Anastasia is the Intended Parent Support co-ordinator with Silk Medical, a Georgia-based IVFF clinic and surrogacy provider. her team is lead by renowned Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr Oksana Sevostyanova. Their cutting edge Mini-IVF clinic in Kiev once provided much of the IVF support to some of the largest Ukraine surrogacy programs. Anastasia’s team have relocated to Tbilisi, Georgia under the Silk medical brand.

Barry is a partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors and his practice deals with the full range of immigration and nationality issues. He has particular expertise in applications based on family life and has represented many children born following international surrogacy arrangements. He is the author of the immigration law chapter in ‘Surrogacy Law, Practice and Policy in England and Wales’ and tutor of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association course on surrogacy and immigration law. The 2023 edition of Legal 500 states: “Barry O’Leary – utterly brilliant for surrogacy related and nationality law issues.” 

After celebrating more than 20 years as one of Canada’s top criminal defence lawyers, Cindy Wasser thought she was retiring in 2008 to become a mother to the first of her two daughters created with the help of an egg donor and surrogate. Driven by her difficult path to parenthood, she instead founded Hope Springs Fertility Law, to guide, protect and advocate for everyone building families with the help of donors and surrogates. She has since grown Hope Springs into a leading fertility law firm, providing legal advice and services to hundreds of intended parents, donors and surrogates from across Canada and around the world, year after year. With her background in criminal law, and personal experience with surrogacy and egg donation, Cindy occupies a uniquely revered position within the fertility law community. She regularly uses this influence to advocate for stronger rights and protections for intended parents, donors and surrogates within Canada, and has become well-known internationally as a respected leader in this complex and evolving area of law.

Family Medicine Practicing in Women’s Health

Dr. Kerry Mayrand is a uniquely brilliant and talented family physician with a specific interest in women’s health and pregnancy. She is a graduate of the University of Windsor in Environmental Engineering and the Department of Education, also the McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. She completed her residency training through the University of Western Ontario , Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Windsor Campus. Dr. Mayrand is known for her exceptional empathy and compassion and unparalleled skills in helping patients navigate through emotionally and psychologically difficult circumstances.

Rosa is a Medical Doctor trained in Italy and the U.K. and also a qualified Nutritionist (UK), a Holistic Fertility Consultant and surrogacy programme co-ordinator in Thessaloniki. Rosa has many years of experience at Senior Level in managing International patients seeking cross-border Fertility Care and Surrogacy. She is Italian and speaks fluently English, Italian and Greek and has good knowledge of Spanish and French.

Dr. Librach is the Director of the CReATe Fertility Centre.  A graduate of University of Toronto, he completed undergrad, graduate and a specialty degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Dr. Librach went on to spend 3 years at the University of California in San Francisco becoming a board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist. Since 1991 Dr. Librach has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto. He is a Co-Director of the University of Toronto Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Clinic. He is the principal investigator in various clinical and embryology studies and researcher at Women’s College Hospital and University of Toronto. Dr. Librach has played an active role in presenting abstracts at various conferences and meetings. He is frequently interviewed for television, radio and print media.

Dr. Vuk Jovanovic is an internationally respected fertility specialist.  He focuses on providing exceptional care to the LGBTQ community in Southern California.  He completed his postgraduate medical training at Duke University and Columbia University in New York City.  Double board-certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and OB/Gyn, in the United States and Europe.

Dr. Vuk Jovanovic ranks among the top fertility doctors in Los Angeles. Beyond providing services in Southern California, many patients travel from all over the world to seek his expertise as a reproductive care provider.  He is constantly working to find new ways to maximize patient success rates and use the latest technology and optimized treatment protocols

Dr. Vuk Jovanovic is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and actively attends meetings on both continents.  Apart from his expertise and excellent success rates, he will provide compassionate and personal care to every single client. He has helped numerous couples in the United States and across the world achieve the dream of parenthood and is happy to serve his patients in Southern California and beyond.

Following her undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford and a master’s degree at the University of Sheffield, Emma completed her embryology training at St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, before beginning as an embryologist at the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health (CRGH). This has provided experience in both the NHS and the private sector, covering a wide range of patient needs and treatments. She has a particular interest in more complex family planning, which motivated her role as the embryology co-ordinator of surrogacy and embryo donation treatment cycles at CRGH. 

With a lively and approachable nature, Kelly is a lawyer and manages our paralegal team.  She has leading expertise in UK and international surrogacy, including British nationality and passports for children born through surrogacy, and in adoption and conception law. She also routinely drafts specialist wills. She has been a member of our team since 2017 and qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer in 2024. A graduate in psychology, Kelly previously worked in pressurised and emotive family roles as a Therapeutic Practitioner in a children’s home. She cares passionately about surrogacy, non-traditional families and providing exceptional client service.

Kristin oversees the financial aspects of Simple Surrogacy, as well as solely managing the escrow accounts of clients. Her legal responsibilities include determining state laws and required legal proceedings in the Surrogate’s and Intended Parents’ state of residency; locating separate legal counsel experienced in surrogacy law for Intended Parents and Surrogate; review and assist in negotiating the surrogacy contract between Intended Parents and Surrogate; assure both parties that contractual agreements are met; and overseeing all necessary legal filings and procedures to establish parental rights for Intended Parents. Kristin’s escrow responsibilities include opening of escrow; manage escrow account; monitor and authorize disbursements in accordance with your contract; reimburse expenses to Surrogate, including prescription medications and co-payments; and ensuring Intended Parents have access to all itemized monthly statements of the escrow activity. Kristen is an experienced three time Egg Donor,  and parent, and is very experienced with all aspects of surrogacy involving Egg Donation. One on One Consultations are Available with expert speakers.

Lynn co-founded The Baby Lawyers with Lisa because she wanted to utilize her decades of experience to ensure her clients’ families are built on strong legal foundations.  Lynn is committed to providing her clients with expert legal care, personalized attention and reasonable pricing.  Lynn’s career in ART law has become her passion after practicing at several international law firms in Los Angeles, and serving as Apple Inc.’s Global Product Safety/Environmental Counsel.  Lynn oversees The Baby Lawyer’s East Coast office and is licensed to practice law in California, Maryland, District of Columbia, New York, Virginia, and Texas.  Lynn is a member of Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy (SEEDS) and a member of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Mandy Pecher, JD, LL.M., MBA is a licensed US American attorney and is licensed in Germany as well. Her areas of special expertise include German family law, German child custody law, German parentage law, German adoption and step-parent adoption law, and U.S. immigration law. Ms. Pecher represents individuals in the United States as well as in Europe. She holds a J.D. from Johannes Gutenberg University, an LL.M. (Master of Law) in Corporate and Finance Law from Wayne State University in Detroit, and a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from Northwood University, School of Management. Ms. Pecher is fluent in English and German. Furthermore, an active member of the German Bar Association, the Deutschen Anwaltsverein (DAV), the Anwaltsverein Sachsen, AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association), and the American Bar Association, as a member of the ART Committee.

Mandy Pecher, ist sowohl in Michigan als auch in Deutschland zugelassene Rechtsanwältin. Sie hat sich auf Rechtsgebiete mit internationalem Bezug spezialisiert.Von Frau Pecher betreute Rechtsgebiete umfassen das amerikanische Einwanderungsrecht, das deutsche und das amerikanische Scheidungsrecht sowie das deutsche und das amerikanische Erbrecht und Familienrecht.

Frau Pecher hilft deutschen mittelständischen Firmen bei der Gründung und beim Riskomanagement am amerikanischen Standort des Mandanten. Rechtsanwaeltin Pecher berät Mandanten während des gesamten Immigration / USA Einwanderungsprozesses, einschließlich der Gründung von Firmen sowohl in Deutschland als auch in den USA, der Erlangung des Arbeitsvisums, der Labor Certifications, der Green Card, der Erlangung der U.S. amerikanischen Staatsbürgerschaft unter Beibehaltung der deutschen Staatsbürgerschaft persönlich.

Frau Rechtsanwältin Mandy Pecher hat sich insbesondre auf das internationale Familienrecht insbesondere internationaler Adoptionen, einschließlich Stiefkindadoption, gemeinsame und geteilte Sorgerechtsangelegenheiten, Vaterschaftsanfechtungen, und Sorgerechtserklärungen spezialisiert. Mandy Pecher hat an der juristischen Fakultät der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Rechtswissenschaften studiert. Sie hat einen Master of Law (LL.M.) in Corporate & Finance Law der Wayne State University in Detroit und einen Master of Business Administration (MBA) der Northwood University, School of Management erworben. Sie spricht fließend Deutsch und Englisch. Frau Pecher, ist ein aktives Mitglied der deutschen Rechtsanwaltskammer Sachsen, des Deutschen Anwaltvereins, des Anwaltvereins Dresden, der American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), der Anwaltskammer in Michigan (Michigan Bar Association), der American Bar Association, Family Section und ART Section.

Pedro Mendoza is the Lead Intended Parent Advisor at Gestacy, leveraging his academic background in Political Science and a proven track record of research excellence. As a father via surrogacy, Pedro possesses an intimate understanding of the emotional and logistical complexities inherent in the surrogacy journey. With a solid foundation in communication, risk assessment, and extensive collaboration with government institutions worldwide, Pedro provides expert guidance to families embarking on their journey to parenthood.

Robin Newman started Global Egg Donors in 2001 after her journey of infertility ended in divorce. She volunteered with Resolve, a national infertility association, and taught at a Montessori School for many years. For the last 22 years, her passion has been helping others grow their family.

Global Egg Donors provides a wide range of egg donor and clinic options. Select your donor from detailed information and photographs. You have the choice to contact her now, in the future, or remain anonymous. Global Egg Donors are of all ethnic backgrounds and are located throughout the world. They travel to your clinic, or recommended high-success clinics, for a fresh egg donation cycle. Live birth rates are 80% overall. Their egg donation experts will support you through the process with minimum stress. They can help find the clinic and donor choice to suit your budget.

Complimentary One on One Consultations are Available with our expert speakers. To book your expert speaker contact them via robin@globaleggdonors.com

Sam Everingham is the Global Director of Growing Families.  He has become one of the globe’s foremost commentators and researchers on donor & surrogacy trends and capacity. Through conferences, seminars and consulting he has assisted over a thousand singles and couples to plan safe and reliable routes to building families through surrogacy & donor IVF.

Sam has two daughters, Zoe & Ruby, via surrogacy and therefore is very aware of the issues, struggles and frustrations along the surrogacy path.  With a background in public health and research he is also the author of several books.

Sophie deals directly with all intended parents  at New Life Georgia.  She manages and coordinates intended parents inquiries, answers to all initial questions in details, introduces available program, makes negotiations for final agreements and provides support to ensure patients satisfaction.

Tracy is a founding partner of Tracy Horan & Company. The firm has developed a strong knowledge of family law and in particular surrogacy. From a legal perspective, things aren’t that simple where surrogacy is concerned in Ireland.  There is no legislation that legislates for surrogacy and the quest for legal parenthood can seem very daunting. Tracy has guided many Irish nationals through the legal labyrinth, to reach the end goal of passports, citizenship and where necessary, adoption.

My name is Andrea and I am blessed to be a mom / stepmom to 4 amazing humans. There is nothing in the world that I have loved more than raising them to be exceptionally kind kids and loving them fully. The closest feeling to the joy of being a parent, has been choosing to be a surrogate!! I have carried 2 surrogate babies and have been able to assist with growing their wonderful families! Both sets of our intended parents are our closest friends, sharing adventures together, visits, video calls, love & laughter. My friends, family and partner have been supportive and think that surrogacy is the most amazing thing! As a family our motto is that if you have the ability to help someone, why not! 

For over 5 years, Chantelle’s wife tried to have a baby and after many years of heartache, the couple found out she was unable to get pregnant. It would instead be Chantelle carrying their children. When their son was born, for Chantelle it was such an amazing feeling knowing she was able to give her partner the child she had always dreamt of. A couple of years later, they decided they wanted to help another couple that couldn’t have a baby the traditional way. They looked into agencies, found one and quickly matched with Intended Dads in Feb 2021. They quickly became friends and the bond kept growing. In August of 2022 Chantelle was pregnant.Chantelle’s parents opened their home to their IFs when it was time to come for the birth of their son. Their IFs are now family having built a wonderful foundation of love and respect. Chantelle is currently pregnant with their 2nd child . They couldn’t have done this without the amazing support of Dr. Victory and his amazing team. 

Charlie and Gillan Wilson engaged in Canadian surrogacy with the help of Canadian Surrogacy Consulting and Canadian lawyer Cindy Wasser. Their journey has been one of ups and downs, stretching over a couple of years, but ultimately with a very happy outcome. When these guys started out it all felt very complicated, with lots of different introductions to lots of different agencies, legal processes and medical personnel. It all felt a bit overwhelming, but every person t hey met along their journey was wonderfully welcoming, supportive, understanding, helpful and seemed to genuinely care about them, doing all they could to ensure a happy outcome. Charlie’s son Milo was born in Nova Scotia in December 2022.  Charlie will share details of the altruistic Canadian process and what they learned along the way

Laura is a mother of four and a “Tummy Mummy” to four bonus babies through surrogacy. With Simple Surrogacy – Texas, she completed one twin pregnancy, and two singletons to help complete families from the UK.

Laura and her husband David now reside in the great state of Texas, USA. Through surrogacy, Laura recognized her passion for caring for women and children was only just starting and went back to school for a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. She is now a Head Nurse on the postpartum unit, caring for mothers and newborns immediately postpartum.

At the age of 32, I find myself in a unique position, being a surrogate mother. With a 12-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, despite working at multiple jobs – from pastry work to restaurant shifts to retail shifts – I still found it impossible to cover all my children’s expenses. That is when I made the decision to become a surrogate mother. My motivation was simple: to secure a better future for my family. By becoming a surrogate, I saw an opportunity to reduce our financial burdens and provide stability. With the compensation I receive, my dream of owning a flat in Tbilisi is finally within reach.

It  has  been a long time since my own  pregnancy   and  it  is double  responsibility  to carry and bring another couple’s baby into this world.  Ensuring a healthy newborn for their biological parents fills me with a mix of emotions—excitement, nervousness, and gratitude.

Paul and his husband, Tiziano, are fathers to a very active one-year-old son born through surrogacy in the USA in 2023. The couple used San Diego Fertility Clinic for egg donation and IVF, and CSP (Center for Surrogate Parenting) for their gestational carrier. Their surrogate was based in Oregon, USA, with whom they still maintain a very close relationship with. Both Australian citizens, they have been through the parental order process and immigration in the UK, as well as citizenship-by-decent processes in Australia and Italy.

Prinal and his wife Chandni have both had kidney transplants, making it too risky for her to carry a child. So they engaged in surrogacy with New Life Georgia, commencing in 2022. They were matched with a surrogate within 4 months and their first embryo transfer was successful, leading to the birth of boy/girl twins in October 2023. Prinal is part of an active group of UK nationals engaging in Georgia and will discuss the ups and downs of the process, as well as practical tips

Richard and his partner Ronnie are fathers to twins born through surrogacy with Simple Surrogacy in 2015. The couple used Simple Donations for their egg donor and Simple Surrogacy for their gestational carrier. Their surrogate was based in North Carolina, USA. They have been through the parental order process in the UK. Ronnie owns a real estate business but now works part time. Richard works in the healthcare technology space and enjoys trying to make sure all patient journeys are as smooth as possible.

Richard is a 37 year old, corporate marketing director in London. He and his husband Dario, their young son and two dogs completed US surrogacy in August 2018 with Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine and embarked on a sibling journey a few years later with a different US agency.