Our Team

DIANA ROUSE

Diana graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Communications and Business.
She spent twenty years in sales, retiring from the Walt Disney Company in 2007 to stay home with her children.
Diana is the mother of three girls, two from China! Her first experience with Pearl River Outreach was
as a sponsor. She joined PRO in 2009 after seeing a need to grow the sponsorships for our Bamboo Babies.
Utilizing her sales and marketing skills, Diana hosts the Pearl River blog, and focuses on reaching out to
the adoption community as Sponsorship Coordinator to spread the word about our program. "I am blessed to work with so many amazing families in my Pearl River job! I do believe that with our sponsors help, we are making a difference in the lives and the futures of our Bamboo Babies!" Email me if you want to join our growing PRO family at diana@pearlriveroutreach.org.

TINA JI, LLM

JD, Peking University; LLM, University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. She has worked in the adoption field since 1992, first with Children's Hope International in St. Louis, and for the past 10 years with Families Thru International Adoption (FTIA). Ms. Ji also developed humanitarian programs in China. In 2001 she started a foster care program in China which currently trains foster parents to care for over 100 children in non-institutional settings. She has also led efforts to help many orphanages improve conditions for the children, including provision of medical care. She is active with Joint Council on International Children's Services and has also been substantially involved in the Hague Treaty and compliance issues for U.S. agencies.

CHRISTINA ROSS, R.N., B.S.N.

Obtained her B.S.N. from Mount Carmel College of Nursing in 1997. Christina has developed material and conducted specialized training focused on child growth and development, and has helped to establish foster care and nurturing programs in many of China's Social Welfare Institute's. Christina currently works as a Registered Nurse with special needs children in her community and has done so for the past 11 years.

STACY L. SCUDDER, D.O.

Earned her Doctor of Osteopathy from Ohio University of Osteopathic Medicine in 1997. Dr. Scudder did both her internship and residency at Doctor's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio with a specialty in pediatrics. Including her residency, Dr. Scudder has worked in pediatric and family osteopathic medicine for 9 years.

MA YIYI (JULIE MA)
Julie Ma resides in Beijing, China. She graduated with her MBA from Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing, China) in 2006. She has also worked in the adoption field since 2001. In the first nine years, Julie Ma was a China coordinator for Families Thru International Adoption (FTIA) where she worked extensively with the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) and coordinated all agency foster care programs. Julie Ma joined Pearl River Outreach Inc. in January 2010 and is responsible for coordinating PRO's three foster care programs. She has enjoyed working with the new team and is grateful to all the individuals who have opened their hearts and lent a helping hand to China's orphans. Julie Ma remains committed to her contribution in the years to come.