Our Duties
Our Team

Our Team

AdA employs six expert staff, five of whom are social workers, supported by three administrative staff. All staff works fulltime. The team is supplemented by freelance experts who conduct preparation and post-adoptive care workshops.

AdA closely cooperates with the local youth welfare offices. Furthermore AdA deems an exchange with educational guidance offices, psychologists and physicians indispensible.

		Monika Müllers-Stein Licensed Social Worker Founder and Director of AdA
		Susana Katz-Heieck Geographer Founder and Director of AdA
		Astrid Barrios Social Worker, M.A. AdA Munich Office
		Marita Oeming-Schill Licensed Pedagogue AdA Eschborn Office
		Olesja Fischer Licensed Pedagogue AdA Eschborn Office
		Andrea Merz-Jaske Administration Eschborn
		Monika Cerny Administration Eschborn
		Ingrid Holzmann Administration Munich

International Offices

Colombia
Our office in Bogotá was established in 1994. In the meantime three multi-lingual employees ensure a smooth and safe procedure for adoptive parents.

		Patricia Silva de Gomez Interpreter and Translator Representative AdA Bogotá, Colombia
		Gabriela Vargas Social projects

Chile

Verónica Katz Representative AdA Santiago, Chile

Brazil

Doret Pohl Representative AdA Brazil

Vietnam

To Viet Hong Translator Representative AdA Hanoi, Vietnam

Czech Republic
We work with experienced translators and interpreters who accompany applicant adoptive parents when visiting authorities.

Advisory Committee