Wendy Wiley

Home Study Case Manager
Maine, USA

Wendy has assisted Randy with coordinating client case loads for over six years and is an invaluable asset to AAPA.

wendywiley@randybarlow.com

Jaime Groat LSW

Post Placement/Post Adoption Case Manager
Stuttgart, Germany

Jaime coordinates all post placement/post adoption cases for AAPA. She is also a licensed social worker and valuable team member of AAPA.

jaimegroat@randybarlow.com

Lari Cannon, MA

Adoption Consultant for Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Lari has worked in a variety of adoption services over the years. She recently completed a post-graduate certificate in Adoption and Foster Care Therapy in Seattle, WA. She currently lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with her husband and two youngest children while the oldest is in college in the US.

laricannon@randybarlow.com

Jennifer Behr

Adoption Consultant
United Kingdom

Jennifer works closely with Randy and our clients in the UK. Jennifer and her family adopted in China in 2009.

jenniferbehr@randybarlow.com

Felicia Hindmarsh, MSW

Adoption Social Worker
Stuttgart, Germany

Felicia received her Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California. She has clinical experience working at a Children’s hospital, and as a school social worker. Felicia is very passionate about international issues and was Chair of USC’s international social work caucus organizing funding and visits to orphanages abroad. Currently, she is working with military children at a child development center in Stuttgart, Germany.

feliciahindmarsh@randybarlow.com

Stephanie Cryer

Adoption Home Study and Post-Adoption Provider
Dakar, Senegal

Stephanie Cryer is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington, DC and received her Master's in Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. For the past 11 years, she has worked in the areas of community mental health and refugee resettlement and managed programs for homeless families, women in the process of leaving prostitution, and chronically mentally ill adults who resided in intentional communities. Stephanie was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana and has also lived and worked in Zambia and Mali. She currently has a private therapy practice in Dakar, Senegal where she lives with her husband and their ever-entertaining adopted son Atticus.

Jessica Riddochova

Adoption Consultant and Post Placement Provider
Heidelberg, Germany

Jessica is an adoption consultant and has been providing post-placement services for domestic and international adoptions since 2010. She has a B.S. in Exercise Science with a minor in Psychology and an M.S. in International Health. She specializes in early childhood health and education with experience as a pre-school and substitute teacher for primary and elementary level children. In addition, Jessica has several years experience working as a mental health practitioner, providing outpatient services for adults with serious and persistent mental illness.

jessicariddochova@randybarlow.com

Janet Ross, BSW

Adoption Social Worker
Spangdahlem, Germany

Janet received her Bachelors of Social Work degree from the University of Wyoming and is currently working towards completion of her Masters of Social Work degree from the University of New England. She gained experience as an adoption social worker before relocating to Germany in 2011. Janet now resides in Rivenich with her husband and son.

janetross@randybarlow.com

Humera Khan

AAPA Associate
Saudi Arabia

Humera received a double BSc in Biology and Psychology with a minor in Women's Studies from Loyola University of Chicago in 1986 with honors. She went on to complete a masters degree in public administration from The University of Southern California in 1992. She began a second masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University. While attempting her second masters degree, she went on to do a one and a half year internship at a mental health clinic in the Edgewater-Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Since then, she has worked at various mental health clinics in the Chicago area specializing in children services and community outreach.

humerakhan@randybarlow.com

Megan Paterson-Brown

Adoption Consultant
Geneva, Switzerland

Megan Paterson-Brown, MA, CMHC, holds a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California and is a Certified Mental Health Clinician. A staff psychotherapist during her tenure at Hall Health Student Mental Health Clinic at the University of Washington in Seattle, Megan and her Scottish husband moved to Switzerland 7 years ago. She teaches Psychology and Eastern Traditions at Webster University, in Geneva, where she lives with her husband William and adopted son Finlay.

meganpb@randybarlow.com

Elizabeth Leuenberger

Adoption Consultant
Zurich, Switzerland

Elizabeth has been a consultant and former post placement coordinator for AAPA since January 2003. She consults with our clients in the Zurich area where she lives with her husband and three adopted daughters. Elizabeth brings a wealth of information about adoption and Swiss immigration to AAPA.

elizabethleuenberger@randybarlow.com

Allison Reeves

Adoption Consultant and Writer
Seattle, Washington

Allison lives in Seattle, Washington and has worked in the field of adoption for over twenty years. She is currently self employed and contracts with local adoption agencies and attorneys doing home studies and post placement reports. She is also an employee of Journeys of the Heart and has been a part of their Taiwan program for the past seven years. She also does adoption trainings for health care professionals under a federal grant called the Adoption Awareness Training Program. Allison has been with AAPA since 2006 and has worked with families in the greater Seattle area as well as western Canada.

allisonreeves@randybarlow.com

Jennifer Feeken

Adoption Consultant and Home Study Specialist
Canada

Jennifer is an adoption consultant and former client of AAPA while she lived in Kiev, Ukraine. Jennifer has worked with AAPA while living in Manila and in Washington D.C. She and her family now live in Canada.

jenniferfeeken@randybarlow.com

Monica Bovankovich

Adoption Consultant and Early Childhood Specialist
Delaware, USA

Monica is an adoption consultant, adoptive parent, early childhood specialist and teacher who has lived in Korea and Japan and now resides in Delaware. Monica consults with many of our clients in Korea, Japan, and the US. She has a masters in family counseling and has experience as a classroom teacher as well as with working with children and families.
monicabovankovich@randybarlow.com

Seta Ghazarian MA, LICSW

Adoption Consultant
Seattle, Washington

Seta is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). She has a Bachelor Degree in Sociology from Seattle Pacific University and a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago. Seta has worked a variety of jobs in the fields of child welfare and adoption since 1999. She has worked as a child and family therapist for children and families involved in the child welfare system, she has worked with underprivileged families, and has worked as a caseworker for foster children. Since 2005, she has provided home study and post placement services for both domestic and international adoptions, as well as Hague adoptions. She performs adoption services both independently and as a contracted employee with adoption agencies.

Jennifer Kessler, MS

Adoption Consultant
Bavaria, Germany and USA

Jennifer Gay Kessler, MS, holds a Bachelors degree in social work from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, and a Masters degree in Psychology from Walden University in Minneapolis, MN. Jennifer has advocated for children in the child welfare system since 2001, where she was an adoption worker, and a foster parent in the state of Florida. Jennifer assists families in Bavaria where she lives with her husband, a Sergeant in the US Army, and her adopted son, Christopher. Jennifer conducts post placement visits, and completes home study and post placement reports for Bavarian familes seeking to adopt domestically.

jenniferkessler@randybarlow.com

Gretchen Haynes

US Domestic Adoption Consultant and Writer
Zurich, Switzerland

Gretchen has assisted AAPA in writing, research, and consultation on US domestic issues. She is an adoptive mom and a professional information specialist.

gretchenhaynes@randybarlow.com

Kevin Cookman

Adoption Consultant
Wisconsin, USA

Kevin Cookman is an adoption consultant who brings a wealth of international experience to AAPA. He is an adoptive dad of two children from Ukraine. He serves our clients throughout the UK and the USA.

kevincookman@randybarlow.com

Jesse Barlow

Media Arts Professional
Heidelberg, Germany

Jesse is a world traveler and adoption advocate who's been developing AAPA's branding, print media, web, and video content for over 10 years. The role of adoption in building families has left a life-long impact on his work.

jessebarlow@randybarlow.com
www.jessebarlow.com

Associates

Our associates are professional social workers and consultants experienced in adoption for Americans living abroad.