Gloria Akers
Director of Intake

Gloria is one of our senior staff members who has been with Children's Hope since 1995. She is devoted to her work and everyone involved with it and with every single aspect of your adoption from the first call to application and with seeing that you get the information, the resource, or the person you need. She will be there when you need her.

Brenda Barnum
Receptionist

Originally from California, Brenda joined the St. Louis community at the age of ten and then Children’s Hope International’s in the summer of 2006. Along with her duties as receptionist, Brenda also helps with the input of applications. She has her BSE in Physical Education/Special Education.

“I enjoy working with such a caring staff and am happy to know that children who need a family are being placed in loving homes. I love when children come to visit us and the excitement of the referral families arriving!”

Larissa Radko
Shared Services Coordinator

Larisa joined the staff of Children’s Hope in spring 2006, using her Multimedia Production Studio certificate to improve staff efficiency by providing supplies and ensuring all the printing and copying of Children’s Hope documents runs smoothly. Originally from Kramatorsk in Ukraine, Larisa is now working towards a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design in St. Louis. With a family of four older sisters, Larisa has been blessed with ten nieces and nephews all of whom she loves dearly.

Seeing the good things people do for children they do not know warms her heart. Although she is not yet visiting China or Russia to help children in need, Larisa reaches out to those in her Sunday school classes and church choir. “I want to let them know that someone cares, and there are others who do not even have hope for care and love.”

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