Rita Soronen
Rita Soronen, President and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation. For nearly 30 years, Rita has worked on behalf of abused, neglected and vulnerable children providing leadership for local, state, and national efforts. As President and CEO for the Dave Thomas Foundation since 2001, She has worked to find families for each of the more than 130,000 waiting children in the United States. Ms. Soronen currently serves on the board of the Ohio CASA/GAL Association, the public education committee of the National CASA Association and is past vice president of the board of the congressional coalition on Adoption institute and has been awarded the Angels in Adoption Award for the Congressional Coalition on Adoption.
