Mamava cofounders Sascha Mayer and Christine Dodson, along with Nic Longo, Director of Aviation at BTV, gathered with local leaders to celebrate the 10-year milestone for this successful partnership and offer a sneak peek at Mamava’s new XL V6. As with the first pod in 2013, BTV serves as the pilot location for the new unit.
“Mamava was born in Burlington because of community connections and a tradition of innovation, justice, and care that is central to the Vermont way of life,” says Sascha Mayer, cofounder and Chief Experience Officer of Mamava. “We incubated the business at the design firm Solidarity of Unbridled Labour in collaboration with Michael Jager. In between work we were doing with clients like Burton Snowboards and Ben and Jerry’s we decided to solve a problem we had experienced ourselves, the lack of design infrastructure for pumping and breastfeeding. We learned from these other Burlington-based businesses the value of Bodacious Optimism to take on new ventures, and the power of brand and design to change hearts and minds.”
Since 2013 more than 4,000 pods have been placed including a fleet of 182 pods across 76 airports. Mamava’s Sascha Mayer will discuss the impact of the Friendly Airports for Mothers (FAM) Act and the Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act, which have helped make air travel much easier for families, as well as the PUMP Act, which secures workplace lactation protections for millions of women and how these laws have helped Mamava elevate its mission to support breastfeeding parents.
