Brenda Krause Eheart

Brenda Krause Eheart, Ph.D., is executive director of generations of hope ("Hope"), a non-profit corporation dedicated to improving the lives of children through adoption and the establishment of caring intergenerational communities. Dr. Eheart is also the director of hope for the children research and policy Program in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and a Research Specialist with the Department of sociology at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. At the University, she seeks to connect social scientific research and policy studies with child development and successful aging in intergenerational neighborhoods. Dr. Eheart and Hope have received many honors including President Clinton's 2002 Excellence in Adoption Award (1998), the "Use Your Life Award" from Oprah Winfrey (June, 2000) and HUD's Regional Best Practices Award (2000). In 1996, Ted Koppel featured Dr. Eheart and Hope on Nightline. Her work has also been highlighted in The New York Times and other major newspapers as well as on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and PBS.