Meet Our Team

As a birth mom, former foster youth, foster mom, and adoptive mom, Lisa C. Qualls provides resources and support to the adoption community through writing, speaking, and coaching. Lisa is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention Practitioner (TBRI®) and spiritual director. She is the co-author of The Connected Parent (with Dr. Karyn Purvis), Reclaim Compassion and Healing for Every Heart in Adoption . Lisa lives in north Idaho with Russ, her husband of 40 years. They have twelve children by birth and adoption and two beautiful granddaughters.

Melissa Corkum is a sought-after speaker and author specializing in blocked care and strategies to overcome burnout and chronic stress. A TEDx speaker, co-author of Reclaim Compassion, an adoptee, and adoptive mom, she brings a blend of lived experience and expertise to her work. She is the CEO and founder of RISE to Regulation and co-founder of Adoption Wise. Offstage, Melissa enjoys social dancing and savoring the half-popped kernels at the bottom of the popcorn bowl.