Our reputable, talented Search Angels are among the top in their respective fields. We care about our clients and our community and will work tirelessly to achieve exceptional results for you.

Laura Olmsted
Laura is DNAngels’ Founder and Executive Director. She has more than a decade of experience in the high-paced world of Corporate Sales Management, where she won multiple awards for performance and technique. Laura also served …

Aimee Rose Haynes
Aimee is DNAngels’ Associate Director of Staffing and serves on the Board as Liaison to Staff, and she’s also a Lead Genetic Genealogist. Aimee comes to DNAngels with a medical background and was previously an …

Kelly Grace Hickey
Kelly Grace is DNAngels Associate Director of Administration and serves the Board as Secretary. She is a native of the Midwest, having grown up in Ohio and Wisconsin. She grew up knowing that she was …

Kate Penney Howard
Kate is the Director of Human Resources and Genetic Genealogist. She is a full-time pastor, wife, and mother. She is not an adoptee or NPE, but her generous spirit and talent for interpreting DNA started …

Heidi Keuper
Heidi is a Case Manager and Genetic Genealogist. Heidi is blessed to have her most pleasurable pastimes also become her life’s pursuit. She truly loves to search, then solve. She will diligently search until she …

Rachel Kiley Trout
Rachel is a Genetic Genealogist and Case Manager. She is a New England girl at heart, born and raised in a suburb of Boston. Rachel’s father was the youngest of 17 children born to two …

Ashlee Krump
Ashlee is a Search Angel and Research Team Lead. Ask her husband, sister, children, or nieces, and nephews, and they will tell you that Mommy/Auntie is always right! It’s not that she has to be right, …

Katharine Saunders
Katharine Saunders is a Search Angel and Assistant Team Lead for Research and is the third generation of women in her family to research her own family lines. Before the days of the internet, her …

Jennifer Schweibinz
Jennifer Schweibinz is a Genetic Genealogist. Jennifer found her love for Genealogy when she stumbled across an old family secret. As she rolled up her sleeves and tapped into her Jersey Girl stubbornness, she relentlessly worked …

Renee Kraft
Renee Kraft is the Project Manager for the Amerasian Program, helping children born to American Soldiers serving in Southeast Asia identify their American families. Renee became interested in genealogy at a very young age. She …

Monia Pezzi
Monia Pezzi is a Genetic Genealogist. Her special skill with DNAngels is identifing parents for adoptees. When she isn’t working on identifing biological parents, she serves as an Accounts Payable Specialist for a large nonprofit …

CIndy Olson McQuay
Cindy Olson McQuay is a Search Angel. Cindy was adopted at 3 months and has always known. She has always had the desire to know her story, identity, and medical history. Trying to get her …

Leeanne R Hay
DNAngels is pleased to welcome Leeanne R Hay to our team as a Brand Ambassador. She is the perfect partner to collaborate with for various projects to bring our dual message to our joint communities. …

Lara Schutlz
Lara Schultz is a Search Angel. Her interest in genealogy began in elementary school as she spent hours with her grandfather writing out her family tree and interviewing his very large Italian immigrant family. This …

Lauren Nicole
Lauren is a Search Angel and Intake Specialist. Her interest in genetic genealogy began with her own journey of searching for her biological father. She dove into this mystery head first and immersed herself into …

Amy Groessl
Amy Groessl is Search Angel. She grew up in rural West Michigan and has lived in Chicago for most of her adult life. As an adoptee, Amy became interested in researching her biological lineage as …

Kim Reichelt
Kim Reichelt is a Search Angel. By day, she is a management consultant who builds mathematical simulation models to solve strategic problems. This skill set served her well when she discovered genetic genealogy after her …

Linda Grinnell
Linda Grinnell is a Search Angel. She has been a genealogist since she was in her twenties and well before the advent of DNA testing. Since she had already helped a number of friends and …

Marcie Smith Garnett
Marcie Smith Garnett is a Search Angel. She has been researching genetic genealogy for over 30 years. A midwestern girl, Marcie is a 5th generation Nebraskan, with ties to the state since the 1870s. Her …