Mardie Caldwell Founder Lifetime Adoption

Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P., is a nationally recognized authority on adoption. A Certified Open Adoption Practitioner, and author of several award winning books. Mardie is the founder of the nationwide adoption organization Lifetime Adoption Center, LLC, established in 1986.

Mardie has assisted in over 1,800 successful adoptions and was one of the first adoption professionals on the Internet. Mardie’s life work has been dedicated to educating and helping birth parents and adoptive parents through teaching, speaking, and as a radio talk show host. Mardie is also CFO of Lifetime Adoption Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit offering grants to couples seeking to adopt.

Mardie has experienced first hand the emotional pain of infertility, having been on 'both sides' with the loss of seven pregnancies and then conceiving a daughter by new technology. Mardie also has one adopted son. It is Mardie's goal to share with families the methods and plans which succeed and do not succeed. It is also her belief that adoption should be affordable and can be a wonderful 'pregnancy' for the adoptive couple.

Mardie has appeared more than 150 times on various networks including NBC's The Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, PBS, BBC, Dr. Laura, numerous national radio interviews, and is widely sought for print articles and speaking.