With over 25 years of experience in women’s health and nearly 1,500 births, Dawn has devoted her career to empowering women through education and shared decision-making. Her experience spans from labor and delivery to NICU and OB-Emergency care. Dawn believes in non-interventionist birth, trusting in the body’s natural ability to give birth unless intervention is truly needed.

When she’s not caring for families, Dawn enjoys running marathons, camping, and spending time with her husband and their five children.

Emmy’s passion for midwifery is rooted in the deep relationships she builds with women, supporting them through pregnancy, birth, and wellness. Her journey began as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Vanderbilt, where she was inspired by midwifery’s holistic, evidence-based approach and pursued her dream of becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife. After gaining experience in hospital births, Emmy was thrilled to transition to home birth with Haven, where she gets to provide compassionate, personalized care in an intimate setting.

Outside of midwifery, Emmy values her faith and family. She enjoys playing basketball, exploring the outdoors, traveling, and discovering new restaurants with her husband, Josh.

Katherine Jacobs is a South Carolina native but has called Nashville home since 2002. After graduating with her BSN from the Medical University of South Carolina, she began her nursing career at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital where she worked in infant/toddler medicine for nearly a decade. She obtained her masters degree and board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2007 and has worked in the areas of outpatient acute care, pediatric well care, and as a pediatric clinical nursing instructor.

During the time devoted to raising her three children, Katherine became increasingly interested in the impact of lifestyle choices and environmental exposures on health outcomes. She also realized that her desire for providing healthcare went much deeper than the traditional model she was taught. She now uses a functional medicine approach to finding root cause illness and pursuing optimal wellness with her patients. She believes the functional medicine model complements the most basic, yet purposeful, manners in which our bodies were created to be nourished and find healing. She desires for her patients to know their worth through being seen and heard and to partner with them in their individualized health journeys. She is actively pursuing formal certification through the Institute for Functional Medicine.

In addition to working and homeschooling, Katherine enjoys adventuring outdoors, baking and picture taking, and traveling to new destinations. Her greatest treasures are her faith and her family.