She served on the board of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) for 5 years and was on the IAC of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) from 1997.
[4] Mulford became a regular long term volunteer for WABA, involved particularly in writing and documentation of a host of conferences, meetings and task force reports.
[5] Linda Smith, of the Ohio Lactation Consultant Association, wrote, "Chris’s gentle wisdom and cross-discipline sharp thinking was a steadying force in many meetings, events and conferences.
"[6] Together with Kay Hoover, Mulford founded the Lactation Consultants in Private Practice conference, which was held for the first time in 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was an activity, a life stage, that shaped me as a person and permeated my relationships with my children, family, and friends" - Chris Mulford, February 2011.