OHIO

Angela Laman, MA, LSW
Ohio Program Director

FLORIDA

Annyse Gross
Director of Outreach and Marketing

Karen Myers Baldwin, L.C.S.W., R.P.T.
Florida Program Director

NEW YORK

Flory G. Herman, Esq.
General Counsel

Michael Hill, MS
IAATP Project Lead

Sue Kolock, BSW
Adoptive Parent Department Supervisor / Family Advocate

Lisa Geiger, MS
Adoption Counselor and Family Advocate

Melissa (Missy) Spatari, MSW
Adoption Social Worker and Family Advocate

Sue Shaw, BS
Birth Parent Specialist

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Michele Fried
Founder & CEO

Lori Craig, BS
Executive Assistant

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Naomi Wiseman
Administrative Assistant

Zack Fried
Intake Specialist
Adult Adoptee Support Group Leader

INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION SUPPORT STAFF

Susan Thomas
Nepal Adoption Specialist

CONTRACT STAFF

Annyse Gross  Annyse Gross is Adoption STAR’s Director of Marketing for the Florida office. She is helping blaze the Adoption STAR trail in Florida. Branding and educating; Annyse is introducing the area to the excellent services that Adoption STAR offers.

Annyse bring her eclectic experience to Adoption STAR. Majoring in Theater and Communication at Monmouth University, she completed her graduate studies in Theology and the Performing Arts at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. She was a Senior Producer as well as Director of Media Promotions at Tricom Pictures where she most proud of conceptualizing and producing Better Parenting, a magazine-formatted television series focused on raising children from cradle to college. She was founder and president of Out of the Dreidel TV and wrote screenplays on topics as diverse as the Holocaust and Teenage Cutting. She was marketing consultant for the Tribune’s family of community newspapers in South Florida and founded Top of the Beanstalk Marketing. She is active in the community and is on many committees and task forces including Multicultural Advisory Committee for the City of Coral Springs and American Business Women’s Association (AWBA).

A proud mother of a now 20 year old son, Annyse and her husband Mark traveled to Brazil for their international adoption. She and her family have been long residence of South Florida. Annyse loves to cook, travel, and enjoys the Florida sunshine with her family. She is passionate about the theater, cultural diversity, and the study of all religions.