American Adoptions -- America's Adoption Agency
American Adoptions Staff
Our dedicated staff members ...
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Brooke Hackman - Birth Parent & Social Work Department SupportAs a member of the American Adoptions team, I am able to work with two sides of the adoption process: courageous birth parents and compassionate adoptive families. My interest and passion for adoption began at birth because I was adopted from India. There’s something remarkable about bringing complete strangers together to revolutionize the life of a child. My duties include inputting information into our database system, receiving incoming calls and directing families to the proper representative and/or specialist, providing administrative support to our entire social work department, and working with situations in our Resource Center. E-MAIL: brooke.h@americanadoptions.com |
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DJ Barnes - Project CoordinatorHello, my name is DJ Barnes. I'm a project coordinator here at American Adoptions and I work on both the adopting family and the birth mother side of the agency. My Job duties at the agency consist of sending out the adoptive family profiles to potential birth mothers, entering the adoptive planning questionnaire into our database system and activating families that are ready to adopt. E-MAIL: dj.b@americanadoptions.com |
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Desiree Koudele - Communications SpecialistAs a writer for American Adoptions, it is my duty to provide adoptive families, birth parents and the general public accurate and timely information about all aspects of the adoption process, from the time of conception to finalization and beyond. I received my degree in Electronic Journalism from Kansas State University in 2000 and have experience in all facets of the media, including radio, television, print and the Internet. Feel free to contact me with story ideas or suggestions on what adoption topics you want to read more about! E-MAIL: desiree.k@americanadoptions.com |
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Dustin Freund - Media SpecialistEver since I decided to major in Journalism at the University of Central Missouri, I always saw myself ending up at a company that allowed me to showcase my creativity, but never did I imagine myself at an adoption agency! However, what a dream come true it has become. American Adoptions is the perfect vehicle for the type of writer I am and have further developed into over the past year that I have been here. Currently, I write content for the relaunched American Adoptions web site, including testimonials. If and when you have completed your adoption and would like me to write your testimonial, please feel free to e-mail me. E-MAIL: dustin.f@adoptionspecialist.com |
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Todd Brace - IT SpecialistMy job duties consist of helping develop new systems for our own custom software as well as maintaining our network. E-MAIL: todd.b@americanadoptions.com |
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Scott Mars - President of the Board of DirectorsI was adopted as an infant and was provided the most wonderful life for which a child could ever hope. Working in adoption allows me to give back to a field that has given me so much. Growing up, I had the opportunity to help foster care over 140 babies with my parents. It really touched my heart being a part of their lives even if it was only for a short while. I could not imagine a more rewarding job than working in adoption. E-MAIL: scott.m@americanadoptions.com |
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Ted Mars - Vice President of the Board of Directors and TreasurerWhile Ted was not part of the initial founding of American Adoptions, he was very supportive of Susan and Scott's dream to make adoption better. Ted retired about 8 years ago from his job and now works along side Scott and the rest of the staff to help American Adoptions to grow. Ted is the jack of all trades handling accounting, computer, payroll, and health benefits for the staff of American Adoptions. Ted provides a healthy prospective of bringing old school ideas with new age technology all which helps American Adoptions maintain a competitive balance against other adoption professionals. E-MAIL: ted.m@americanadoptions.com |
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Susan Mars - Co-Founder - Secretary of the Board of DirectorsSusan Mars was one of the original founders of American Adoptions. Susan and her husband Ted along with their son Scott kept babies who were being placed for adoption. They were able to share in the lives of 157 babies before they were able to go stay with their new family. This experience prompted Susan and Scott to start American Adoptions as they believed they could build a better adoption agency. Being involved in adoption was a very rewarding experience because it was Susan, Ted and Scott's way of giving back to adoption. While Susan does not come in the office as much as she use to, she still is an integral part by being on the board of directors. E-MAIL: Susan_M@americanadoptions.com |
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Jenny Ball - Adoption Specialist, LMSWHi! My name is Jenny Ball and I have throughly enjoyed working at American Adoptions since 2006. I am a licensed Social Worker in the state of Kansas and received my Master’s Degree from Washburn University. In addition to working for American Adoptions, I also work with children and families in the Kansas foster care system. I love working with prospective adoptive families and supporting them through their adoption journey. It makes me smile to see loving families be created. E-MAIL: jennyball77@gmail.com |
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Jaclyn Billins - Adoption Specialist, LMSWHi! My name is Jaclyn and I am a LMSW and have been practicing in Arkansas for the past three years. I enjoy working with families and helping them complete their family. I am passionate about adoptions because a child deserves to be in the best environment possible and to feel everlasting love and support. E-MAIL: jaclynveith@yahoo.com |
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