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David A. Barrett

David Barrett

David is a Partner with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, specializing in appellate, commercial and securities litigation, and international arbitration. He served on the Spence-Chapin Board of Directors from 2000-2016 and re-joined the Board in 2021.  During his time on the Board, he has served as the Vice-Chair of the Board and Chair of the Legal […]

Katharine H. Welling

Katharine

Kathy received a BA from Wells College and an MA from Columbia University, and has served on the board since 2011. She brings a wealth of experience in fund- raising and strategic planning. Ms. Welling worked for several years as a consultant with Raybin Associates in New York City. She was recently President of the Board of the Wilton Library and chaired its expansion project. She has been Senior Warden at St. Matthew’s Church and chaired its new facilities renovation. She currently is  President of the Board of the Upper Valley […]

Christopher Stoeckle

CHRIS STOECKLE

Chris is a Partner at Inyarek Partners, a firm he co-founded to invest in industrial decarbonization and energy transition opportunities. Chris has 15 years of energy finance and private equity experience. At Inyarek, Chris shares responsibility for overall investment strategy and execution, asset management, and firm operations. Prior to forming Inyarek in 2023, Chris was […]

Ian V. Rowe

Ian Rowe

Ian is the Founder and CEO of Vertex Partnership Academies, a virtues-based, International Baccalaureate public charter high schools, that opened in the Bronx in 2022. Ian is also a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he focuses on upward mobility, family formation, education and adoption. Ian recently fulfilled a ten-year tenure as the […]

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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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