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About
Bright Futures:
Our Staff
and Board
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Karen
B. Cheyney, JD, LSWA, is a co-founder and the Director of Bright Futures and an adoptive
mother of two children through open adoption. For over sixteen years, Karen has provided a broad range of legal and counseling services for parents and children. She and her husband have also acted as foster parents. |
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Tamara
J. Cadet, MSW, MPH, LICSW, is the co-founder of Bright Futures and the child of an adoptee. Tammy provided birth parent and adoptive parents counseling for six years and is now focused on providing adoption trainings and networking for the agency. |
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Janet Tyndall, LICSW, works
with birth and adoptive parents. As a clinician for over 20 years,
Janet has worked in many different settings with children, adults
and families. Janet grew up with an adopted sibling.
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Eleanor Allen, JD,
LICSW, works primarily with adoptive parents and is a proud adoptive
parent. She is also a therapist who provides counseling with care
and attention to culture, adoption and diversity of families. |
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Dawn Smith-Pliner
is a member of Bright Futures' Board of Directors. She and her husband
are the adoptive parents of two terrific young adults. Dawn is also
the founder and director of Friends in Adoption, a nontraditional
licensed child-placing agency, located in Vermont. Having survived
in the position for more than 20 years, Dawn considers herself a sage
in the ever changing, challenging world of adoption. |
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Cindy Sharpe Monteiro is a member
of Bright Futures' Board of Directors. |
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David Stolow is a member
of Bright Futures' Board of Directors. David has a Master's Degree
in Public and Private Management from Yale University and has spent
the last ten years working in financial management and strategy positions
at different nonprofit, community and child-oriented organizations.
David is an uncle through adoption and has a special place in his
heart for adoption-related work. |
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