Laureen “Toni” Ligon

Toni began her career at Spaulding in January 2024 as the Director of the AdoptUSKids Professional Leadership Development (APLD) Program. Toni, a native of Connecticut, has 30 years of experience in the Child Welfare field with a focus on Kinship, Foster Care, and Adoption. She started her career in 1994 at the State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families, where she built solid and trusting relationships with adolescents, medically complex youth, and their families, as well as foster, adoptive, and kinship families.

Over the course of her profession, Toni has lent her time and energy mentoring and coaching emerging professionals within (and outside) the State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families. She has been a mentor for AdoptUSKids Professional Leadership Development Program twice.

Toni earned a B.S. Degree in Communications from Southern Connecticut State University and an M.B.A. from the University of New Haven. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a member of The Girl Friends, Inc., and an Associate and Lifetime Member of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.

A married mother of two adult children, she resides with her husband in West Haven, Connecticut.