Most adoption agencies are registered as not-for-profit organizations and as a result are obliged to file executive compensations with the IRS. While the organization itself is not-for-profit, its executives can still make a startling amount of money for themselves. In that sense promoting an agency as not-for-profit can, and in many cases is misleading. In several situations the compensation of top executives at adoption agencies is essentially the profit made by the organization.
The table that follows lists compensations to adoption agency executives in the amount of $95,000 or more, including benefits and expenses.
| Rank | Person | Position | Organization | Compensation |
| 1 | C. Warren Moses | CEO | The Children's Aid Society New York | $1,351,200 (2008) |
| 2 | Harold A. Smith | Secretary | Catholic Charities of Baltimore | $533,333 (2008) |
| 3 | Kenneth L Hall | CEO | Buckner International | $398,795 (2007) |
| 4 | Joan Wallace-Benjamin | CEO | The Home for Little Wanderers | $361,538 (2008) |
| 5 | David M Kihneman | COO | Buckner International | $332,534 (2007) |
| 6 | Seymour J Friedland | Executive Director | Jewish Child & Family Services | $320,475 (2007) |
| 7 | Betty Nogan-Woerner | CFO | The Children's Aid Society New York | $298,456 (2008) |
| 8 | Jane Quinn | Assistant Executive Director | The Children's Aid Society New York | $296,787 (2008) |
| 9 | Patricia Grayson | Assistant Executive Director | The Children's Aid Society New York | $284,724 (2008) |
| 10 | Maxine Chalker | Executive Director | Adoptions From The Heart | $280,000 (2007) |
| 11 | William Weisberg | COO | The Children's Aid Society New York | $278,019 (2008) |
| 12 | Elias Lefferman | CEO | Vista del Mar Family & Child Services | $277,974 (2008) |
| 13 | Nina Kostina | President | Frank Foundation (FFCAI) | $276,099 (2007) |
| 14 | Nancy B Ronquillo | CEO | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $267,443 (2008) |
| 15 | George F Aigner | President | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $264,375 (2008) |
| 16 | Margaret A Cole | Executive Director | European Adoption Consultants (EAC) | $264,000 (2004) |
| 17 | Madonna King | CEO | Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS) | $257,616 (2008) |
| 18 | Jean M Johnson | Vice President | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $255,493 (2008) |
| 19 | Jill Borg Spitzer | CEO | Adoption Alliance of San Diego | $251,095 (2008) |
| 20 | Jack Davis | Vice President | Buckner International | $250,892 (2007) |
| 21 | Tony Lintelman | CFO | Buckner International | $250,411 (2007) |
| 22 | Gerald E Noonan | Vice President | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $245,123 (2008) |
| 23 | Albert L Reyes | President | Buckner Children & Family Services Inc | $243,698 (2007) |
| 24 | James Gabriel | CFO | Catholic Charities of Baltimore | $242,329 (2008) |
| 25 | Michael J. McMahon | CEO | Gladney Center for Adoption | $239,179 (2007) |
| 26 | David Slover | Vice President | Buckner Foundation | $237,438 (2007) |
| 27 | Vivian Datoff | Executive Director | The Datz Foundation | $232,028 (2007) |
| 27 | Mark Eckman | Executive Director | The Datz Foundation | $232,028 (2007) |
| 29 | Kathleen Silber | Assistant Executive Director | Independent Adoption Center | $221,731 (2007) |
| 30 | Tara Gutterman | Executive Director | Adoption ARC | $219,514 (2007) |
| 31 | Timothy C Rhodes | CEO | Lifelink international adoptions | $212,000 (2008) |
| 32 | Kenneth E Hamberg | Vice President | The Home for Little Wanderers | $208,217 (2008) |
| 33 | Julie Tye | President | The Cradle | $207,474 (2008) |
| 34 | Katherine Legg | Executive Director | Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children | $194,396 (2008) |
| 35 | Walter H Ousley | COO | Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $193,621 (2008) |
| 36 | Howard Garval | CEO | Child and Family Service | $189,872 (2008) |
| 37 | Felipe Garza | Vice President | Buckner Children & Family Services Inc | $187,953 (2007) |
| 38 | Rose Alma Senatore | Executive Director | Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Hartford | $183,535 (2008) |
| 39 | Robert Geniesse | Executive Director | Our Children's Homestead | $182,847 (2008) |
| 40 | Philip Hernandez | Director | The Home for Little Wanderers | $179,353 (2008) |
| 41 | Lloyd Mcwilliams | Vice President | Buckner International | $178,515 (2007) |
| 42 | Scott Collins | Vice President | Buckner International | $178,240 (2007) |
| 43 | Richard Roeters | Vice President | Bethany Christian Services | $178,111 (2008) |
| 44 | Irina Sprishen | Director | Adoptions From The Heart | $176,946 (2007) |
| 45 | Michael J Ouska | CIO | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $175,364 (2008) |
| 46 | Lillian Zhang | CEO | China Adoption With Love, Inc. | $175,321 (2007) |
| 47 | Lisa Rowan-Gillis | Vice President | The Home for Little Wanderers | $175,280 (2008) |
| 48 | J. Scott Brown | Vice President | Gladney Center for Adoption | $174,670 (2007) |
| 49 | Susan Curnan | Vice President | The Home for Little Wanderers | $173,862 (2008) |
| 50 | Steve Ingram | Vice President | Buckner International | $171,278 (2007) |
| 51 | Marilyn Reiger | Executive Director | The Barker Foundation | $170,578 (2008) |
| 52 | Lily Nie | CEO | Chinese Children Adoption International (CCAI) | $170,360 (2008) |
| 53 | William J. Blacquiere | President | Bethany Christian Services | $169,809 (2007) |
| 54 | Robert Cashel | President | Family & Children's Agency, Inc. (FCA) | $169,394 (2008) |
| 55 | Amy Jaffe | Vice President | Vista del Mar Family & Child Services | $168,786 (2008) |
| 56 | Keene Metzger | CFO | Jewish Child & Family Services | $167,264 (2007) |
| 57 | Neil Knighton | Employed by | Buckner Foundation | $166,749 (2007) |
| 58 | Maryann L Aimone | Vice President | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $163,657 (2008) |
| 59 | Alan Spector | President | Glenkirk | $163,007 (2008) |
| 60 | Joshua Zhong | President | Chinese Children Adoption International (CCAI) | $161,859 (2008) |
| 61 | Gary Gamer | CEO | Holt International Children's Services | $161,526 (2008) |
| 62 | Brook Vos | President | The Cradle Foundation | $158,397 (2008) |
| 63 | L. Michelle McDonald | CFO | Vista del Mar Family & Child Services | $157,970 (2008) |
| 64 | Elina V Filippova | President | Adoption Ark | $157,850 (2007) |
| 64 | Alina Afinogenova | Employed by | Adoption Ark | $157,850 (2007) |
| 66 | Carole Stiles | Vice President | Holt International Children's Services | $155,689 (2007) |
| 67 | Kathleen Kunkel | Executive Director | A Act of Love, Alternative Options and Services for Children | $154,315 (2007) |
| 68 | Kathy Donahue | Director | Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $153,956 (2008) |
| 69 | Leonora R Wise | Vice President | The Home for Little Wanderers | $150,586 (2008) |
| 70 | Susan A Sinderson | Vice President | Lifelink international adoptions | $148,526 (2008) |
| 71 | Dale Strassheim | CEO | The Baby Fold | $146,878 (2008) |
| 72 | Randall I Daniels | Vice President | Buckner Children & Family Services Inc | $146,626 (2007) |
| 73 | Richard Pearlman | CEO | Family Resource Center | $145,749 (2008) |
| 74 | Michael Shaver | COO | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $144,281 (2008) |
| 75 | Cleo M Terry | Vice President | Lifelink international adoptions | $143,434 (2008) |
| 76 | Phil Littleton | Vice President | Holt International Children's Services | $141,606 (2008) |
| 77 | Janet Mintzer | CEO | Pearl S. Buck International (Welcome House) | $140,674 (2008) |
| 78 | David M Jensen | Vice President | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $140,565 (2008) |
| 79 | Albert F Barber | COO | Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc. | $139,440 (2008) |
| 80 | Linda Perilstein | Executive Director | Cradle of Hope Adoption Center (CHAC or COH) | $139,371 (2007) |
| 81 | Lois Nesci | COO | Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Hartford | $139,228 (2008) |
| 82 | Emily Sachs | CFO | Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children | $138,584 (2008) |
| 83 | Brent E Yoder | Director | Adoption Options, Inc. (CA) | $138,055 (2007) |
| 84 | Kent Suarez | CFO | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $137,539 (2008) |
| 85 | Johnathan S Evarts | Vice President | Lifelink international adoptions | $137,500 (2008) |
| 86 | Daniel Smith | Vice President | Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS) | $136,621 (2008) |
| 87 | Heidi Bruegel Cox | Vice President | Gladney Center for Adoption | $135,694 (2007) |
| 88 | Gail Stern | CEO | Mandala Adoption Services | $135,328 (2007) |
| 89 | Mervin Auchtung | COO | Bethany Christian Services | $134,059 (2008) |
| 90 | Peggy A Arizzi | Treasurer | Catholic Charities, Diocese of Peoria | $133,719 (2008) |
| 91 | Kevin Sweeney | CFO | Holt International Children's Services | $132,527 (2008) |
| 92 | Ronald Stoddart | CEO | Nightlight Christian Adoption | $131,897 (2005) |
| 93 | Vickye Schultz | Vice President | Gladney Center for Adoption | $131,759 (2007) |
| 94 | Jane Bareman | Vice President | Adoption Associates, Inc. | $131,728 (2006) |
| 95 | Snow Wu | President | Great Wall China Adoption (GWCA) | $131,534 (2008) |
| 96 | Patti J Bates | COO | Child and Family Service | $131,010 (2008) |
| 97 | Merrily Ripley | Executive Director | Adoption Advocates International (AAI) WA | $130,391 (2008) |
| 98 | Merrilee Hepler | Vice President | The Cradle | $128,601 (2008) |
| 99 | Janice Goldwater | Executive Director | Adoptions Together | $128,309 (2007) |
| 100 | Ruth E Price | Employed by | Buckner Foundation | $128,125 (2007) |
| 101 | Edgar Bernier | CFO | Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Hartford | $128,030 (2008) |
| 102 | Donna L Barber | Vice President | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $127,722 (2008) |
| 103 | Bob Jokela | COO | Jewish Child & Family Services | $127,689 (2007) |
| 104 | Debra Peters | Director | Bethany Christian Services | $126,778 (2007) |
| 105 | Stephanie Mitchell | Executive Director | MAPS (Maine Adoption Placement Services) | $126,734 (2008) |
| 106 | Frank N Chiarella | Director | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $126,533 (2008) |
| 107 | Dwyatt C Gantt | Executive Director | Children's Hope International (CHI) | $126,500 (2007) |
| 108 | Jim Huey | President | The Gladney Fund | $124,880 (2007) |
| 109 | Peter Leppanen | CEO | Wide Horizons for Children (WHFC) | $123,960 (2008) |
| 110 | Joe Kroll | Executive Director | North American Council on Adoptable Children | $122,175 (2008) |
| 111 | Anna Belle Illien | Executive Director | Illien Adoptions International, Inc. | $121,800 (2005) |
| 112 | Mary Fronk | Vice President | The Home for Little Wanderers | $121,612 (2008) |
| 113 | Brenda Henn | Director | Small World Adoption Foundation of Missouri, INC. | $120,808 (1998) |
| 114 | Terry Peek | Vice President | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $120,206 (2008) |
| 115 | Melba Rodriguez | Vice President | Lifelink international adoptions | $120,000 (2008) |
| 116 | Mary Daily | Director | Adoptions From The Heart | $119,786 (2007) |
| 117 | Susan L Gilpin | Director | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $119,547 (2008) |
| 118 | Rocky Rosetti | Vice President | Family & Children's Agency, Inc. (FCA) | $119,442 (2008) |
| 119 | Marshall Williams | Vice President | Gladney Center for Adoption | $119,297 (2007) |
| 120 | Dawn Musgrave | Director | Adoptions Together | $118,906 (2007) |
| 121 | Lynn Jacobs | Executive Director | Adopt International and Domestic Services (CA) | $118,600 (2007) |
| 122 | Joan Jaeger | Vice President | The Cradle | $118,309 (2008) |
| 123 | David Pilgrim | Vice President | Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS) | $117,977 (2008) |
| 124 | Linda Hageman | Vice President | The Cradle | $117,033 (2008) |
| 125 | Natasha Mishina | Vice President | Frank Foundation (FFCAI) | $116,604 (2007) |
| 126 | Heidi Gonzalez | Director | Adoptions From The Heart | $116,449 (2007) |
| 127 | Gary L. Longman | President | Sunny Ridge Family Center | $115,786 (2007) |
| 128 | Laura Arvold | Secretary | Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS) | $115,755 (2008) |
| 129 | Walter E. Gilbert | CEO | An Open Door Adoption Agency, Inc. | $114,517 (2008) |
| 130 | Lonnie Pearson | Vice President | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $113,681 (2008) |
| 131 | Ginger Allen | Executive Director | Advocates for Children and Families | $113,300 (2008) |
| 132 | Marc Andreas | Director | Bethany Christian Services | $112,438 (2007) |
| 133 | Jennifer Merdinger | Vice President | The Cradle Foundation | $112,427 (2008) |
| 134 | Randall Bachman | Vice President | Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS) | $112,344 (2008) |
| 135 | Megan Davis-Ochi | Vice President | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $111,228 (2008) |
| 136 | Alison Foster | Executive Director | Family Connections Christian Adoptions | $111,113 (2008) |
| 137 | Thomas Zook | Director | Bethany Christian Services | $110,957 (2008) |
| 138 | Cynthia D Smetana | CFO | Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $110,827 (2008) |
| 139 | Tomilee Harding | CEO | Christian World Adoption (CWA) | $110,665 (2008) |
| 140 | Lesley Siegel | Executive Director | Across the World Adoptions | $110,592 (2007) |
| 141 | Debra Frederick | Vice President | Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc. | $109,992 (2008) |
| 142 | Ann Wrixon | Executive Director | Independent Adoption Center | $109,528 (2007) |
| 143 | Peter Knibbe | Director | Bethany Christian Services | $108,912 (2007) |
| 144 | Susan Maines | Executive Director | America World Adoption Association | $108,675 (2007) |
| 145 | Gary Kuyper | Director | Bethany Christian Services | $108,600 (2007) |
| 146 | Georgia Leonard | Executive Director | The Family Network, Inc. | $108,248 (2008) |
| 147 | Aleda Madison | CEO | Madison Adoption Associates | $108,000 (2007) |
| 148 | Rosemary Martin | Executive Director | Carolina Adoption Services | $107,987 (2008) |
| 149 | Brian DeVos | Director | Bethany Christian Services | $107,808 (2007) |
| 150 | Susan Soon-Keum Cox | Vice President | Holt International Children's Services | $107,514 (2007) |
| 151 | Linda Brownlee | Executive Director | Adoption Center of Washington | $107,316 (2007) |
| 152 | Mary Ellen Hass | Vice President | Family & Children's Agency, Inc. (FCA) | $107,312 (2008) |
| 153 | Linda R. Wynn | Executive Director | Heart to Heart Adoption Service, Inc. | $107,125 (2007) |
| 154 | Robert Harding | CFO | Christian World Adoption (CWA) | $107,026 (2008) |
| 155 | Melody Wen Zhang | Assistant Executive Director | Children's Hope International (CHI) | $106,770 (2007) |
| 156 | Irene Cronkite | Vice President | Family & Children's Agency, Inc. (FCA) | $105,388 (2008) |
| 157 | Cynthia Fox | CFO | Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc. | $105,340 (2008) |
| 158 | Michele Fried | Chairman | Adoption S.T.A.R., Inc. | $105,000 (2007) |
| 159 | Ellen Giudice | Vice President | The Cradle | $104,730 (2008) |
| 160 | Ronald J Cameron | Director | Bethany Christian Services | $104,099 (2007) |
| 161 | Lois Fahey | Vice President | Family & Children's Agency, Inc. (FCA) | $103,494 (2008) |
| 162 | William Hoey | Vice President | Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc. | $102,847 (2008) |
| 163 | Karen Tan | Vice President | Child and Family Service | $101,836 (2008) |
| 164 | Linda Coleman | CFO | Glenkirk | $101,315 (2008) |
| 165 | Alan Bachman | Vice President | Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS) | $101,280 (2008) |
| 166 | Gongzhan Wu | Employed by | Gladney Center for Adoption | $100,629 (2007) |
| 167 | Patricia Marsden Kish | Vice President | Family & Children's Agency, Inc. (FCA) | $100,424 (2008) |
| 168 | Hilary Freeman | Vice President | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $100,273 (2008) |
| 169 | Rhonda Gelman-Kelley | Vice President | Pearl S. Buck International (Welcome House) | $98,411 (2008) |
| 170 | Keith Wallace | CEO | Families Thru International Adoption (FTIA) | $98,353 (2007) |
| 171 | Marsha Lee Usdane | Secretary | Dillon Southwest | $98,344 (2007) |
| 172 | Vicki Peterson | Director | Wide Horizons for Children (WHFC) | $97,838 (2008) |
| 173 | Anne Barclay | Vice President | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $97,442 (2008) |
| 174 | Laura Reilly | Vice President | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $97,386 (2008) |
| 175 | Teresa Mandic | Vice President | Pearl S. Buck International (Welcome House) | $96,668 (2008) |
| 176 | Lisa Pieper | Vice President | Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois | $96,326 (2008) |
Comments
payback~ pay-forward, just pay!
Never let it be said that the rich aren't getting richer on the backs of the victims. I am outraged over the finances of these people. While everyone else is expected to pay and pay in 1 way or another. Must be nice to gain so much off anothers suffering. Perhaps we should open an adoption agency here.....
Where Are The 20/20 & 60 Minutes Expose's On This?
I find it interesting that they major networks and papers have not done expose's on the multi-billion dollar baby pimping that is clearly going on here. The stats don't lie! I think there is a lot of money being passed under tables to keep this stuff from the news. The adoption industry's lobbyists are paying off t.v. producers and anyone else who might blow the whistle on their sick, money making schemes. Selling flesh for profit. I hope every person on that list finds a very warm place in HELL for their evil deeds.
Another POV
That's why (I think) it would be nice if someone like Michael Moore showed a little interest in little things, like items left "off the record" and the happenings taking place behind closed-doors.
Him and Madonna
Someone years ago told me that Bastard nation had spoken to him at least about adoptee rights. He supported them but I hear he is kind of mad at us because we weren't in love with Madonna's adoption antics.
He needs to but he too thinks adoption is happy and dappy.
"Show me the money!"
Perhaps others can begin to understand why I see RED (and black) when I read about AP's agreeing to pay $4000 more in adoption fees, just to save an adoption agency from closing... an agency that goes to Ethiopia to collect it's children for waiting (impatient) PAP's, with money.
[See: Fly Away Children]
pricing the executive
Today I checked out some of the responses to the list of executive compensations given on some of the forums that have linked to it. Apart from some outrage there were also some comments stating that the compensations to executives in this list were much conform the market and if agencies did not pay such salaries they wouldn't be able to hire the best in the field.
That line of reasoning is true to an extent for the highest compensations in the list. Welfare organizarions like, The Children's Aid Society and Catholic Charities are big organizations with a long tradition and their representatives are hired to do a certain job. This is not true for most of the adoption agencies that are in the business of adoption only. Many of those were founded by the current executive director and are run as a vehical to make a personal profit. In many cases the bottom-line of the organization is not the profit of the organization, but the compensation of the executive director. In most agencies there is no competition for the best job. In most agencies the founder is like an owner and the board of directors is chosen by that owner.
As a result most executive compensations for adoption agencies are not based on skills that have a market price, but are based on the number of children the organization was able to place.