Maureen Kelly is an adoptive mom to a 20-year-old daughter who was born in Hanoi, Vietnam and adopted at the age of six months. Maureen currently works in fundraising for Children’s Home & Aid, one of the largest social service and child welfare agencies in Illinois. Prior to joining Children’s Home & Aid Maureen spent 12 years working in fundraising at The Cradle, an adoption agency in Illinois, and worked to help adoptive families stay connected with their children’s birth culture and with other adoptees.
Maureen lives in Evanston with her 10-year-old rescue dog, a revolving assortment of foster puppies and occasionally, when school is on break, her daughter Lia, who is finishing her first year at Colorado College.