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 Oregon in 1985. We expanded our programs to Western Washington in the early 1990s and to Eastern Washington in 1998. 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 1,000 open adoption placements.
OA&FS Staff
- 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
- Irie Hoffman, Counselor
- Jan Jamieson, 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
2010-2011 OA&FS Board of Directors
- Roy Abramowitz, CPA – President
Perkins & Comapany
- Erik Bergman – Vice President
Adoptive Parent and Editing Manager,
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
- Grayson Dempsey – Secretary
Founder of Backline
- Elizabeth Carroll
Program Specialist,
Multnomah County Health Department
- 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
- April Vanderkamp
OA&FS Adoptee and University of Portland Nursing Student