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MEDIA ADVISORY:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Policy Director
Appointed to the Adoption Institute McGinnis brings unique skills, experience and insight into
her new role, derived from a combination of her research, work in the adult
adoptee community, and academic studies in policy and clinical social work.
She speaks regularly to adoption agencies, adoptive parent support groups and
at conferences, addressing subjects ranging from racial and ethnic identity
to parenting adopted children. “I have worked at the grass-roots level for a long time
for fellow adult adoptees,” McGinnis said. “My decision to focus on social
policy now is based on a desire to effect change at a systemic level – and no
organization is doing that more effectively than the Adoption Institute. So
I’m excited about this job and about the opportunity to work with the
Executive Director, Adam Pertman, who is a passionate leader and advocate for
all members of the adoption triad, and for honest and ethical adoption
practice.” McGinnis founded Also-Known-As, Inc., a not-for-profit
organization that has played an instrumental role in developing post-adoption
services and resources for internationally adopted people and their families,
including a mentorship program for adopted youth. She has been published in
two anthologies, Parents at Last:
Celebrating Adoption and the New Pathways to Parenthood and Voices from Another Place, and was the
editor of Transcultured Magazine,
which chronicles the adoption life journey. She has been interviewed by
numerous media, including the New York Times and the PBS show Asian America
Voice. Most recently, McGinnis completed the Post-Masters
Clinical Social Work Fellowship program at the Yale Child Study Center, where
she provided therapeutic services for families and children (many in foster
care), and helped develop an adoptive parent educational group at the Yale
International Adoption Clinic. Pertman said he was “more than thrilled” at McGinnis’ appointment.
“I can’t say enough good things about Hollee, about her intelligence, and
about her broad range of talents,” he added. “The Adoption Institute is very
lucky to have her, and I personally look forward to working with her for a
very long time.” The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute is one of the
pre-eminent adoption policy, research and education organizations in its
field. A national nonprofit based in New York, the Adoption Institute works
to improve the lives of everyone touched by adoption – especially children –
by providing research-based, unbiased information that leads to better
policies, practices, laws and attitudes. For more information about McGinnis or the Adoption
Institute, please call 212-925-4089, write to us at info@adoptioninstitute.org or
visit our award-winning website at www.adoptioninstitute.org.
Contact McGinnis or Pertman directly at hmcginnis@adoptioninstitute.org
and apertman@adoptioninstitute.org.
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