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Ms. Robin Sizemore, Founder and Executive Director


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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 of 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 two new programs for Hopscotch with highly experienced and reliable partners in Bulgaria and Ghana.

Listen to an interview with Robin:

88.5 WFDD NPR "Voices and Viewpoints" Aug. 3, 2007

(copyright NPR, used by permission)

 

Joan McNamara, MS, Director of Social Service


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Joan, an adoptive parent, has a graduate degree in Social Services and almost 40 years experience in child welfare and adoption as an adoption worker, administrator, national and international consultant and trainer, and author.  Her numerous articles, books, anthologies, and training curricula on child and family issues are used in a number of countries besides the U.S. and Canada. She has worked in public and private child welfare organizations and universities, including international child welfare projects.  Her special interest and focus is on adoptive families and children with special needs who have come from foster care or institutional care.

Joan and her husband Bernard have parented 13 children with special needs who came into their family through adoption, birth, foster care, international adoption and as refugees. Their children are now all adults, and Joan and Bernie are now greatly enjoying grand parenting.

 

Sarah Sheppard, BSW, Director of Clinical Services


Email: sarah@hopscotchadoptions.org

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, post placement, and clinical services. Sarah and her husband of three years moved to Greensboro one year ago and enjoy spending time working on their house, visiting with family and playing with their dogs.

 

Sharon Baysinger, Administrative Assistant


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Sharon has an Associate’s degree in Information processing technology and Computerized Accounting and has extensive experience in financial record keeping, systems design, data collection and reporting of confidential information. At Hopscotch, Sharon manages the financial, documentation and data collection processes as well as all information management. She works closely with our clients to ensure that the flow of information is accurate and timely throughout the adoption process. Sharon and her husband have two children.

 
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