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Marta Goldman

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Marta Goldman is the Chief Development Officer for Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, where she leads the organization’s philanthropic strategy and oversees fundraising, donor engagement, and partnership development. She works closely with the CEO and Board of Directors to strengthen individual support, develop philanthropic partnerships, and expand the reach of Spence-Chapin’s mission.  Marta brings […]

Christine Tangel

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Christine Tangel is a licensed clinical social worker with over 15 years of experience working with children and families in New York City. She has provided direct service and supervision in various aspects of child welfare, including preventive services and foster care. Christine is the Director of the Pre & Post Adoption department at Spence-Chapin, where […]

Christine Pohl

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Christine Goffredo Pohl brings fifteen years of experience to her role as Chief Communications Officer where she oversees the organization’s marketing and communication efforts. Prior to joining the team at Spence-Chapin, Christine worked in marketing, communications, and fundraising in both the private and nonprofit sectors here in the United States as well as abroad. She […]

Chelsea Guffy

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Chelsea Guffy is the Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, where she specializes in providing legal consultation on all agency matters and ensuring the agency maintains necessary licensure to support all programs. Chelsea is proud to serve an organization with such a strong legacy in the field of adoption. […]

Monica Baker

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Since 2008, Monica Baker has been dedicated to working with birth and adoptive families before, during and after their adoption process at Spence-Chapin. Now the Senior Director of Domestic Adoption Programs, Monica oversees a professional team who places children in the United States who are in need of permanent homes with loving adoptive parents, providing […]

Nancy Esposito

Nancy Esposito

Nancy Esposito joined Spence-Chapin in August of 2017 and currently serves as our Chief Consultant for the Development and Events departments. Nancy is a marketing, development, and event specialist with more than 15 years of experience working with clients in both private sector and nonprofit arenas. Nancy began her career on Wall Street, overseeing all […]

Linda Alexandre

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Linda Alexandre serves as the Chief Program Officer, Domestic Adoption Programs at Spence-Chapin. Linda oversees day to day operations and manages senior program staff for Spence-Chapin’s Domestic, International, and Special Needs Adoption Programs. In her over twenty-year career at Spence-Chapin, Linda’s leadership skills and management style have consistently strengthened Spence-Chapin’s programs and ensured that they […]

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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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