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What's New January 4, 2007
 TINA
JI JOINS THE BARKER FOUNDATION STAFF
AS DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
The Barker Foundation is pleased to announce the
appointment of Ms. Tina Ji as the new Director of International
Programs, starting January 3, 2007. Ms. Ji graduated from Peking
University in 1989 with her law degree and received her LLM from the
University of Virginia’s School of Law in 1999. She has worked in
the adoption field since 1992, first with Children’s Hope
International in St. Louis, and for the past ten years with Families
Thru International Adoption (FTIA).
At FTIA, Ms. Ji first helped establish the agency’s China program in
1995. In 2002, she was appointed Assistant Director of the Agency,
and in 2006 added a second role as Director of Programs. In her ten
years with FTIA, the agency enjoyed tremendous growth, placing over
400 children into adoptive homes last year (including 250 from China
and 125 from Guatemala). She has been responsible for overseeing the
operation of all FTIA’s current programs, including Brazil, China,
Guatemala, India, Russia, and Vietnam. Ms. Ji has also been
instrumental in placing several hundred special needs children from
China during her tenure at FTIA.
Finally, Ms. Ji also developed humanitarian programs in China. In
2001 she started a foster care program in China which currently
trains foster parents to care for over 100 children in
non-institutional settings. She has also led efforts to help many
orphanages improve conditions for the children, including provision
of medical care.
At Barker, Ms. Ji will be responsible for oversight of our current
international programs, as well as for exploration and development
of new ones. She is active with Joint Council on International
Children’s Services and has also been substantially involved in the
Hague Treaty and compliance issues for U.S. agencies.
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