About OA&FS: Our Mission
Open Adoption & Family Services (OA&FS) supports pregnant women/couples making decisions about parenthood in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. When the choice is adoption, we help plan child-centered open adoptions. We assist birthparents and adoptive parents as they create healthy, long-term relationships that address the ongoing needs of the child.
Please see our Contact Us page or call 1-800-772-1115 to find a location near you.
We are a private, nonprofit adoption agency with a progressive approach to building healthy families. We began providing services to birthparents and adoptive parents in 1985. OA&FS is licensed by the states of Oregon and Washington and has offices in Portland, Eugene, Medford and Seattle. Since we were established in 1985, we've completed more than 1,200 open adoption placements.
OA&FS Staff
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Shari Levine, Executive Director; Co-Chair and president of the Coalition of Oregon Adoption Agencies for 12 years. Backline advisory board member since 2004. Oregon Teen Pregnancy Task Force board member since 2008. Co-Chair of the Multnomah County Teen Pregnancy and Young Parenting Network since 2008.
Portland
- Jess Gibson, Counselor
- Cindy A. Lee, Fiscal Manager
- Lori Maas, Client Services Manager
- Katie Niemeyer, Counselor
- Sari Prevost, Counselor
- Samantha Rinker, Administrative Assistant
- Suzie Williams, Program Manager
Eastern Oregon
- Angie Lunde, Counselor
Eugene
- Robin Francisco, Administrative and Outreach Assistant
- Irie Hoffman, Counselor
- Jan Jamieson, Regional Supervisor and Counselor
- Linda Kostur, Counselor
Seattle
- Heather Goldy, Counselor
- Courtney Gray, Counselor
- Lisa Koblenz, Office Manager and Outreach Coordinator
- Katie Stallman, Regional Supervisor
- Maria Villegas, Counselor
Eastern Washington
- Marianne Harris, Counselor and Outreach Coordinator
OA&FS Board of Directors
- President Roy Abramowitz, CPA; Perkins & Company
- Vice President Erik Bergman, Adoptive Parent and Editing Manager; Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
- Secretary Elizabeth Carroll, Program Specialist; Multnomah County Health Department
- Grayson Dempsey, Founder of Backline
- Karen Enns, Program Manager; New Parent Services of Hood River County; Families First of Wasco & Sherman Counties
- Andrea Hardy, Birthmother, Parent and Pediatric Nurse
- Kathryn Olson, Adoptive Parent and Attorney at Law
- Mark Spaur, Adoptive Parent and Senior Engineer; Kennedy Jenks
- David Tilchin, OA&FS Open Adoptee and Computer Programmer
- Alex Trotter, DHS Permanency Worker
- Melissa Valencia-Manerini, Birthmother and Student
- April Vanderkamp, OA&FS Open Adoptee and University of Portland Nursing Student