About the Director

Ty Roberts serves as a passionate advocate for doula services throughout East Tennessee. She holds over 15 years of successful and innovative experience coordinating health services, collaborating with medical professionals, interacting with patients, researching best practices, and serving as a liaison between expectant/new mothers and their health professionals. Ty now serves as the Founder and CEO of Gennisi Birth Services, which provides clients with vital resources, training, assistance, and comfort as they transition through the birth process and post-partum.

In addition, she serves as the Founder of Gennisi Birth Charitable Services, which provides resources to low-income and underrepresented populations, with a specific focus on resources, community opportunities, and health-based initiatives for new/expectant mothers and their families. She is extremely active within the Knoxville and Doula community, serving on numerous boards, councils, and volunteer initiatives focusing on resources for mothers. She utilizes her leadership, organizational, strategic planning, communications, benchmarking, and critical decision making to serve as an effective ally for mothers and families as they prepare for (and adjust to) motherhood!

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