Pictured from left to right: Bridget Luzecky, Mary Ellen Scheetz, Slava Platonov, Yelena Kogan, Dana Martin and Katia Johnson - not pictured Ron Trucks

The Small World staff is led by the Directors; Slava Platonov, Executive Director and Yelena Kogan, Director of Foreign Children's Services.  Slava and Yelena are founders of Small World Adoption Foundation.  Slava and Yelena are eager to meet with every client and to share with them their passion for international adoption.  Slava and Yelena continue to travel abroad several times each year in order to maintain our strong professional relationships with foreign authorities and orphanages.  Slava and Yelena are also qualified physicians who assess all potentially adoptive children's health to assess their appropriateness for adoption.  Slava and Yelena are committed to the children, the families, and the agency.  Out of their love for these children came their foundation of SWAF and their mission to continue such humanitarian work for children and families.

Dana Martin, Director of Operations has been affiliated with Small World Adoption Foundation since 1993 in one capacity or another.  Many past clients knew Dana as their homestudy social worker or their post-adoption coordinator.  Dana has a masters degree and license in clinical social work as well as previous experience in managing social service agencies.  Dana enjoys meeting clients individually and getting to know all families and getting to know all families during their adoption process.

The Case Managers are Mary Ellen Scheetz and Katia Johnson.  Mary Ellen has been with the agency for over two years.  Mary Ellen is our lead Case Manager and is dedicated to being a resource to our clients, taking them step by step through the requirements of international adoption.  Mary Ellen is there to listen, provide guidance, and answer questions that may arise throughout the process.  Katia is not only a Case Manager, but also our Foreign Country Liaison.  She has been with the agency for over five years.  Katia came to our agency after working in the adoption field in St. Petersburg, Russia.  Katia is very knowledgeable of the international quirks that may occur in the foreign countries and she passes that knowledge along to us.  She reviews all client paperwork for accuracy and communicates with foreign country representatives to insure the adoption process goes smoothly.  Both Mary Ellen and Katia are team players and we are lucky to have them on our team.

Ronald Trucks is our bookkeeper.  Ronald has worked as a bookkeeper for Small World Adoption Foundation for several years in the past.  He is a qualified bookkeeper who has a great deal of knowledge and is very familiar with our agency's business.  Ron is eager to be a part of our team and is happy to answer any financial questions that may surface from our families.

Bridget Luzecky is our Office Manager.  She is a SWAF adoptive parent and is dedicated to our agency and our mission.  Bridget is happy to be a member of the SWAF team.

The Small World staff remains very dedicated to the mission of helping orphaned children, while assisting the adoptive parents to have the best possible adoption experience.