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One Portal for Every Perinatal Journey, With Ian Gardner

By Geoff Cockrell on June 23, 2026
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Ian Gardner and his wife struggled to assemble a holistic care team during her pregnancy. At the end of their journey, they had a son — and a solution they called MilkWise, a one-stop portal where mothers can access experts and specialists so they can focus on their infants, not on searching through their various healthcare packages.

“We saw platforms and companies that provided specific components, say, for postpartum depression, pelvic floor rehab or lactation, but no single destination where a mom could go,” Ian explains to McGuireWoods partner and host Geoff Cockrell.

Tune in as Ian describes how MilkWise uses lactation consulting as its market wedge, why payers — not providers — are the biggest operational challenge, and the three pillars MikeWise is built on: products, providers and payers.

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Geoff is the immediate past chair of the firm’s private equity group where he served for over a decade. He also formerly served on the firm’s Board of Partners. He has a wide scope of experience in mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions.

Geoff is the immediate past chair of the firm’s private equity group where he served for over a decade. He also formerly served on the firm’s Board of Partners. He has a wide scope of experience in mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. His mergers and acquisition experience, representing private equity sponsors, strategic purchasers and sellers extends across a diverse number of industries with a primary focus on healthcare provider services transactions. Geoff is a national contributor both at conferences and in publications on a wide array of issues unique to the private equity industry. He regularly contributes to Law360’s Healthcare and Private Equity sections, and is an author of The Healthcare Investor, a blog on healthcare finance topics.

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