Anna Rodney is a mom of three girls, a birth and postpartum doula, and a certified childbirth educator. Her work is rooted in the belief that every parent deserves evidence-based information, compassionate guidance, and a strong community - beliefs that inspired the creation of Gaux.

For Anna, Gaux represents the culmination of more than two decades of supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and the transformative postpartum journey.  Through her years of experience, she’s seen firsthand how parents thrive when they feel supported, validated, and connected. She sees Gaux as an intentional effort to bring families accessible, uplifting, culturally mindful, and science-backed tools from pregnancy through early parenthood.

Before co-founding Gaux, Anna established several influential organizations that have shaped the perinatal landscape. She founded Chicago Family Doulas, which has grown to become the largest doula agency in the world known for its exceptional doula support, standard-setting professionalism, and deep commitment to family-centered care. She also created Birth & Baby University, a comprehensive learning hub serving both expecting families and perinatal professionals with high-quality, inclusive, and evidence based education.

Since 2013, Anna has trained and mentored hundreds of doulas across the country, guiding new professionals as they develop the skills, confidence, and compassion needed to care for families during life’s most tender moments. She is widely respected as a leader in the field, known for her combination of warmth, vision, and unwavering dedication to elevating the standard of perinatal support through training, advocacy, and thoughtful innovation.

Anna is a lifelong traveler who believes parents don’t need to sacrifice their passions; in fact, they can share them with their kids. She has traveled internationally with her daughters and visited 43 states so far, with plans to check off the remaining seven soon. These experiences have shaped her belief that motherhood can be expansive, joyful, and deeply alive, not limiting, but transformative.