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Executive Director Mary Mooney is well known for her efforts in establishing ethical foundations for international adoptions through her organization, The Adoption Guide. US News and World Report and Forbes Best of the Web magazines have both published reports on Mary's work and assistance to adoptive families. In addition to directing inter-country adoptions, Mary and her team offer low-priced homestudy and post-placement services to residents of North and South Carolina. Mary is also the Executive Director of Hague Accreditation, a service to aid international adoption agencies in becoming accredited by the U.S. State Department. Mary is the mother of three children. On left, she is pictured on one of her trips to an orphanage in Guatemala.
                                                   

Cyndi Peck, pictured below left with her husband and eight children, is a guide for China and Haiti adoptions. She assists adoptive families with the dossier and paperwork needed to adopt. Cyndi has worked in international adoptions since 1998, helping over 100 families. She is the mother of four internationally adopted children, five biological children, and grandmother of two.

Cyndi's Ethiopian daughter, above, is married!  Becky is pictured with her new husband, David.

Deidre Dudley, at the right with her family, is a guide for Guatemala. She assists adoptive families with the paperwork needed to adopt. Deidre has been personally and professionally involved in adoption since 1985. She and her husband have two birth children, grown with families of their own, and have adopted eight children from the U.S., Korea, China and Vietnam. They have adopted infants, toddlers, preschoolers and children with special needs.

Alisa Bivens, with her daughter Leah, is our Foreign Program Director.  She can answer your questions regarding the process of all of the countries and help you decide which country will best suite your family.  Alisa and her husband, Greg, adopted their daughter Leah from Gaoyou, China in November of 2003.

Kelly Kemble is the director and founder of Compassionate Hearts, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization working on the team with International Adoption Guides. Compassionate Hearts gives guidance and direction for aid to orphanages as well as grants for adoptive families. Kelly and her husband have two biological daughters and  two sons adopted from Africa.

Levacy Smith, with her daughters Gracie and Sophie, is the social worker guide for Adoption Guides. Adoption Guides offers domestic and international homestudies for all people living in North and South Carolina, regardless of whether you are doing your adoption with us or not.

Dr. Jane Liedtke, director and founder of Our Chinese Daughters Foundation, www.ocdf.org/adoption is the in-China coordinator for the China adoption program. Jane has worked since 1995 with adoptive families traveling to China. She is the mother of Emily, age 12.  Jane's team provides guides for the fabulous, fully escorted adoption trip to China.