About Adoption Alliance
Compassionate Adoption Support for Expectant Parents Since 1989
Adoption Alliance is a licensed, nonprofit adoption agency helping expectant parents understand their options and make informed decisions about adoption. Our experienced team provides personal guidance throughout the adoption process while respecting that every person, pregnancy, and adoption plan is unique.
About Us
Adoption Alliance has been helping expectant parents, birth parents, children, and adoptive families navigate adoption since 1989. Our team includes experienced adoption professionals, social workers, counselors, administrative staff, and other professionals who understand both the practical and emotional sides of adoption.
If you are pregnant and considering adoption, contacting Adoption Alliance does not mean you have made a final decision. Our team can answer your questions, explain the adoption process, help you understand your options, and provide information so you can decide what feels right for you and your child.
If you choose to make an adoption plan, you choose the adoptive family for your child. Our team works with you throughout the process to understand your wishes and help create an adoption plan based on your individual circumstances and preferences.
Whether you are early in your pregnancy, approaching delivery, or have already given birth, you can contact Adoption Alliance to learn more about your options.
History & Licensing
Adoption Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit adoption agency founded in 1989. The agency received its provisional license in January 1989 and its permanent license on January 13, 1990.
Today, Adoption Alliance is licensed in Texas, New York, and Connecticut and works with adoptive families in many other states. For more than three decades, our team has helped people navigate adoption with professional guidance and individualized support.
No two adoption situations are exactly alike. Family circumstances, relationships, pregnancy, personal preferences, and hopes for the future can all be different. That is why our team approaches each adoption plan individually rather than treating adoption as a one-size-fits-all process.
Our goal is to provide clear information, compassionate support, and experienced guidance so that expectant parents can understand their choices and make informed decisions throughout the adoption process.
How Can We Help?
I'm Pregnant / Already Delivered
Meet Waiting Families
I Want To Adopt
Meet the Adoption Alliance Team
Justin Johnson
Executive Director
Justin Johnson serves as Executive Director of Adoption Alliance and oversees the agency’s overall operations and compliance with state licensing requirements. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Trinity University in San Antonio and maintains an administrator’s license for child-placing agencies in Texas.
Justin’s connection to adoption began many years ago through his father, Dale Johnson, an attorney whose practice focused extensively on adoption. Today, Justin works to ensure Adoption Alliance combines professional experience, regulatory compliance, and compassionate service for expectant parents, birth parents, and adoptive families.
Justin and his wife married in 2007 and have two daughters. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family, going to the beach, and fishing.
Stacie Wiederin-Schmidt
Director of Client Services
With more than 29 years of experience at Adoption Alliance, Stacie Wiederin-Schmidt brings decades of knowledge and perspective to families navigating adoption. She holds degrees in Social Psychology and Human Resources Management and works directly with both expectant and birth parents and adoptive families.
Stacie also helps coordinate out-of-state adoption cases and provides support to birth parents during what can be a challenging and emotional time. Her extensive experience allows her to answer questions, explain the process, and help clients understand what to expect throughout their adoption journey.
Outside of work, Stacie enjoys spending time with her family and her dogs, Bevo and Vivian.
Yolanda Harris
Director of Case Management
Yolanda brings over a decade of experience working with children and families, including experience with a private foster and adoption agency and Child Protective Services. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Schreiner University and has completed state-facilitated training in adoption and behavior management.
At Adoption Alliance, Yolanda works with expectant parents, birth parents, and adoptive families throughout the adoption process. She values clear, open communication and works to help everyone involved understand the process, their options, and the next steps.
Kimberly De La Hunt
Adoption Caseworker
Kimberly De La Hunt has served as an Adoption Caseworker with Adoption Alliance since 2015. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and previously worked as a Family Educator, helping parents understand child development and connect with community resources.
At Adoption Alliance, Kimberly uses her social work background and experience with families to provide information, coordination, and support throughout the adoption process.
Outside of work, Kimberly enjoys spending time with family, sports, and shopping.
Taylor Rangel
Administrative Assistant
Taylor Rangel is the Administrative Assistant at Adoption Alliance and brings more than ten years of experience working with children and families from a variety of backgrounds. She holds two associate degrees from San Antonio College.
Taylor helps support the day-to-day work of the agency and assists the people and families who contact Adoption Alliance as they begin navigating the adoption process.
Outside of work, Taylor enjoys spending time with her family, her cat Khaleesi, and her Shepherd/Husky mix, Bingley.
Patricia “Patti” O’Connor
Licensed Master Social Worker – New York
Patricia “Patti” O’Connor is a New York State Licensed Master Social Worker with more than 20 years of experience in adoption. She earned a Bachelor of Social Work from SUNY Brockport and a Master of Social Work from SUNY Stony Brook.
Patti serves as Adoption Alliance’s New York licensing representative and provides pre- and post-adoption services to adoptive families. Her professional background also includes working with birth mothers in hospital postpartum settings and with children in residential treatment.
Patti is also an adoptive mother of three, giving her both professional experience and a personal connection to adoption.
Patricia Wueste
Family Law Attorney
Patricia Wueste is a San Antonio family law attorney who has worked in termination of parental rights and adoption since 1978. She has been Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1984.
Her work includes representing licensed child-placing agencies and assisting families with private adoptions and adoptions involving the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Patricia is a San Antonio native and attended the University of the Incarnate Word before earning her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law. She has worked alongside Adoption Alliance professionals in helping families navigate the legal aspects of adoption.
Dale Johnson – Retired
Adoption Attorney
Dale Johnson is a retired attorney whose legal career included decades of work in adoption. Beginning in 1989, his practice focused exclusively on adoption.
Dale was involved in the founding of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys in 1990 and served multiple terms on its Board of Directors. He was elected President of the Academy in 1993 and later served as Chairman of its Advisory Committee. In 2006, he was recognized as an “Angel in Adoption.”
His decades of work in adoption are part of the professional history and experience behind Adoption Alliance.
Work With Us
You do not have to make an adoption decision before talking with us. If you are pregnant, have already delivered, or simply have questions about adoption, the Adoption Alliance team is available to help you understand the process and your options.
You can ask questions, learn about adoption, and explore waiting adoptive families before deciding what is right for you and your child.