Leadership
Meet the AdoptUSKids directors and senior advisors
The AdoptUSKids collaboration is led by an expert team of people located across the country, all working together to provide free services to foster and adoptive families and the US states, territories, tribes, and courts that serve them.
This group of professionals represents a variety of fields and areas of expertise—from adoption and child welfare to research, data, and technology.
Directors
![Melinda Kline](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/melinda-kline-175x175.jpg)
Melinda Kline
National project director for AdoptUSKids
![Toni Ligon](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/toni-ligon-175x175.jpg)
Toni Ligon
MPLD director for AdoptUSKids
![Melissa Otero](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/melissa-otero-175x175.jpg)
Melissa Otero
National campaign director for AdoptUSKids
![Nicole Robinson](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/nicole-robinson-175x175.jpg)
Nicole Robinson
National recruitment response manager for AdoptUSKids
![Jill Yetman](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/jill-yetman-175x175.jpg)
Jill Yetman
Director of digital products for AdoptUSKids
Senior advisors
![Ann Ayers](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/ann-ayers-175x175.jpg)
Ann Ayers
CEO, Raise the Future
![Kamilah Bunn](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/kamilah-bunn-175x175.jpg)
Kamilah Bunn
CEO, National Adoption Association
![Melissa Jenavai](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/melissa-jenavai-175x175.jpg)
Melissa Jenavai
CEO/president, Spaulding
![Melinda Lis, MSW](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/melinda-lis-175x175.jpg)
Melinda Lis, MSW
Vice president, Spaulding
![Anna Marshall](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/anna-marshall-175x175.jpg)
Anna Marshall
Executive director, Northwest Resource Associates
Evaluation leadership
The University of Texas at Austin
Steve Hicks School of Social Work
![Susan Ayers-Lopez](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/susan-ayers-lopez-175x175.jpg)
Susan Ayers-Lopez
Co-principal investigator
![Patricia A. Cody, Ph.D.](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/patricia-cody-175x175.jpg)
Patricia A. Cody, Ph.D.
Co-principal investigator
![Michelle Steinley-Bumgarner, M.A.](/_assets/images/AUSK/leaders/michelle-s-b-175x175.jpg)
Michelle Steinley-Bumgarner, M.A.
Principal data analyst