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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ATN joins Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoptions (FRUA), Attach-China International and INCIID to petition on capital hill
Nov 19, 2013: ATN, along with Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoptions (FRUA), Attach-China International and INCIID, jointly sent this letter to the US Representatives Langevin and Bass, along with the panelists of their November 21 “rehoming briefing” on Capitol Hill.
Joint letter about congressional rehoming briefing
Read the letter here: Joint letter about congressional rehoming briefing -ATN, FRUA, Attach-China International and INCIID
Beem accepts award for ATN
September 24, 2013: Attachment & Trauma Network was one of over 30 child-focused organizations recognized for their outstanding work by the Atlanta Braves Foundation. Julie Beem, Executive Director of ATN, accepted the award for the organization, which includes a grant for a training event in the Atlanta metro area in early 2014.
Beem quoted in Time Magazine article on Broken Adoptions
September 20, 2013: Time Magazine article: Broken Adoptions: When Parents “Re-Home” Adopted Children quotes ATN’s Executive Director, Julie Beem. Read here:
ATN ATN, along with Attach-China International and INCIID, issue statement about report
September 13, 2013: ATN, along with Attach-China International and INCIID, issue this statement about the Reuters/NBC “Rehoming” report.
Benckendorf on Children with Trauma for Educators
September, 2013: Kathleen Benckendorf, an ATN Board Member, wrote this very comprehensive article on Children of Trauma: What Educators Need to Know for the National Council for Adoption’s Advocate publication.