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
Principal investigator and national project director for AdoptUSKids
Britt Cloudsdale
Family Support program manager for AdoptUSKids
Kate Hurt
Capacity Building and Engagement senior director for AdoptUSKids
Deborah Lank
Deputy project 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
Susan Ayers-Lopez
Social science and humanities research associate, University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work
Kamilah Bunn
CEO, National Adoption Association
Ligia Cushman, MA
Executive director, North American Council on Adoptable Children
Melinda Lis, MSW
Vice president at Spaulding for Children
Anna Marshall
Executive director, Northwest Resource Associates
Ruth McRoy, PhD
Research professor, University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work