Adoption expert, author, speaker, and educator Mardie Caldwell has been honored as the “woman-owned business of the year” by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). As the Founder and CEO of Lifetime Adoption Center in California, Mardie has created an adoption program that is tailored to each individual who contacts her center and provides around-the-clock availability for any birth parent considering adoption. Making possible more than 140 adoptions each year, Lifetime has become one of the largest adoption centers in the country.

Read more about Mardie’s award in this newspaper story, below!

Mardie Caldwell awarded Woman-Owned Business of the Year