About Us
Bob and Pamela Hoch, are
co-founders and directors, The Rachel Foundation for Family Reintegration. Situated
in the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio, it provides residential
reintegration programs and other services to
reunite parents and children whose bonds have been damaged or destroyed by
abduction, alienation or estrangement.
The Rachel Foundation
collaborates with U.S. federal and state courts, the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children, the U.S. Department of State, Office of
Children’s Issues, the U.S. Department of Justice, Missing and Exploited
Children’s Division, law enforcement, Central Authorities in cases involving
the Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and
professionals in agency and private practice. Family court judges and agency
representatives from other countries recently visited Rachel House to learn
about Rachel programs and services to courts.
Pamela Siobhan Hoch, M.A., H. Dip. Ed., LPC-I., psychotherapist, counselor and
consultant, is the Rachel Foundation’s Volunteer Program Director. She is currently completing her doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy. For the past 20 years she has worked in Canada and the U.S., developing reintegration programs for parents and children separated by abduction and high-conflict divorce, work that has focused for the past ten years on her work at Rachel House. She has testified in federal and state courts in many jurisdictions as an expert in family reintegration. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s honored her with its “Award of Merit for Outstanding Commitment to the Protection of Children and International Child Abduction Issues." Bi-lingual in English and French, Pamela is a member of the
American Counseling Association, Texas Counseling Association, Texas Association of
Marriage and Family Therapists, the Scholastic Honors Society, and Chi Sigma Iota, the
international honors society for students, professional counselors and counselor educators. She is a member of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Family Advocacy Outreach Network (FAON) of specialized professionals who assist families in reunification and reintegration with their recovered abducted children. For a Curriculum Vitae, contact Pamela Siobhan Hoch.
Bob Hoch, M.A., serves the Rachel Foundation as its Volunteer Executive Director. Bob holds a Bachelors degree in International Relations and a Masters Degree in Economics from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio. He holds his Certification in Non Profit Management and Leadership from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and currently is pursuing Advanced Certification in the same at UTSA. Bob oversees the complex logistics that ensure the safe arrival of alienated or returning abducted children and their custodial parent, from within the U.S. and from abroad. He interfaces with law enforcement, courts and social services in federal, state and international jurisdictions. Using a methodology he designed for this purpose, Bob analyzes the demographics of divorce and alienation and prepares internal studies to estimate the number of families who experience high-conflict divorce throughout the United States. He also developed the methodology for estimating Rachel Foundation success rates.
Bob served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organizations (AMECO) from 2006 to 2010. AMECO is an international association funded by the United States Department of Justice, which provides a unified voice on issues related to missing and exploited children and their families, and nurtures credible, ethical and effective nonprofit member organizations. During this period, Bob chaired two AMECO committees and served as Vice President. In 2002, he was a guest at the White House
Conference on Missing and Exploited Children in Washington, D.C.
