China Adoption with Holt International

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Meet the Mainland China Staff

Bi Jian Jun, China Country Director, supervises the activities of all staff in China, oversees activity and coordination between China and the Eugene office.

Jenny Qin,
Meihekou

Tracy Lian,
Fujian

Sue Liu,
Beijing

Catherine Han,
Guangzhou

Kaige Zhang,
Guangdong

Echo Jiang,
Hubei

Cathy Yu,
Jiangxi

Jane Hu,
Guangxi

Washington, DC, August 2005
Yu Jian Chen from Eugene, OR visited Washington DC to receive the Angels in Adoption Award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption. Mrs. Chen is the Program Director of China for Holt International Children's Services in Eugene. Ron Wyden nominated her for this award for her extraordinary work over the last decade supporting children and adoption.

Meet the US China Team
	Yue Jian Chen, Executive for China - Oversees and directs the international operations for the China program. Establishes and maintains communication flow with overseas programs and Holt office in Eugene. Builds collaborative relationships with child welfare and legal authorities overseas to insure smooth operations and with staff from Embassies and Consulates of the appropriate countries in the U. S. Advocates for Holt families traveling overseas. Provides supervision for overseas staff. Jian is also the recipient of the Angels in Adoption Award for 2005
	Beth Smith, MSED, Director of Services China - Beth oversees services to families provided by the China team. She coordinates all aspects of the China adoption process from intake/eligibility questions through finalization of each family's adoption. Beth works with direct social workers and families to review child referrals of children with physical conditions through the China Child of Promise option.
	Steve Hejna, Travel Coordinator – Steve processes pre-travel paperwork, maintains a database with pre-travel information, counsels adoptive families about adoption travel through written material, phone conferences, and individual communication. Steve coordinates travel and family support with Holt overseas staff and US travel agencies.
	Brian Bradford, Social Work Coordinator – Works with families considering and in process for children with physical conditions, reviews homestudies, follows up with overseas staff on questions regarding children matched.
	Nicole Brezel, Adoption Services Assistant – Nicole manages and supports families waiting for referral via phone and email communication. She sends quarterly contact, monthly and match email updates to all families in process. She coordinates standard match and assignment as well as special needs matches. She also answers questions from families about USCIS process.
	Ellen Cabeza, Dossier and Early Process Specialist. Ellen works with families from the time they enter the China program until their dossier is shipped to Beijing. She welcomes them to the program, processes homestudies, assists families with the dossier process, reviews and ships dossiers and provides the document processing service.
	Masha Ma, Programs and Services Assistant - Masha answers questions about dossiers from families who are adopting children with physical conditions. She is also responsible for reviewing dossiers for accuracy and shipping them to China. Masha translates applications for families who are accepting children with special needs, answers questions requested by the CCAA after submission of the application, and updates the child matching grid for our staff in China.
	Lisle Veach, International Coordinator – Lisle is responsible for creating, developing and managing documents, database, files and information resources for Holt's Family Tour to China. He arranges all tour logistics in China with China staff and government bureau in China. Lisle also assists Program Director with donor communications and information. He maintains statistics on child programs in China, assists Program Director with creating and managing details of quarterly, annual and other administrative reports.
	Sue Mills, Post Placement Assistant – Programs and Services Assistant - Post Placement. Sue processes post-placement reports, photos and other post-placement correspondence to China. She also assists families and social workers during the post-placement phase of the adoption process by answering questions about post-placement requirements, citizenship & re-finalization.
	Translator/Training Position, Holt China Site Coordinators fill this position in our U.S. office on a rotating basis. This person works closely with Jian to support staff in the United States and China through translation between English and Chinese while undergoing training to enhance services to families and children.