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Leadership Team

Executive Leadership Team

Katharine

Katharine H. Welling

Vice Chair

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 Haven,  a trustee of the Montshire Museum of Science in Vermont, as well as Vice Chair of the Board of Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks.  She serves on the Board of Spence Chapin as Vice Chair and is committed to its mission of helping children find their forever families through adoption, as Spence helped to form hers. 

Board Member since 2011. Spence-Chapin Adoptive Parent. 

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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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