Meet The Park
Our Staff
Ivy Buchanan
Programs Coordinator
Amy Zhong
Executive Director
Diana Lange
Operations Manager
Our Extended Teams
The Park Adoption Community Center fulfills its mission primarily through our incredible, cross-country team of passionate and dedicated contractors, interns, and volunteers.
To learn more about how to get involved with The Park, please visit Working with The Park.
Leadership Committees
Our Leadership Committees dream up invaluable engagement opportunities for the adoptee community and make them a reality. Guiding the coordination of our conference and retreat events, our leadership committees help bring together adoptees from around the world to share in celebration, inspiration, and pride.
Adopteen Camp-Conference Committee
Adopteen Camp-Conference Committee builds and executes our two annual Adopteen Camp-Conferences, adoptee camps for teenaged adoptees that tour the country every year.
Chloe Deskin
Camp Director
Grace Roane-Hopkins
Washington, D.C. Assistant Camp Director
Natalie Schneider
Colorado Assistant Camp Director
Hannah Bouska
Washington, D.C. Committee
Joy Bunch
Washington, D.C. & Colorado Committee Member
Kaiya Tomasik
Colorado Committee Member
Karson Case
Colorado Committee Member
Lian McGuane
Washington, D.C. Committee Member
Maddox Ciesluk
Washington, D.C. & Colorado Committee Member
Maddy Buetow
Colorado Committee Member
Malia Recker
Colorado Committee Member
Mary Govan
Washington, D.C. Committee Member
Mira Rausch
Colorado Committee Member
Paige Lewis
Washington, D.C. & Colorado Committee Member
Zane Cleghorn
Washington, D.C. Committee Member
Beyond Adopteen Retreat Committee
Beyond Adopteen Retreat Committee builds and executes our bi-annual Beyond Adopteen Adult Adoptee Retreat, adoptee connection opportunities for adult adoptees that tour the country every year.
Chloe Deskin
Camp Director
Grace Roane-Hopkins
Washington, D.C. Assistant Camp Director
Natalie Schneider
Colorado Assistant Camp Director
Chapter Coordinators
Chapter Coordinators volunteer their time and local expertise to guide the research, planning, and facilitation of monthly meet-up opportunities for our adoption community across the U.S.
With their year-round dedication, we’re able to provide meaningful and consistent adoptee connection opportunities worldwide.
If you are curious about starting a Chapter in your area, please email us! Chapter Coordinators must be 18 years or older.
Hannah Timmermans
Grand Rapids Chapter Coordinator
Gerald Sill
Seattle Chapter Coordinator
Jane Rudnick
Northern Kentucky Chapter Coordinator
Heather Robinson
North Texas Chapter Coordinator
Maggie Maurer
Philadelphia Chapter Coordinator
Ann Jiang Hérard
Ottawa Chapter Coordinator
Aidan Curran
Chapter Coordinator
AdopTween Mentors
AdopTween Mentors are a core group of volunteers who meet bi-monthly to help guide their tween-aged buddies through activities that strive to celebrate and support positive self-expression and affirmation through engaging and constructive activities built around themes that are important to approach in pre-teen years.
Interested in serving as an AdopTween Mentor? Please email info@theparkcommunity.org. AdopTween Mentors must be 14 years or older.
