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Jon Ball - Accountant
I take care of the day-to-day accounting functions of the agency. This includes: paying and monitoring all agency bills, budgeting and forecasting for the agency, preparing our yearly audit for licensing, the tracking and paying of expenses on each birth mother/adoptive family match, and working with hospitals on behalf of the adoptive families to lower medical expenses.
E-MAIL:jonb@americanadoptions.com
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Jill Pepperdine - Receptionist
Hello! My name is Jill Pepperdine and I am excited to be a part of the American Adoptions team. My previous experience was in international adoptions and I find myself fortunate to be able to continue in the adoption field and to learn about the domestic adoption process. My duties include; receiving incoming calls and directing families to the proper representative and/or specialist also, assisting Adoptive Family Department in sending out information packets to adoptive families and birth families pursuing adoption.
E-MAIL:jill.p@americanadoptions.com
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Brooke Hackman - Project Coordinator
As a member of the American Adoptions team, I am able to assist two sides of the adoption process: courageous birth mothers 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 receiving incoming calls and directing families to the proper representative and/or specialist, sending out packets to adoptive families and birth families pursuing adoption, and entering the adoptive planning questionnaire into our database system.
E-MAIL:brooke.h@americanadoptions.com
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DJ Barnes - Project Coordinator
Hello, 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@americanadoptions.com
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Elizabeth Falke - Lead Licensing Specialist
I have been with American Adoptions since February of 1999. I have held many jobs over the years and I have had the privilege of getting to know many clients. One of my favorite duties included working closely with adoptive families who were in the adoption process. I witnessed many families grow from timid, sometimes unsure adoption hopefuls into confident parents. This has brought me tremendous personal satisfaction, not to mention some very good friendships along the way. In recent years I have switched my focus to agency administration duties, which include maintaining our state licensing in current states of operation, seeking licensure in new states, developing program policy and procedure, keeping updated on state law and regulatory changes that effect our agency and our clients. It's a challenging, but rewarding position and I am proud to be a part of the American Adoptions family.
E-MAIL:liz@americanadoptions.com
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Desiree Koudele - Communications Specialist
As 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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Todd Brace - IT Specialist
My job duties consist of helping develop new systems for our own custom software as well as maintaining our network.
E-MAIL:todd@americanadoptions.com
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Scott Mars - President of the Board of Directors
I 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@americanadoptions.com
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Ted Mars - Vice President of the Board of Directors and Treasurer
While 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@americanadoptions.com
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Susan Mars - Co-Founder - Secretary of the Board of Directors
Susan 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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