The Center for Adoption Policy (CAP) is a New York based 501(c)3 organization. Its mission is to provide research, analysis, advice and education to practitioners and the public about current legislation and practices governing domestic and intercountry adoption in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. CAP is an independent entity. It is not affiliated with any agency or entity involved in the placement of children.

To remove legal, structural and institutional barriers to domestic and intercountry adoption.

Diane B. Kunz is a lawyer and a historian. From 1976 to 1983 she practiced corporate law for seven years, with the firms of White & Case and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. She then left the practice of law and studied diplomatic and economic history at Oxford University (M. Litt. 1986) and Yale University (Ph.D, 1989). From 1988 until 1998 she was Assistant, then Associate Professor of History at Yale University. While at Yale she wrote extensively on twentieth century history, including the prize winning book The Economic Diplomacy of the Suez Crisis and Butter and Guns: The Economic Diplomacy of the Cold War. From 1998-2001 she taught history at Columbia University. In 2001 she and Ann Reese founded the Center for Adoption Policy which has become a pre-eminent legal and policy institute engaged in adoption issues. The Center for Adoption Policy was honored in 2008 by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute as an Angel in Adoption. She is a member of the New York bar and now practices adoption law with the firm of Rumbold & Seidelman where she is of counsel. She is an honorary fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. She is also the mother of eight children, four of whom were born in China.

Ann N. Reese spent over 25 years in a career in finance. Formerly the CFO of ITT, she also worked with such companies as Mobil Oil, Union Carbide, Bankers Trust and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. She has an MBA from New York University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Ann is a director of Jones Apparel Group, Kmart, Merrill Lynch and Xerox. She is an Executive Director of CAP.

Cynthia Russett is Larned Professor of History at Yale University, concentrating on women's history. Her book, Sexual Science, won the Berkshire Prize for the best book in the field of women's history.

Robert Schulzinger is head of the International Studies Program and Professor of History at the University of Colorado. He is the former president of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations and is the author of numerous publications.

Robert D. Smith is an associate with the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he specializes in corporate finance and securities law compliance issues. He has a JD from the University of Villanova and a BA from Pennsylvania State University.

Daniel Wallance is a technology development consultant. He holds a BS degree with high distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Daniel spent three months in Ireland inventing a 3D computer mouse and two months in Costa Rica investigating computer recycling for Intel. He developed the initial CAP website and is the Chief Information Officer.