Leadership
Board of Directors
Susan Neely: Chair
Former President & CEO, American Council of Life Insurers
Susan Hirschmann: Vice Chair
CEO, Williams & Jensen
Brian Graff: Treasurer
CEO, American Retirement Association
Marty Durbin: Secretary
Senior Vice President of Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Bill Bailey
CEO, Radiance Technologies
Sara Fagen
CEO and Co-Founder, Tunnl
Kelly Gage
Director of Transformational Gifts, Nomi Network
The Honorable Mary L. Landrieu
Former U.S. Senator of Louisiana / Senior Policy Advisor, Van Ness Feldman LLP
Ashley O'Connor
Managing Partner, Strategic Partners & Media
Joyce Rogers
Senior Vice President of Government and External Relations, AmeriHealth Caritas
Andrea McDaniel Smith
Partner, CarterBaldwin Executive Search
Russ Sullivan
Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Advisory Council
Christopher Baker-Scott*
Executive Director, Sun Scholars Inc.
Lauren Behsudi
Manager, Deloitte
Dan Berger
Honorary Fellow, American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and Partner, Green & Spiegel
Lisa Boudreau*
Director of State Policy, iCivics
Allison Coble
Director of Programs, Faith to Action Initiative
Ian Forber-Pratt
Director of Global Advocacy & Growth, CERI
Dr. Sharen Ford
Director of Foster Care and Adoption, Focus on the Family
Philip Goldman
Founder and President, Maestral
Bethany Haley
Former Executive Director, CCAI
Daniel Heimpel
Founder and Board Chair, Fostering Media Connections
Kathy Nuebel Kovarik
President, Sagitta Solutions L.L.C.
Jane Krienke*
Senior Analyst, Maryland Hospital Association
McLane Layton
Founder, Equality for Adoption Children (EACH)
Jaia Peterson Lent
Deputy Executive Director, Generations United
Jedd Medefind
President, Christian Alliance for Orphans
Amnoni Myers
Consultant, Public Speaker, Author
Jennifer Perry
Executive Director, Children's Action Network
Emily Chapman Richards
Advisor and Ambassador, ShowHope
Debbie Riley, LCMFT
CEO and Co-Founder, Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.)
Isabel Stasa*
Head of Community Engagement and Public Affairs, Foster Greatness
Rita Soronen
President and CEO, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Kathleen Strottman
Partner, Glen Vista Partners LLC
Nicole Taylor
Chief Communications Officer, Riverstone Logistics
Rebecca Vahle
Executive Director and Founder, Family to Family
* designates alumni from the CCAI Foster Youth Internship Program® elected by their peers to serve in this leadership role.