THE FAMILY-MATCH TEAM

Working together to create connections and achieve a reality in which every child is rooted in family

The work of Family-Match is pioneered by social workers, technologists, researchers, data analysts, and program coordinators. And for the sake of every stakeholder in the child welfare system—including waiting children, hopeful families, caseworkers, licensing agencies, and recruitment organizations—we make one firm commitment: We make compatible connections—fast.

By bringing together some of the most strategic, empathetic minds in the digital design world, Family-Match has become a powerful tool that can change the lives of children and families everywhere. Our platform succeeds because it is engineered and propelled forward by an experienced, motivated, and kindhearted team—people from all over the globe who take seriously the pursuit of a world in which every child is rooted in family. Together, we’ve crafted Family-Match, a compassionate, streamlined, data-driven solution, empowering workers to connect children and families.

Thea Ramirez

Founder + CEO

Liz Turk

Chief Administrative Officer

Amy Simpson

Vice President of Programs

Dr. Gian Gonzaga

Senior Consultant of Research and Data Analytics

Heather Setrakian

Senior Consultant of Research and Data Analytics

Dr. Vince Slaugh

Research Associate

Kristine Persaud

Family-Match Manager

Libby Sobkowiak

Family Coordinator | Florida

Kristina Mongillo

Family Coordinator | Georgia

Stephen Moxon

Lead Developer

Michelle Giordano

Director, Program Delivery for Florida

Eufayba Turnage

Executive Assistant

Jennifer Edson

Family-Match Coordinator

Anna Tyson

Family-Match Director, Virginia

Erica Shubin

Multi-State Family Coordinator

Jackie Harris

Agency Coordinator for Florida

Elizabeth Flieg

Quality Assurance

Callie Fulton

HR Consultant

Robin Pitts

Quality Assurance and Product Manager

Claudine Bolivar

Director of Program Expansion

James Elofson

Quality Assurance Tester

Laney George

Quality Assurance Tester

Board of Directors

Dr. Gian Gonzaga

Stephen Mucchetti

Carlos Garcia

Shelby Patrice

Parker Lavin

Thea Ramirez

Jason Dandridge

Justin Kasieta

Jason Dandridge

Senior Vice President and Head of Operations, Fannie Mae

Jason Dandridge is Fannie Mae’s Senior Vice President of Operations, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. He leads all Operations for the enterprise focused on enabling value creation to meet the needs of investors, lenders, servicers, homeowners, and renters. Jason is a key leader driving the company’s efforts to digitally transform customer experience and the way work is executed. He is driving improvements in effectiveness and efficiency through automation, advanced analytics, data transformation, Product Management, Agile delivery, and Lean methods, and talent transformation. Jason also serves as Executive Sponsor for Psychological Safety and other cultural imperatives across the enterprise.

Prior to joining Fannie Mae in 2021, Jason was Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, reporting to the Head of Technology, Operations, and Firm Resilience. During his tenure, Jason served in multiple roles including Deputy Head of Technology and Operations Risk (cybersecurity, cyber resilience, fraud prevention, technology, data security, and operations risk management), Head of Strategy and Business Management for Technology and Operations (financial management, Agile, Platform, Cloud, workforce, and automation strategies / business management), Global Head of Fraud Prevention, and Head of the Baltimore People Center (institutional and wealth management operations, cyber, fraud, compliance, and finance. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Jason spent more than fifteen years at Capital One, most recently serving as Managing Vice President and Head of Risk Operations for the Retail Bank. In this capacity, he led risk analytics, fraud, claims, collections, recoveries, lending, customer advocacy, and debit operations. He was an instrumental leader in the rollout of Lean, Agile, and Platform for the Retail Bank. Early in his career, Jason was a management consultant with Kearney, focused on supply chain and operations strategy, and a technology consultant with American Management Systems focused on financial services software design and development.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia (Management of Information Systems) and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (Strategy and Operations).