Ballard, Shelley, Adoption attorney and
adoptive mother of 2, with 20+ years experience in all types of adoptions, is a partner in Ballard, Desai & Miller,
a law firm practicing exclusively in the area of adoption and reproductive
technology law.
Title: Attorney at Law
Organization:
Ballard
Desai & Miller
Address: 221
N. La Salle Street, Suite 1136, Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-673-5312
Email:
sballard@familybuildinglaw.com
Website: www.familybuildinglaw.com
Das, Cherie Jones,
LCSW, is the International Adoption Coordinator for Lutheran Child &
Family Services and has worked in adoption since 1986. She has developed training curricula for the
Lutheran Adoption and Foster Care Alliance and HATW Culture Camps, and is the
adoptive mother of two children.
Title: International Adoption
Coordinator
Organization: Lutheran Child and Family
Services of IL
Address: 333
West Lake Street, Addison, IL
60101
Phone: 630-628-6448 x223
Email: Cheryl_jones_das@lcfs.org
Website: www.lcfs.org
Dischler, Patricia, author of "Because
I Loved You: A Birthmother's View of Open Adoption", and national speaker
at adoption trainings and conferences, was the recipient of the 2007 Wisconsin
Governor’s Award for excellence in the field of child care.
Organization: KIDBIZ Resources
Phone: 608-544-2733
Email: pdischler@wildblue.net
Website: www.patriciadischler.com
Dressner, Jill M., Attorney, works with the
Special Ed Advocacy Center. She is an adjunct professor at Loyola University
Chicago School of Law, teaching Special Education Law.
Title: Attorney
Organization: Special Ed Advocacy Center
NFP
Address: 1935 South Plum Grove Road, PMB 274, Palatine, IL
60067
Phone: 847-736-8286
Email: seac@specialedadvocacycenter.org
Website: www.specialedadvocacycenter.org
Golden, Nancy,
LCSW, is the Co-Director, as well as
the Clinical Director of Midwest Adoption Center. Working as a psychotherapist within the
adoption community for 20+ years, Nancy
has extensive clinical experience with young adoptees & their
families. She provides training &
consultation to families and professionals in the Chicagoland area.
Title: LCSW
Organization: Co-Director of Midwest Adoption Center
Address: 2720 River Road, Suite 50,
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Phone: 847-298-9096
Email: ngolden@macadopt.org
Website: www.macadopt.org
Gott, Kelvin, MA ED Ad. Over 32 years
of classroom teaching & fifteen years of parental/teacher consulting, make
Mr. Gott one of the most sought after presenters in the Midwest. The father of four presents humorous stories
& poignant examples to highlight his message about responsibility,
development of self concept & parenting for the future of your child.
Title: Consultant/Educator
Phone: 815-404-1344
Email: camp.togg@gmail.com
Herrera, Kathryn, LCSW, is the Adoption Program Supervisor for
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, where she has worked for 16+
years. Kathryn’s adoption related experience includes coordinating
international adoption programs, counseling birthparents, and providing home
studies & post placement services for adoptive parents & families.
Title: Licensed Clinical Social
Worker
Organization: Catholic Charities, the
Arch. of Chicago
Address: 651 West Lake Street, Chicago,
IL 60661
Phone: 312-655-7087
Email: kherrera@catholiccharities.net
Website: www.catholiccharities.net
Hoffman, Kevin, author of Growing Up Black In White, is a
public speaker who has a passion for adoption—especially transracial
adoption. He is an adoption advocate and
enjoys sharing his experiences as a biracial transracial adoptee to help other
adoptive families. Hofmann lives with
his wife and two sons in Toledo,
Ohio.
Title: Consultant In Adoption
Phone: 419-450-5779
Email:
Kevin8967@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.kevinhofmann.com
Hughes, Michelle, Attorney, focusing on adoption & assisted
reproductive technology, is also the co-founder of Bridge Communications, Inc.,
which specializes in diversity training.
She has been quoted regularly in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago
Sun-Times concerning issues of transracial adoption & multiracial
identity.
Title: Attorney at Law / Diversity
Consultant
Organization: Bridge Communications,
Inc.
Address: 221 N. LaSalle Suite 2200,
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 857-7287
Email: m.hughes@adoptionattorneys.org
Alternate
Email: hughesbridge@mindspring.com
Website: www.bridgecommunications.org
Katch, Jane is a kindergarten teacher. Her third book is Far Away from the Tigers: A Year in the
Classroom With Internationally Adopted Children. Her articles have appeared in The Harvard Educational Review and Educational Leadership. Her classroom
was featured in the PBS documentary, Raising
Cain.
Title: Teacher and Author
Organization: Touchstone Community
School
Phone: 401-725-3214
Email: jkatch@gmail.com
Website: www.janekatch.com
Maloney, Sheila A.,
has been practicing adoption law for 25+ years. She has handled thousands of
adoptions, sits on numerous adoption committees, and has helped draft several
pieces of legislation affecting Illinois
adoptions.
Title: Attorney At Law
Address: 633 Rogers Street, Suite 102, Downers
Grove, IL 60515
Phone: 630-570-5050
Email: stmesq@msn.com
Website: www.iladoptionlawyer.com
Maniacci, Michael P., PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in practice, with offices in Naperville & Chicago. He is a published author, consultant, and
instructor, as well as a frequent and sought-after presenter.
Title: Clinical Psychologist
Organization: Private Practice
Address: 1555 Naperville/Wheaton Road, Suite 108C, Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: 312-658-1315
Mattes, Michelle is an adoptee and enjoys
sharing her story with others. She has spoken at several adoption conferences
and has facilitated an adoption support group. Mrs. Mattes is currently working
on publishing her first children’s book to assist adoptive parents in talking
about adoption with their young adoptees.
Phone: 847-515-3921
Email: mmjsmatt@comcast.net
McCoy, Krista, MSW, LCSW, is a biracial, transracial adoptee.
Krista has been a conference presenter/trainer on issues of foster
care/adoption for over 17 years. She
served two terms on the Illinois Adoption Advisory Council and also has
extensive experience in the field of mental health, substance abuse, and
therapy.
Title: Licensed Clinical Social
Worker
Phone: 708-889-9440
Alternate
Phone: 708-769-6876
Email: krista.mccoy@att.net
Morrison, Kathleen Hogan, is a Chicago attorney, concentrating in adoption.
She is the Past President of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, was
recently selected as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Illinois, and was
designated an Angel in Adoption by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption
Institute.
Title: Adoption Attorney
Organization: Kathleen Hogan Morrison,
P.C.
Address: 70 W. Madison Street, Suite 2100, Chicago,
IL 60602
Phone: (312) 977-4477
Email: k.morrison@adoptionattorneys.org
Website: www.chicagoadoptionattorney.com
Ochs, Todd J., MD, is a general
pediatrician, who has been working with adoptive families, adopted children,
and foster children, for the last fourteen years, and is a founding member of
the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on
Adoption and Foster Care. He is the
adoptive father of four special needs daughters from China.
Title: Pediatrician
Organization: Adoption Pediatrics
Address: 4713 N. Winchester Avenue, Chicago,
IL 60640
Phone: 773-907-8864
Alternate Phone: 773-401-4335
Email: t-ochs@northwestern.edu
Orban, Susan D. has worked in the adoption field for 20+
years and currently works as an Outreach & Education Coordinator for
Children's Home Society & Family Services, and has traveled internationally
to help families with their adoptions. Sue is the proud parent
of four children, three adopted internationally & one biological.
Title: Outreach and Education Coordinator
Organization: Children's Home Society & Family
Services
Address: 8555
16th Street, Suite 600, Silver Spring,
MD 20910
Phone: 301.562.6525
Email: sorban@chsfs.org
Website: www.chsfs.org
Patton, Denise J.,
is an adoptive parent and an adoption attorney who devotes her practice to
adoption & infertility law. She is a
member of the American
Academy of Adoption
Attorneys and is a member and past chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s
Adoption Law Committee. She has
successfully completed hundreds of adoptions.
Title: Attorney
Organization: Law Office of Denise J.
Patton
Address: 4760 Fairfax Avenue,
Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 847-925-9072
Email: attypatton@aol.com
Website: www.ILAdoptionAttorney.com
Radcliff-Koniak, Susan A. MSW, LSW, has
worked in the Adoption field for 11 years specializing in international &
domestic adoption and working with the foster care system. She and her husband
are the parents of three children through international adoption, and have
parented foster children and children with special needs.
Title: MSW, LSW, Adoption Social
Worker
Organization: Lutheran Child &
Family Services
Address: 317 West Main, Belleville, IL 62220
Phone: 618-234-8904
Email: Susan_Koniak@lcfs.org
Website: www.lcfs.org
Sakaeda, April R. is a writer and educator
who focuses on anti-racism and social justice.
She speaks and facilitates workshops about racism, Asian American issues
and transracial adoption.
Email: multiculturalcompetence@gmail.com
Stigger, Judy, LCSW, counsels adopted
teens & families. She creates content for www.AdoptionLearningPartner.org
an interactive adoption training site, and is an author, national speaker &
Angel in Adoption recipient. She has served families for 35+ years, and is a
mother to her now-grown special needs & transracially placed children.
Title: Adoption Counselor
Organization: The Cradle & Adoption
Learning Partners
Address: 2049 Ridge Ave. Evanston,
IL 60201
Phone: 847-293-3956
Email: jstigger@cradle.org
Website: adoptionlearningpartners.org; Cradle.org
Twomney, Vicki,
is birthmom to Kevin, 16, placed at birth in an open adoption. She is a case
manager at On Your Feet Foundation & an Expectant Mother Counselor, helping
pregnant women make adoption plans.
Vicki regularly speaks at adoption related events, in order to help the
world better understand a birthmom's selfless act.
Title: Case Manager
Organization: On Your Feet Foundation
Address: 655 Deerfield Road, Ste 100, #264, Deerfield,
IL 60015
Phone: 847-433-7820
Alternate
Phone:
224-578-1850
Email: oyff7820@aol.com
Alternate
Email: twomeyv@beakstar.com
Website: www.oyff.org
Wildman, Sally, JD, has focused on
adoption law practice for 15+ years. A member of both American Academy
of Adoption Attorneys and Chicago Bar Association Adoption Committee, Ms. Wildman
participates in efforts to improve applicable laws based
on her clients' experiences.
Title: J.D.
Organization: Law Offices Of Sally
Wildman
Address: 200 North LaSalle, Suite 2750, Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-726-9214
Email: loswildman@aol.com
Website: www.SWildmanLaw.com
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