Marcia Barker
Founder & CEO
“I consider adoption a natural extension of my life”
For more than 28 years, Marcia Barker, Founder & CEO of Adoption Information Services, Inc. (AIS), has guided over 2,700 families successfully through the adoption process. As a natural extension of Marcia’s life, she has always experienced adoption as a positive way to build a family.
In fact, adoption runs through Marcia’s family – her brother was adopted and Marcia and her husband adopted two internationally-born children. Marcia’s professional and personal experience, along with degrees in education, psychology and counseling, make her uniquely qualified to lend strength, compassion and wisdom to your adoption journey.
Leigh McMinn
Executive Director
Leigh has been a part of the AIS team since November 2004. She and her husband Greg were clients of AIS when they adopted their newborn son Nathanael in May 2004.
Through her own adoption experience and relationship with her son’s birth mother, Leigh is able to help potential adoptive parents understand the emotional aspects of adoption for everyone involved. She counsels and guides each AIS client as they navigate the steps to completing a successful adoption.
Her degree in journalism and family and consumer sciences and her background in editing and photojournalism give her the knowledge to assist families in sharing their personal stories with birth parents through their profiles.
Heather Ekstrom
Client Relations Manager & Adoption Consultant
Heather joined the AIS team in August 2016. She and her husband Peter adopted their son and daughter as clients of AIS. Their son Zack was born in the fall of 2001 and was placed with them through domestic adoption. In 2005, their daughter Anna joined their family through international adoption from Guatemala.
Having had the unique experience of adopting both domestically and internationally, Heather has insight on how different every adoption journey can be and how we can best meet the individual needs of our clients.
Heather is constantly coming up with ways to make our team more efficient so that we can better serve our clients. She shares her exceptional gifts in organization, technology, and thinking-outside-the-box with our AIS team. She is filled with ideas for making our processes more efficient and helping our team to better serve our clients.
Margo McMillan
Office Assistant
Margo joined the AIS team in August 2018. She and her husband John have two biological children, Maggie and Connor. Margo has a degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and her background is in project management. Through her experiences in project management and her volunteer work, she helps keep the AIS team running smoothly.
Ready to get started on your adoption journey to your special child?
