsorships, ensuring accountability, compliance, and measurable impact across complex funding partnerships.
Kiddada serves as Co-Principal Investigator of “Triple Crown: Babies Win. Families Thrive. Communities Transformed!”, a $5 million federal initiative, where she leads the integration of community-based maternal support services within perinatal care systems. She partners with leading health systems, Medicaid health plans, and corporations to strengthen access to care, workforce development, and maternal-child health innovation.
She is the Co-Creator of Black Breastfeeding Week and Co-Founder of the Black Breastfeeding Caucus, two nationally recognized movements that have reshaped awareness, advocacy, and investment in maternal and infant health across the United States. Recognized for her strategic insight and national leadership, Kiddada has contributed to federal calls to action and state best-practice guides, served on advisory bodies shaping maternal-child health systems, and was invited by President Biden’s administration to participate in a White House roundtable on maternal health justice.
A former educator with Detroit Public Schools for 12 years, Kiddada’s lifelong passion for learning continues to shape her leadership and community vision. She is an alumna of the prestigious W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Leadership Network Fellowship Program and a graduate of Ascension Health’s Business Accelerator Fellowship for social entrepreneurs; experiences that strengthened her leadership skills.
A Spartan and a Grizzly, Kiddada holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Michigan State University and a Master’s Degree in the Art of Teaching from Oakland University. She is a proud and devoted wife, mother, and advocate, deeply committed to strengthening systems, centering community voice, and advancing innovation that supports the well-being of women, children, and families. Her leadership reflects a steadfast commitment to building aligned systems that promote lasting health, dignity, and opportunity.