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

National project director for AdoptUSKids

Deborah Lank

Deputy project director for AdoptUSKids

Toni Ligon

MPLD director for AdoptUSKids

Melissa Otero

National campaign director for AdoptUSKids

Nicole Robinson

National recruitment response manager for AdoptUSKids

Jill Yetman

Director of digital products for AdoptUSKids

Senior advisors

Ann Ayers

CEO, Raise the Future

Kamilah Bunn

CEO, National Adoption Association

Melissa Jenavai

CEO/president, Spaulding

Melinda Lis, MSW

Vice president, Spaulding

Anna Marshall

Executive director, Northwest Resource Associates

Evaluation leadership

The University of Texas at Austin
Steve Hicks School of Social Work

Susan Ayers-Lopez

Co-principal investigator

Patricia A. Cody, Ph.D.