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2015 PARTNERS

Vulnerable children can know Barriers that once prevented
the safety, security and love adoptive families from coming
that only a family provides. together and staying together
THE are eliminated.
POWER OF

YOUR

SUPPORT

Foster youth have a platform Members of Congress are given
to speak to the nation’s most experiential knowledge to make
powerful legislators about their objective decisions benefiting
experiences in foster care. children in need of families.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jack Gerard, Chair; American Petroleum Institute
Elmer Doty, Vice Chair; Accudyne
Brad Bondi; Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Susan Hirschmann; Williams & Jensen
Susan Neely; American Beverage Association
Korie and Willie Robertson; Duck Commander
Tracy Schar; Comstock Homebuilding
Russ Sullivan; McGuireWoods LLP
Laura Wheat; Mayor; Town of Westlake, TX

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Sarah Gesiriech, Vice Chair; 127 Global Strategy Elizabeth Black; Center for the Support of Families, Inc. McLane Layton; Equality for Adopted Children
Roy Blunt; U.S. Senator Lucas Boyce; Republican National Committee Lisa Martin; The Paul Singer Foundation
Ben Cardin; U.S. Senator Sam Brownback; Governor of Kansas Jedd Medefind; Christian Alliance for Orphans
Chuck Grassley; U.S. Senator Lindsay Ellenbogen; Sara Start Fund Tracy Wilson Mourning; Honey Shine Mentoring Program
Jim Inhofe; U.S. Senator Jelani Freeman; Department of Veterans Affairs Gary Newton; Independent Consultant and former U.S.
Amy Klobuchar; U.S. Senator Kelly Gage; St. Catherine University Government Special Advisor for Orphans and Vulnerable
Karen Bass; U.S. Representative Chip Gardiner; International Association of Heat and Frost Children, USAID
Jim Cooper; U.S. Representative Insulators and Allied Workers Deborah Pryce; Ice Miller Whiteboard LLC
Trent Franks; U.S. Representative Rob Geen; Annie E. Casey Foundation Victoria Rowell; Rowell Foster Children’s Positive Plan
Tim Huelskamp; U.S. Representative Philip Goldman; Maestral International Rita Soronen; Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Jim McDermott; U.S. Representative Daniel Heimpel; Fostering Media Connections Kevin Sullivan; Kevin Sullivan Communications, Inc.

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