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Adoption Options Staff

Janelle "JC" Roussel

Janelle "JC" Roussel

Director of Community Services

As the Director of Community Services, JC is responsible for providing supervision and administrative oversight to four programs: Adoption,  Jewish Elderacre of RI, the Kosher Nutrition, and the Kohser Food Pantry. JC’s experience is in child and family welfare. JC also worked for Lutheran Social Service for 13 years as the Senior Director of Adoption and Foster Care. JC received her undergrad (B.A.) and graduate degree (M.S.) in Administration of Justice from Salve Regina University.

Carol Wild, MA

Carol Wild, MA

Adoption Options Coordinator

Carol Wild, MA, has experience in recruiting, training, and licensing foster families – many of whom ended up adopting.  Though fostering-to-adopt and private adoption differ in some ways, the most important pieces are the same. This includes Carol’s role in the process of walking alongside families, getting to know them, and working closely with them each step of the way. Carol considers it a privilege to not only write the home study, but to be a support, a listening ear, and a strong advocate for adoptive parents. As an adoptive parent herself, Carol understands what it means to build a family in a different way, and both the joy and challenges that it brings.

Catherine Braman, MSW

Catherine Braman, MSW

Adoption Social Worker

Catherine Braman, MSW, has worked in the field of adoption for thirty years.  During her career in adoption, Catherine operated her own licensed adoption agency assisting hundreds of families with domestic and international adoptions.  Her work has involved counseling birth parents, educating adopting families, and assisting with the adjustment of adopted children. Catherine has felt privileged to be part of the special process when families are formed through adoption.