Baobei's Leadership Team

Emily Sullivan - Medical Director Emily, also known as Ting Ting, is originally from Guangdong Province of China but is presently living in Wisconsin Having previously co-founded a US-based charity for Chinese orphans, Emily has had over 6 years' experience in dealing with the medical requirements of Chinese orphans prior to her co-founding Baobei. In addition to collaborating with orphanages and doctors at Shanghai Children's Medical Center (SCMC), she is responsible for advocating for the children from the time they enter the hospital until complete healing has occurred. This includes constant communication with the hospital staff to ensure the children’s surgeries are scheduled as needed and continued communication with the Child Care Director to recommend the best environment for post-operative care. Emily also does a wonderful job of writing up the babies' stories, keeping the Baobei Foundation Facebook page updated and providing the donors with news on the babies. Emily is constantly amazed by the commitment and expertise of the doctors at SCMC and the passion of Baobei’s volunteers. She has seen first hand the enormous difference this makes to the precious lives of Chinese orphans with neurological and gastrointestinal disorders. For Emily, this quote represents her feelings about her work at Baobei: "To the world we are one person, but to one person we could mean the world." For medical and hospital-related queries, please contact Emily. Carol Hoag - Managing Director Carol, Baobei's Managing Director, is from the state of Michigan in the USA, and has lived in Shanghai for almost two years. She is married with two sons. Having 17 years of professional experience in a Fortune 500 company, she is responsible for running the operations of the foundation including managing the large volunteer base, overseeing funding, acting as the foundation's spokesperson and setting future direction. In addition to having had a large amount of personal experience with medical facilities, Carol was previously the Expatriate Coordinator for a US-based charity for Chinese orphans where, in six months time, she built up a large and passionate volunteer group which has subsequently been able to continue this impactful work through Baobei. Combining this experience with her career skills, Carol feels blessed to be living in the great city of Shanghai and able to use the gifts she has been given to help the precious orphans. James 1:27 in the Bible sums up Carol's feelings about her work within Baobei: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” If you are a donor, a new volunteer or for general information on Baobei, please don't hesitate to contact Carol. Ann Kedl - Child Care Director Ann is from the USA but currently lives in Shanghai. Married with two adopted Chinese daughters, ages 15 & 13, she is Baobei's Child Care Director. Ann is responsible for finding wonderful post-operative healing homes for the orphans and for liasing with volunteers on all childcare and aftercare issues. Ann has previously worked for a US-based charity for Chinese orphans and also has a wide personal experience of the orphanage and adoption systems and processes in China. For child care, after-care and healing home-related issues, please contact Ann.