Adam Pertman

Adam Pertman is the President and CEO of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency (NCAP), a leading U.S. expert on adoption and child welfare who previously served as Executive Director of the Donaldson Adoption Institute. He is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and former senior journalist at the Boston Globe, best known for his book "Adoption Nation," which has been hailed as the most important book ever written on adoption. Pertman is also a widely published author of research, scholarly articles, and media commentaries, and he frequently gives keynotes and presentations nationally and internationally.