MEET our team

DR. SAMUEL FANG, Founder/President

Samuel Fang, who was born in China, has been facilitating adoptions from China since 1994 and is an adoptive father himself. He also has a deep commitment to providing hope and a future to orphans left behind in China through the work of Living Hope International. He lives in Pennsylvania with his family and travels frequently to China. 

ROBIN HORNER, Director

Robin Horner is an LHAA adoptive father. He retired from Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN, where he worked as a manager. He is the founder of STAR Ministries and lives in Tennessee with his family. 

DR. MICHAEL CLINE, Treasurer

Dr. Michael Cline is married and had 4 children, and his youngest daughter was from China. Dr. Cline was born and raised in Ohio and lives on a small, working farm in northeast Ohio raising beef cattle. He is currently privately employed as a gastroenterologist. 

DR. PRISCILLA TSAO, Secretary

Dr. Priscilla Tsao is an LHAA adoptive parent. She lives in Arcadia, California with her daughter, Zoe. Dr. Tsao is an anesthesiologist with Citrus Valley Medical Center. 

DANIEL COLE, Chairman

Daniel Cole grew up in Western Pennsylvania and New York. He served as a youth director in various churches for ten years, and then worked for the Maryville Academy in Desplaines, Illinois, for two years as a live-in teaching parent for needy children. He graduated from Seminary in 1995 and served as a pastor for 10 years. Dan is currently working for the Sarasota County School Board as an Elementary School Teacher at Englewood Elementary School and is in his 14th year there. Dan and his wife Liz have eight children, with the last two being adopted through LHAA. 

DANIEL HOFFMAN, Director

Daniel Hoffman is the proud adoptive father of three daughters - Julia adopted in 2001, Anneliese in 2003, and Hope-Noelle in 2018. He and his wife, Patty, adopted through Living Hope Adoption Agency. The girls were welcomed into their now family of six daughters with open arms. They look forward to working alongside Living Hope to continue to find ways to help children who have no family. Dan currently works at the University of Florida.

Living Hope Adoption Agency is fully Hague accredited to provide international adoption services.   

Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity, Inc. (IAAME), is a national accrediting entity designated by the US Department of State to provide Hague Accreditation and Approval.   To see a list of current Accredited/Approved Adoption Services Providers, please click the link below. The list includes the Adoption Service Provider’s name, contact information, service location(s), intercountry adoption services provided, as well as Accreditation/Approval status and expiration dates. https://www.iaame.net/accreditation/accredited-approved-agencies-persons/