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Over the years, we have developed procedures and guidelines to deliver the best possible services to both families and agencies at a distance from our WHFC offices. From your first phone call, to bringing your child home, we work closely with you and your local home study agency to guide you through the process. As soon as we receive your application, you will be contacted by one of us to answer your questions, provide support, and keep you updated about your case. Each of us is committed to doing all we can to further the Wide Horizons' mission of bringing children home to their forever families.

Maryanne Ludwig, MSW, LICSW
Director of Placement Services
Email: mludwig@whfc.org
Maryanne has been with Wide Horizons for close to a decade. Initially, her role involved providing clinical services (home study and post placement) to WHFC clients in Massachusetts. Since 2002, she has focused her work on assisting families who are at a further distance from the WHFC office through Placement Services. Maryanne has traveled to most of the countries from which WHFC places children. Prior to WHFC, Maryanne had worked at a home for emotionally disturbed adolescents and had provided expectant parent counseling at a medical clinic. Maryanne received a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and her Master's Degree in Social Work from Simmons Graduate School of Social Work. Maryanne is also personally connected to adoption as she was adopted domestically.

Christina Cetrone
Administrative Supervisor
Email: ccetrone@whfc.org
Christina has been with Wide Horizons For Children for almost 15 years. She is an expert in the various government organizations involved in adoption, such as U.S.C.I.S. and Interstate Compact of the Placement of Children (ICPC). From time to time in your process, you may hear from her with requests for additional documentation as she navigates parts of your adoption behind the scenes. Also feel free to contact Christina if you have questions about your WHFC file, the I600A process, or the I800A process. Christina is furthermore a wonderful resource for families after the arrival of their children and can assist with questions related to re-finalization (most countries), finalization (Korea, India, Philippines), social security numbers, citizenship, and more.

Lisa Lovett, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Manager and Adoption Social Worker
Email: llovett@whfc.org
Lisa has eighteen years of experience in the field of adoption, the last thirteen years in international adoption. She graduated with a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.S.W. from the University of Texas in Arlington. Her clinical areas of focus and expertise include older child adoption and multi-racial families. Lisa's work is influenced by her personal experiences with adoption, including growing up in a blended multi-racial family, and by what she is learning now as a parent of two children.

Nicole Fischenich, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Supervisor and Adoption Social Worker
Email: nfischenich@whfc.org
Nicole has been working with families and children for over eight years. She has experience working in a residential treatment center, community health center, and schools as a psychotherapist for children. Nicole's expertise is in attachment and trauma as well as older child adoption. She also has a special interest in post adoption issues. Since starting at Wide Horizons a few years ago, Nicole has also traveled to Ethiopia and China with families who were adopting. Adoption has been a part of Nicole's life for a while as her younger brother is adopted.