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Becky Delghiaccio

REBECCA DELGHIACCIO

Becky DelGhiaccio has been a Neonatal ICU nurse for 25 years, working at three different Pheonix/Scottsdale hospitals over the course of her career, as well as being the mother of two children. She has extensive involvement with adoption and a deep commitment to creating loving families. She holds experience as a certified childbirth educator, teaching […]

Kevin Nelson

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Kevin Nelson is the Chief Executive Officer of Aetna Better Health of New York (ABHNY), a CVS Health company. He has extensive experience in leadership, management, policy and business development for health care and humanitarian organizations serving underserved populations. Kevin’s entrée into healthcare management began with community health centers and public hospitals more than 30 […]

Sammy Chadwick

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Sammy is a long-standing supporter of Spence Chapin. After living in the UK and Asia, she now resides in NY, where she raised her two sons. Sammy has a UK degree in textiles and international experience working in fashion and sportswear.   She has also produced documentary films and events focused on culturally significant issues.  Her films for BYkids.org have appeared on PBS and portray various social issues through the eyes of teenagers.   In addition to Spence Chapin, Sammy is a board member of BYkids.org, and also Fabretto Children’s Foundation, focused on child welfare and education  in Central America.    Board member since 2008 and served as Board President from 2015- 2017.    Spence-Chapin […]

Michael J Mellody

MICHAEL J. MELLODY

Michael is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch. He joined Merrill Lynch in 2005 and earned his CFP designation in 2008. Michael graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Economics and remains involved in the Rutgers University scholarship program to help lower barriers for students in financial need. He […]

Siya Madikane

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Siya Madikane is a philanthropist dedicated to helping disadvantaged children, particularly in the fields of education and health. Siya attended Pepperdine University and received his B.S. in History in 2007. Upon graduation he worked for IMG’s Consulting group in New York, then transitioned to the IMG Events and Sponsorship group in London and India until 2015 when he […]

Laura Schlesinger

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Laura Schlesinger currently volunteers as an Interim Care Provider at Spence Chapin. Laura has been caring for these babies since 2016 and to date has loved more than 35 little ones. She describes this very important work as her true joy, both in nurturing the babies and in providing the time and space for birth […]

Mitchell R. Semel

Mitch Semel

Mitch is the Chief Flight Instructor at Take Flight Aviation in New York, training professional and recreational pilots in all levels of FAA certification. He is also Founder and Executive Producer at Semel Media, where he has produced for CBS, NBC, CNN, PBS, National Geographic, TIME, HuffPost, and the US Department of Defense. Mitch is […]

Elise Knight Wallace

Elise Wallace

Elise Knight Wallace has been the owner of Hands-on Homes Done, a home organization business, since 2018. With a BA in Psychology from Wheaton College and extensive experience in healthcare administration, including roles as Session Assistant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Senior Aftercare Clinical Assistant at CityMD, Elise brings a deep understanding of […]

Catherine Rocco Goodwin

Catherine Rocco

Catherine Rocco Goodwin is the Executive Director of the Parkinson’s Wellness Foundation and a Children’s Advocacy Advisor working with non-profit organizations focused on children’s welfareIn her early career, Catherine worked in children’s entertainment at Jim Henson and Marvel Comics and for the past ten years, she was CEO of a fitness company that she founded […]

Zach Boisi

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Zach works for Cellebrite as their SVP of Customer Service, overseeing a handful of functions, working with their 1000’s of global customers and tens of thousands of end users. He is the former Vice President of Customer Success for LeagueApps. He holds a BA in American Studies from Yale University, as well as an MBA […]

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Waiting Children Profiles

Thank you for your interest in adopting through Spence-Chapin! We are able to share the profiles of children who are considered to be the most in need and are waiting internationally to be matched with an adoptive family. The children featured on this page have been waiting for the longest to find families and consist of children who are older, part of a sibling group, or children with a diagnosed medical condition. In order to respect the privacy of these children, this page has been password protected.

Spence-Chapin takes the privacy rights of the children that we are seeking to place very seriously, and share the profile with you under the following conditions:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PASSWORD ACCESS
That you acknowledge and understand that

1. Misuse of the content, and/or linking to any sites that reflect practices that involve the sale, abduction, exploitation, or trafficking of children is strictly prohibited.

2. You have been given limited access to confidential information in the form of images that you will not disclose to any person or in any manner that is inconsistent with applicable policies and procedures of Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.

3. The confidentiality obligation shall continue indefinitely, including at all times after my association with Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.

4. You are not permitted to release, copy, distribute, or sell any of these images to third parties in any form.

5. Impermissible disclosure of the images may result in legal actions being taken against you, by or on behalf of that person.

6. You are doing this freely, voluntarily and with a full understanding of what you are agreeing to by entering/accessing this blog.

7. Thank you for your interest in providing a loving home for a waiting child! We look forward to connecting with you soon to continue discussing adoption paths at Spence-Chapin. We hope that you like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and keep up with our families through our adoption blog!

Warm regards,
The Adoption Team at Spence-Chapin

Phone: 212-400-8150
Email: [email protected]

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