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Robin Sizemore, BA, Founder and Executive Director Robin was a recipient of the "Angel in Adoption" award in 2008, in recognition of her service to children since 1995. She is an adoptive mother and has been an adoption professional since 1995. In addition to placing children in forever families, Robin has been politically involved in issues of child welfare: she has brought educational opportunities to a variety of officials in Georgia and Armenia, spearheaded cooperative humanitarian efforts, and hosted numerous international delegations through the U.S. State Department and Ministries in other countries which are associated with institutionalized children. Robin has a warm rapport with the wide range of individuals involved with children in need, including government officials, orphanage directors and staff, hospital and humanitarian aid administrators, and adoptive families and children alike. Robin and her husband James are the adoptive parents of the first internationally adopted child from Georgia and, with their second adoption, of the first direct “birthmother to adoptive mother” international placement in Georgia. In addition to their two beautiful children from Georgia, Robin and James have also been blessed with the surprise birth of their youngest and third child. Robin’s work is well regarded and highly respected in both Georgia and Armenia, and she is considered a valuable resource and thoughtful orphan advocate by U.S. and international officials as the result of her dedication to children and families through humanitarian assistance programs over more than a decade. Most recently Robin has developed three additional direct programs for Hopscotch with highly experienced and reliable partners in Bulgaria, Ghana and Morocco. Listen to an interview with Robin: Sarah Sheppard, BSW, Director of Clinical Services Sarah has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from North Carolina State University and over 10 years experience in child welfare, international adoptions, and maternal and child health. After living abroad as an exchange student and as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Sarah has always wanted to work with an international non-profit. At Hopscotch, Sarah oversees the clinical services portion of the adoption process answering all questions related to home studies, coordination and referral of waiting child profiles, supervised provider relationships, liaison to USCIS and clinical services. Sarah and her husband moved to Greensboro a few years ago and enjoy spending time with their daughter, working on their house, visiting with family and playing with their rescue cocker spaniels. Michelle Moreau, MSW, Post-Placement Coordinator Michelle earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from North Carolina State University in May, 2011. Michelle has three years of experience with adoptions. She worked as a Special Needs Adoption Program Coordinator for families adopting from foster care in North Carolina. She also has experience working with families adopting internationally from Russia. During that time she prepared dossiers, provided case management, and managed post placement reports to Russia. Most recently, she worked with families pursuing domestic adoption. She completed home studies and post placements, prepared court reports, and worked with birthparents during their process of placing their child for adoption. Michelle developed a special interest in adoptions ever since she started her education in the social work field. Outside of work, Michelle enjoys cheering on N.C. State athletics and the Carolina Panthers! At Hopscotch, Michelle coordinates post placement services. This includes helping families stay on track of reporting schedules, organize their post placement reports, and sending those reports abroad. She works with families to obtain required documents related to their adoption process in order to maintain complete client files. Michelle also coordinates and maintains the Supervised Provider and Inter-Agency Agreements for all clients, as well as manages our Hague Accreditation and North Carolina and New York licensing requirements. Michelle is actively involved in program support to the Executive Director, dossier support, and preparing Hague Convention applications and packages. Michelle will soon take on the program support for Hopscotch's Ghanaian program. Michelle Cole, BA, Psychology/Accounting, Director of Administrative Services Michelle earned her Bachelor in Arts in Psychology with a Minor in Accounting, graduating with honors (Magna Cum Laude) from Ashford University in June 2010. With over fifteen years in the accounting and finance industry, she has assumed this position with much enthusiasm and is very excited to join our Hopscotch family! After earning her degree and cultivating years of experience within the for-profit sector, Michelle wanted to use her skills and experience in a non-profit agency, in which she felt would be more rewarding. Michelle oversees the administrative and financial services for Hopscotch. Michelle is the mother of two boys, ages 11 and 5. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, scrapbooking, photography, drawing, and reading. She strives to guarantee confidence and dependability when working with our client families and partners abroad. Michelle looks forward to working with each and every family! Megan Gardinier, BA, Senior Administrative Assistant Megan has a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Communications, from High Point University. Megan has extensive career experience in client services and our families rely on her for assurance and help on a daily basis. At Hopscotch, Megan manages a little bit of everything, from application and service agreement intake, dossier support, data and information management, mass communications, to making sure each of your calls and inquiries are responded to or routed to the right person that can help you. Megan strives to ensure the flow of information is accurate and timely throughout the adoption process. She's the 'glue' of our office and your lifeline on a daily basis. You'll come to know Megan well as you journey through your adoption. Megan and her husband have one child, two cats, one dog and several really fat fish. |
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