Susan Soonkeum Cox is the Vice President of Policy and External Affairs for Holt International Children’s Services. Susan has worked with international adoption and child welfare issues for more than 25 years. Adopted from Korea in 1956, her life experience as an early international adoptee gives her a unique and personal perspective. Susan was the founder of the first Gathering of Korean Adoptees in 1999. She is a frequent presenter and trainer and has testified before Congress on issues related to adoption, child welfare and foreign affairs. She is also a member of the Hague Special Commission on Intercountry Adoption. 

Adam Davidson is co-founder and co-host of Planet Money, a co-production of National Public Radio and This American Life. His work has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including the Peabody, DuPont-Columbia, and the Polk. Adam has also written articles for The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, GQ, Rolling Stone and many others.  He lends his radio expertise and general common sense to Creating a Family.

Courtney Flantzer, with Courtney Flantzer Public Relations, works with national and local press covering everything from professional athletes and events to food, fitness, healthcare, and tech startups. She worked for three years at This Week with George Stephanopoulos and contributed actively on ABCNews.com by hosting the This Week webcast and creating the Green Room Girl commentary and slideshow.

Dr. Jason Franasiak is a board certified Obstetrician Gynecologist, board certified Technical Supervisor in Embryology and Andrology, and lead physician of RMA’s South Jersey – Marlton Office. He serves as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and has been invited to speak nationally and internationally. He is author and contributor to over 100 peer reviewed publications, published chapters and abstracts. He serves on the Editorial Board for Fertility and Sterility and the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He also serves as Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Journal of Assisted Reproduction Genetics, Human Genetics, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Human Reproduction, and Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. Dr. Franasiak volunteers as an OB/GYN Clinical Advisor for Osmosis – Integrated Medical Learning and with Kaplan Test Prep for USMLE Step, 1, 2, and 3 reproductive medicine coursework.

Mr. Freeby’ s practice is devoted exclusively to adoption law and he has over a decade of experience in this area of the law. Included in his law practice are independent domestic adoption, contested adoption, agency domestic adoption, international adoption, interstate (ICPC) adoption, family adoptions, foster care adoptions, mediation, cases involving the Indian Child Welfare Act and adoption agency representation. Mr. Freeby is member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (“Academy”). The Academy is a national association of approximately 340 attorneys across the United States who have distinguished themselves in the area of adoption law. Mr. Freeby is the Deputy Director of Adoptions for the Academy. Mr. Freeby active in teaching and organizing continuing legal education for attorneys in the area of adoption law. Mr. Freeby also serves on a number of boards for charitable organizations in the community.

A 25-year veteran of medical marketing, PR and communications technology, Ron is CEO of Vanguard Communications, a Denver-based firm specializing in bringing new patients to healthcare providers in 16 specialties throughout the U.S. and Canada. Ron is the author of The Totally Wired Doctor: Social Media, the Internet & Marketing Technology for Medical Practices. He also is a featured video blogger for the news website MedPage Today, as well as a TV commentator and frequent speaker at medical conferences throughout North America and Europe.

Nick Korynski is a Senior Solutions Consultant in San Francisco, CA. He spent 9 years as an engineer in the aerospace industry before completing an MBA at Indiana University. In 2015, he left aerospace to work in advertising technology. Since then, he has been selling marketing automation software to Fortune 500 companies and advertising agencies.

Nick specializes in social media marketing on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. He also has experience managing digital media campaigns and consulting.

Dr. Julie Lamb, MD, FACOG is a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist at Pacific NW Fertility in Seattle. Julie serves as clinical faculty at the University of Washington where she directs the REI training of Ob/Gyn resident physicians and is the Director of the Center for Fertility Preservation at Pacific NW Fertility. She has presented and published more than 50 peer-reviewed research projects at national meetings and also serves on the board of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine patient education committee and embryo transfer committee and the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society. She is the current president of Seattle Gynecology Society. Julie also studied international women’s health as a Fulbright Scholar in Zimbabwe, and is the proud mother to three boys.

Miranda Lynch is a Policy Fellow at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Lynch provides strategic guidance and capacity building to child welfare agencies in large-scale system reform initiatives geared toward improving child outcomes in safety, permanency, and well-being. Prior to joining Chapin Hall, Lynch served for 20 years in the federal government at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lynch holds a Master of Science in Public Policy from Rutgers University.

Dr. Johnston-MacAnanny joined the Center for Reproductive Medicine in August 2009.

A native of New York, she completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree. Dr. Johnston-MacAnanny went on to complete medical school training at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. There she received the Robert E. L. Nesbitt Award for Outstanding Student in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where upon graduation she was recognized with awards for “Resident of the Year,” “Outstanding Laparoscopic Surgeon,” and “Outstanding Resident Research.”

Dr. Johnston-MacAnanny is Board Certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. She is also certified to perform robotic assisted advanced laparoscopy. She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Society of Reproductive Surgeons and Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.  Dr. Johnston-MacAnanny was recognized as a US News and World Report “Best Doctor” in 2012-2013.

Dr. Joe Massey is a Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist since 1983 and co-founder of the Servy Massey Fertility Institute in Georgia. Dr. Massy is a national leader in infertility and helped pioneer the first ICSI pregnancy in the US, the first US egg freezing and the world’s first successful assisted hatching procedures. His focus now is on making infertility treatment affordable.