Keeping Barker strong, preserving our enduring commitment to serve children and families for a lifetime.

Throughout our history, Barker has enjoyed tremendous annual giving and other financial support from Barker families and friends, corporate sponsors, grants, and other monetary gifts.

To protect Barker's efforts to strengthen and expand vital programs and services, as well as safeguard our ability to serve families well into the 21st century, The Legacy Fund was created to provide a substantial and protected financial base to help keep us strong and vital.

Income from The Legacy Fund provides annual financial support, allowing us to work in a stable, debt-free environment – assured in our ability to provide services so crucial to all members of the adoption community today, tomorrow, and in the many years to come.

To make a pledge to Barker's Legacy II Endowment campaign, you may download the form here. You may email the completed form to mmazzei [at] barkerfoundation.org (Michele Mazzei) or send it by traditional mail to our Maryland address, listed at the bottom of this page.

For more information, please contact Michele Mazzei, Director of Development, at 301-664-9664 or by email at mmazzei [at] barkerfoundation.org.

Friends of Barker

Friends of Barker is a not-for-profit incorporated in 1996 in the District of Columbia, with The Barker Adoption Foundation as its sole beneficiary. The Friends of Barker Board of Directors is responsible for managing Barker's endowment fund, known as The Legacy Fund.

 

John Duff

John Duff
President
Managing Director, Duff Ackerman Goodrich, LLC and DAG Ventures

Rachel Firschein

Rachel Firschein
Secretary
Senior Vice President, Oppenheimer & Co.

Rob Delucia

Rob Delucia
Treasurer
Vice President, Labor & Employment, Airlines for America

Nonie Akman

Nonie Akman
Director
Bereavement Counselor, Montgomery County Hospice

Kamal Ali ​
Director

Owner, Ben’s Chili Bowl

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Jelani Freeman
Director

Attorney for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Amy Sturtevant

Amy Sturtevant  ​
Director

Senior Vice President at RBC Wealth Management