Natalie Proctor Servant
nsprocto@magma.ca
60B Chesterton Dr.
Nepean, ON, K2E 5S9
613-727-5819

Natalie is a sometimes searching adoptee, a software engineer, a student in pursuit of a Classical Studies degree, and now an activist for adoptee rights. Her writing has appeared in the Bastard Quarterly and she spearheaded the effort to defeat a disclosure and contact veto bill in Nova Scotia in 1999. Natalie put together the Canadian Legislative Contact website for BN.

Natalie resides in Ottawa, Ontario and is an expert knitter. Her Bastard spermburst afghan was a much coveted raffle prize at the 1999 Atlantic City conference.

Lori Pringle
computer-goddess@home.com

Lori has been involved in Canadopt and the online adoption scene for many years and has a well-linked adoption website. She searched and found several years ago: her birthmother dead, and her birthfather living. Her birthparents were engaged but unmarried when she was born and adopted, and in 1999 she filed a human rights complaint against Alberta Municipal Affairs (Vital Statistics.) When she applied for her original birth certificate she was, like so many of us, denied on the basis of her adoptive status. You can read more from her website linked above.

Lori's letters on adoptee rights issues have been published in newspapers across Canada. She is one of the original Bastard Nation members and her writings appear throughout the BN website. Lori lives with her husband in Calgary, Alberta.

Janet Allen
dtjallen@worldpath.net
Bastard Nation Northeast
161 Colbath Road
Ctr. Barnstead, NH 03225
603-269-6313

Janet Allen, an adoptee, was the New Hampshire Director for Bastard Nation before becoming the Northeast Regional Director. In her personal quest to obtain her original birth certificate from the state of NH, she petitioned the probate court judge eight times over a three-year period. A year after being granted her second hearing, the judge finally released a copy of her obc to her. In her public quest to give adult adoptees equal access, she is a founder and vice-president of the non-profit organization, New Hampshire Open Adoption Records Coalition. NHOARC submitted HB 449, lobbied legislators and appeared in print, radio and television. When subcommittee amendments to the bill made it unrecognizable, Janet and NHOARC stood strong on adoptee rights and requested that the bill be killed.

In the summer and fall of 2002 Janet campaigned for and won a seat in the NH House. In December of 2002 she will be sworn in as a NH State Representative and is the first member of BN to hold a rep seat. It is her intention to become involved with all NH bills that pertain to adoption and to promote equal rights for all adult adoptees.

Mid-Atlantic Region:
NJ, PA, MD, DE, VA, KY, WV

Cynthia Bertrand Holub
ckbh@juno.com
Bastard Nation Mid-Atlantic
3229 W. Penn St.
Phila. PA 19129
215-844-5566

Cynthia Bertrand Holub is a reunited adoptee who was born in Chicago in 1949 and adopted there in 1950. She is a librarian and lives in Philadelphia, PA, with her husband and two children.

Cyn joined Bastard Nation as soon as it was founded, and has been active in all its campaigns for open records and against conditional legislation ever since. She has testified at numerous hearings in PA, DE, and NJ and is a member of the PA Advisory Committee to the Joint State Government Commission on Adoption Law. Cyn'sletters in support of adoptee rights have been widely published in newspapers across the nation, and she has appeared several times on radio and TV. Cyn is a member of BN's Executive Committee and its Education Chair.

Great Lakes Region:
IL, IN, OH, MI, MN, WI

Marley Elizabeth Greiner
maddogmarley@worldnet.att.net
Bastard Nation Great Lakes
P. O. Box 8043
Columbus, OH 43201
614-261-6296

Marley Greiner, at the age of 50, testified at the 1985 Ohio Open Records Hearings. As an historian of organized crime and a PhD candidate in History at Ohio State University, Marley brings a scholarly perspective to activism. Marley is also the Executive Chair of Bastard Nation.

Marley's letters on adoptee rights issues have been published in newspapers and weeklies around the nation and she represented Bastard Nation on CNN's "Talk Back Live" with sealed-records advocate William Pierce. Marley was born and raised in Ohio and spends holidays in Russia.

Marley had a positive adoptive experience and searched as an adult. She found out that she was the product of rape yet had a good relationship with her birthmother once she found her.

Southern Region:
NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, MS, AL, LA, AR

Sandra Pears-Wilson

Sandra is a reunited adoptee, born in Alabama in 1967. She was briefly reunited with her birth mother in 1998 and has had no contact further contact at the request of her birth mother. After her reunion, Sandra became dedicated to helping other adoptees achieve the civil and human rights they deserve. She was responsible for pushing legislation through the Alabama Legislature during the 1999 - 2000 regular session, that allows adult adoptees born in Alabama unrestricted access to their own original birth certificate. This was a huge accomplishment, as this bill, HB690, passed on its first presentation to the Alabama Legislature. Sandra is the office manager for her brother's law firm in Birmingham, Alabama. She maintains her own website located at http://home.hiwaay.net/~msmarvin and lives with her two children in Birmingham, Alabama.

Pat Marler
pmarler1@cox.com
1404 Faircloud Ct.,
Edmond, Ok 73034
Phone/Fax: 405-341-0044,

Pat was born in Iowa, raised in Nebraska and moved to Oklahoma in her twenties. When she was 48, Pat searched and found both her Iowan birthparents living in Washington State.

Pat's desire to work for adoptee rights came during the four years she worked to obtain her original birth certificate AFTER she found. The way she was treated gave her an intense desire to change people's attitudes about adoptees and to help change adoption laws. Since then Pat has been a leader in the Oklahoma National Adoptee Rights Day, RegDay, and has gotten local press for Bastard Nation in her area. Pat lives in Edmond, OK with her husband, 2 dogs and a cat. Their two sons are grown.