OUR TEAM

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    Stacy Knox

    Director

    Stacy serves as our Director of Spirit of Faith Adoptions. She joined the SOFA Team back in 2007, at which time, Stacy was a single parent. She and her husband, Jeff have 3 adult daughters.

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    Ellie Hartford

    Adoption Licensing Coordinator

    Ellie serves adoptive families as our Adoption Licensing Specialist.  In her role, she manages all adoption documentation and files. Her family grew through the blessing of open adoption in 2009 through Spirit of Faith Adoptions, and later joined the SOFA Staff.

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    Kayren Woolum

    Advancement Director

    Kayren serves as Advancement Director for SOFA. In her role, she works with donors, volunteers and organizes fund-raising events. She is a pastor's wife and came to SOFA in 2004.

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    Kathryn Gorney

    Adoption Supervisor

    As our Adoption Supervisor, Kathryn supports adoptive families through the homestudy and adoptive placement steps. She has provided support to adoptive and foster families for 10 years, and has many foster/adopted siblings.

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    NiCole Reed

    Program Director

    NiCole is a Licensed Clinical Counselor, specializing in trauma recovery. As Program Director, she oversees SOFA's client care programming and writes grants to support funding needs. NiCole also provides trainings for foster and adoptive parents.

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    Carolyn Arny

    Expectant Parent Care Team

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    Adrian Baney

    Adoption Assessor and Expectant Parent Care Team

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    Angie Duwve

    Adoption Assessor and Expectant Parent Care Team

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    Claire Klekamp

    Adoption Assessor and Expectant Parent Care Team

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    Joelle Swain

    Adoption Assessor and Expectant Parent Care Team

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    Jodi Willett

    Adoption Assessor

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    Emily Gallagher

    Adoption Assessor and Training Team

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    Riley Zeiter

    Marketing and Outreach

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    Phillip Wurster

    Founder of SOFA & Board Chairman

    Phillip had a vision to establish SOFA, a Christian adoption agency over twenty years ago. He now serves as the Chief Executive Director of SOFA as well as Chairman of its Board of Directors.  He and his wife, Lisa, are the parents of five children, 2 biological and 3 adopted.

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    Jennifer Mae

    Speaker and Founder of The Fireweed Retreat for Birth Moms

    Jennifer lovingly placed her first born child with an adoptive family, with the assistance of SOFA’s Founder, Phillip Wurster. Two years later, SOFA opened its doors, and Jennifer Mae now shares her story publicly.

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    Colin Lukehart

    Chaplain

    Colin serves on our SOFA team as Chaplain. He is the Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church Perrysburg and is a private jet pilot. Colin holds degrees from Midwestern and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Colin and his wife adopted their two children through SOFA.