Ginger Healy
Ginger Healy MSW, LCSW started her career as a child abuse investigator, hospital social worker, and school therapist. She spent 15 years as the social service supervisor at an international adoption agency where she learned about developmental trauma and attachment needs in children. She is currently a clinical social worker and the Director of Programs […]
Adam Pertman
Mr. Pertman is president of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency (NCAP) a national non-profit focused on shifting child welfare policy and practice from the traditional “child placement” model to a “family success” paradigm. For the past decade, he established himself as one of the most respected and effective thought leaders in the child welfare world as the […]
Meet Carl Young
Carl and his wife are parents of five, three who have special needs of some kind. Their youngest was adopted at 18 months and has been impacted by early trauma and attachment disorders. Carl is a passionate advocate, frequently speaking to the state legislature and serving on task forces in North Dakota. He plays an […]
Meet Neil Van Rossum
Neil has been in the substance abuse and mental health fields since 1976. Presently he contracts with a human services department and school district in Wisconsin and provides therapy services to people of all ages. A life-long learner, Neil obtained a Master’s Degree in 1975 in Family and Child Development from Kansas State University. Since […]
Lorraine Schneider
Lorraine is currently ATN’s Director of Special Initiatives. She’s responsible for much of the behind-the-scenes administration of ATN including social media, virtual conference design, store and certification administration and more. Lorraine is an experienced administrator, bookkeeper, corporate trainer and business manager. Prior to joining ATN’s staff Lorraine was a long time board member and served […]
Melissa Sadin
Melissa is a mother to two sons (one adopted and one bio), a wife, and a life long educator. She began her career as a high school special education teacher working in a self-contained classroom for emotionally challenged young adults. After twelve years in classrooms in all grades 2-12, she became an administrator. During her […]
Meet Landon Kirk
Landon has devoted most of the past 20+ years serving children, teens, young adults, and their families. During graduate school, Landon became immersed in the world of adoption and this became a personal and professional passion of his. Following the completion of his MSW degree in 2003, Landon began working in an adoption agency where […]
Stephanie Garde
Stephanie Garde, ATN’s Director of Operations, volunteered with ATN for 9 years and was a Board Member before becoming the Operations Manager in 2018 and Director of Operations in 2026. She and her husband are parents of two sons, one by adoption and one by birth. Their experience with trauma and attachment issues started when […]
Julie Beem
Julie Beem stepped down on April 1, 2026 as the Executive Director of ATN. Julie Beem had been the Executive Director of the Attachment & Trauma Network since 2009 and an active member and volunteer since 2005. Julie lives in the Atlanta area and is the mom to four and grandmother to 3. Her youngest […]