Board of Directors
Jerry Capell, President
Jerry Capell is a Managing Director with Navigant Consulting, Inc. where he most recently led the firms international Insurance and Reinsurance Practice. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he earned a BBA in accounting and finance in 1985. Jerry lives in Chicago with his partner Kevin O’Brien and their two adopted children, Harris James and Maya Rose. He has served on the board of Adoption Link for six years, currently as President of the Board.
JCapell@navigantconsulting.com
Mark Melickian, Vice President and Secretary
Mark Melickian, an attorney and partner with FSB Legal Counsel LLP, has served on the Board since 2007 and currently holds the position of Vice-President and Secretary of the Board. He lives in Oak Park with his wife, Erin, two children (Ben and Grace), and various four-legged mammals.
mark.melickian@yahoo.com
melickian@fsblegal.com
Mitch Murlick, Treasurer
Associate Director, Navigant Consulting
MMurlick@navigantconsulting.com
Debra Juarez, Director
Debra Juarez is President of DECA Productions, Inc., a video production company located in Oak Park, Illinois. Debra, a former television news executive, has written and produced fundraising videos for Adoption-Link. In 2006, she traveled to Ethiopia to produce the documentary, "We are Still Here." The film profiles Adoption-Link Executive Director Margaret Fleming and her work to promote the adoption of HIV positive children.
debrajuarez@mac.com
Valdir Barbosa, Director
valdirbarbosa@hotmail.com
Victoria Barbosa , Director
Victoria Barbosa, MD, MPH, MBA is a board-certified dermatologist, educator and author. She is an assistant professor in the Rush University Department of Dermatology and owns the education and consulting company, Dermal Insights, Inc. She is a proud adoptive parent and has been on the board of Adoption Link since 2008.
vbarbosa@dermalinsights.com
David Goroff, Director
David Goroff is a partner at the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP where he serves as the National Chair of the Firm's Appellate Practice Group and is a member of its Litigation Department. He has a J.D from Columbia Law School, where he was Notes & Comments Editor of the Columbia Law Review and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He received his B.A summa cum laude from the University of Illinois-Urbana. In addition to Adoption Link, he also serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the ACLU of Illinois. He and his husband, Jay Behel, have two children. They adopted their daughter Miriam through Adoption Link.
dgoroff@foley.com

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