Our Team
Your family is the most important part of your life. It completes you. When it comes to making the dream of having a baby a reality, you should rely on the experience of compassionate professionals. The Family Acuity team understands what you are going through. We are parents too. We know that starting a family using reproductive technology and third party family building options can be a long road, but we are here to guide you down its twists and turns. Say hello to the experts who will help you make your dreams of having a baby of your very own come true.
Eloise Drane – Program Director
Eloise Drane has been involved in the egg donor and surrogacy processes since 1999. She has experienced first-hand the incredible joy and fulfillment of helping several couples create a family by being selected as an egg donor as well as a gestational surrogate to twins. Eloise has also worked as a consultant for a third-party agency, conducted research on infertility, and currently volunteers for RESOLVE National Infertility Association.
Eloise as a holder of a MBA, aligned with years of expertise in assisted third-party reproduction make her a vital part of the Family Acuity mission, helping clients grow their knowledge and, most importantly, their understanding of the family-building journey.
“As a mother of four, I understand the joy of parenting and why it’s so important to our clients. It has been my personal mission to help intended parents build the families of their dreams. Now, with Family Acuity, that mission carries through to my work as well.â€
Sonia Stewart, CPA – Finance Director
Sonia Stewart has partnered with Eloise Drane over the last four years and has embraced the passion for assisting those dealing with infertility issues. As a mother of four she knows firsthand the journey and the joy.
Sonia is a licensed CPA with a Masters Degree in Accounting. Sonia’s business background is key to providing Family Acuity clients with a concise plan-of-action for family building. She expertly guides clients through the many financial layers associated with today’s reproductive technology.
“I am very excited at this opportunity to use my business and financial skills in helping families who are starting the process of building a family. Working with Family Acuity is one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had.â€
Independent Team
The Independent Professionals who have teamed up with Family Acuity to provide exceptional service to all our clients have many years experience in their professions.
Sara Clay – Legal Attorney
Sara M. Clay has been a practicing attorney for over 20 years and a specialist in A.R.T. and Surrogacy Law for over 7. Since assuming her current practice in 2003, Sara has become one of the nation’s foremost surrogacy attorneys, representing those in need of legal counsel regarding issues concerning surrogate parenthood and other forms of assisted reproduction.
Today, she devotes her professional time and talents to advocating for the legal rights of Prospective Parents seeking to have children via alternative reproductive methods.
M. Coleman Allen, PhD
Dr. M. Coleman Allen, has a private practice in Atlanta. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received her Masters, Specialist and Doctoral degrees at Georgia State University.
She is an active member of the American Psychological Association, the Georgia Psychological Association, and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She is the Director of Psychological Services for ACRM.
Linda Stamm, PsyD
Dr. Linda Stamm has been a licensed psychologist since 1983, with a private practice in Roswell, GA. She received her BA from Brown University and doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University. Since 1986, she has specialized in the treatment of infertility. She was the on staff psychologist at R.B.A. from 1992-1995, and since then has had her own practice.
She has been a consultant to all of the reproductive endocrinology centers in Atlanta. In her private practice she sees individuals, couples, and groups. She facilitates mind-body groups, offers groups for egg recipients and works with couples experiencing loss during their pregnancies.
Dr. Stamm was an infertility patient for over seven years. She has written the first children’s book on egg donation now available with Graphite Press. Soon to be released will be two CDs on egg donation and surrogacy, also by Graphite Press. The CDs are songs sung by mothers to their children conceived by these processes.
