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
Melinda Kline

Principal investigator and national project director for AdoptUSKids

Britt Cloudsdale
Britt Cloudsdale

Family Support program manager for AdoptUSKids

Kate Hurt
Kate Hurt

Capacity Building and Engagement senior director for AdoptUSKids

Deborah Lank
Deborah Lank

Deputy project director for AdoptUSKids

Melissa Otero
Melissa Otero

National campaign director for AdoptUSKids

Nicole Robinson
Nicole Robinson

National recruitment response manager for AdoptUSKids

Jill Yetman
Jill Yetman

Director of digital products for AdoptUSKids

Senior advisors

Ann Ayers
Ann Ayers

CEO, Raise the Future

Susan Ayers-Lopez
Susan Ayers-Lopez

Social science and humanities research associate, University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work

Kamilah Bunn
Kamilah Bunn

CEO, National Adoption Association

Ligia Cushman
Ligia Cushman, MA

Executive director, North American Council on Adoptable Children

Melinda Lis, MSW
Melinda Lis, MSW

Vice president at Spaulding for Children

Anna Marshall
Anna Marshall

Executive director, Northwest Resource Associates

Ruth McRoy, PhD
Ruth McRoy, PhD

Research professor, University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work