At Family Source, we understand that as an LGBT individual or same-sex couple, the challenges you face on your path to parenthood are unique. Our expert team has the experience and knowledge to guide you every step of the way; in fact, approximately 50% of our Intended Parents are of the same sex. We have aligned ourselves with world-renowned family building partners to ensure your family building journey is as smooth as possible.
Daddy Bites provides an opportunity for gay and queer hopeful fathers to be guided through their family building plans by a panel of experts as well as engage directly with experienced surrogates and egg donors!
Emcee:
Butter McGhee
Celebrity Guest Speaker:
Jesse Tyler Ferguson joins us to share his story of his path to parenthood through surrogacy and egg donation. Jesse and husband Justin Mikita have two beautiful children, Beckett and Sullivan.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is a Tony-Award winning actor, author, producer, and host known not only for his creative work but, for his ongoing advocacy in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Expert Speakers:
Staci Swiderski, CEO & Founder, Family Source Consultants, known egg donor and mother through surrogacy
Dr. Guy Ringler, Reproductive Endocrinologist with California Fertility Partners
Rich Vaughn, Founding Partner and Attorney with International Fertility Law Group, father through surrogacy and egg donation
Joey Guzman-Kuffel, LMFT, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and Founder of Counseling with Joey, father through surrogacy and egg donation
Christopher Gao, Client Development Advisor, Family Source Consultants, LGBTQ+ Parent Advocate/Advisor
Joy Rejholec, Chief Administrative Officer, Family Source Consultants, former gestational surrogate
*Event is at no-cost to participants and includes drinks, food, and fun!
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Staci Swiderski, CEO and owner of Family Source Consultants, has been a prominent leader in reproductive medicine for over two decades. Through her strategic vision and dedication, she has developed Family Source Consultants into a globally recognized agency specializing in comprehensive egg donation and gestational surrogacy services. Under Staci’s leadership, the agency has become a trusted partner for intended parents, surrogates, and egg donors worldwide, known for its rigorous standards, compassionate support, and commitment to excellence in third-party reproduction.
Her professional insight is uniquely informed by her own family-building experiences. As an intended parent, Staci welcomed her son via gestational surrogacy in 2005, and as a known egg donor, she assisted an infertile couple in expanding their family. These experiences lend a rare depth to her leadership and have fueled her ongoing dedication to ethical, empathetic, and professional support within the field of reproductive medicine.