About OA&FS: Our Mission
Open Adoption & Family Services supports birthparents in making decisions about parenthood in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. When the choice is adoption, we facilitate 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.
Open Adoption & Family Services, Inc. is a private, nonprofit adoption agency with a progressive approach to building healthy families. In 1985 we began providing services to birthparents and adoptive parents in Oregon. Our programs were expanded to Western Washington in the early 1990s and to Eastern Washington in 1998. With offices in Portland, Eugene, Medford and Seattle, OA&FS is licensed by the states of Oregon and Washington.
Since the founding of Open Adoption & Family Services in 1985, more than 1000 infants and children have been placed with adoptive families throughout the United States.
Staff@OpenAdopt
- 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
- Amy M. Echo-Hawk, Development and Marketing Director
- Jess Gibson, Counselor
- Cindy A. Lee, Fiscal Manager
- Lori Maas, Client Services Manager
- Katie Niemeyer, Counselor
- Sari Prevost, Counselor
- Suzie Williams, Program Manager
Eastern Oregon
- Angie Lunde, Counselor
Eugene
- Katelyn Berry, Administrative Assistant
- Jan Jamieson, Counselor
- Satya Kline, Counselor
- Robin Samora, Counselor
Medford
- Susan Holmes Fichtner, Counselor
Seattle
- Jodi Bernstein, Counselor/Community Networking Coordinator
- Courtney Gray, Counselor
- Lisa Koblenz, Office Manager/Outreach Coordinator
- Maria Villegas, Counselor/Seattle Program Supervisor
Eastern Washington
- Marianne Harris, Counselor/Outreach Coordinator
2008-2009 OA&FS Board of Directors
Roy Abramowitz, CPA – President
Perkins & Comapany
Erik Bergman – Vice President
Adoptive Parent and Editing Manager,
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Elizabeth Carroll
Program Specialist,
Multnomah County Health Department
Grayson Dempsey – Secretary
Founder and President,
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
Beth Paros
Adoptive Parent
Mark Spaur
Adoptive Parent and Senior Engineer,
Kennedy Jenks
David Tilchin
OA&FS Adoptee and Computer Programmer
Alex Trotter
DHS Permanency Worker
Melissa Valencia-Manerini
Birthmother and Student