About Open Arms Surrogacy & Egg Donation
Open Arms Surrogacy & Egg Donation is a boutique, heart-centered surrogacy and egg donor agency based in Sarasota, Florida. Founded in 2003 by Souad Dreyfus, Open Arms Surrogacy & Egg Donation supports intended parents, gestational surrogates, and egg donors throughout the United States and works with intended parents from around the world.
Meet the Woman Who Started It All
Souad Dreyfus
Founder & CEO
Souad began her career working alongside a fertility specialist, where she saw how essential practical guidance and emotional support are to a well-supported family-building experience. She founded Open Arms Surrogacy & Egg Donation to create a more human, more attentive agency model, one built around relationships as much as logistics.
Today, Open Arms Surrogacy & Egg Donation provides matching, journey coordination, communication support, and logistical guidance for surrogacy and egg donation journeys. Our multilingual team works in collaboration with qualified fertility clinics, independent reproductive attorneys, mental health professionals, insurance and escrow professionals, and other specialists as appropriate to the journey.
Read Her Full Story
A boutique agency by design.
Open Arms Surrogacy & Egg Donation was built to provide the kind of coordination that can be difficult to deliver at scale. Our team focuses on thoughtful matching, responsive communication, consistent journey coordination, and relationships that remain personal from the first conversation through the final stages of the journey.
What Open Arms Surrogacy does, and what our professional partners do
Open Arms Surrogacy & Egg Donation coordinates the agency and relationship side of a journey: education, matching, communication, scheduling, documentation, logistics, financial coordination, and ongoing support.
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Fertility clinics direct medical care.
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Independent reproductive attorneys provide legal advice.
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Other qualified professionals support insurance, escrow, psychological screening, and related needs.
Keeping those roles clear helps families, surrogates, and donors know where to turn for the right guidance.
Our Team
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Yanet Rodriguez
Senior Journey Coordinator | Spanish-Speaking Clients
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Chelsea Busch
Journey Coordinator
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Kayla Holmes
Journey Coordinator
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Leah Rivera
Intake & Outreach Coordinator
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Maya Dreyfus
Administrative Assistant
In the press
Women's Mag Why Women Choose Surrogacy—and the Difference They Make in Creating Families 
The Influential After 23 Years in Surrogacy, Here’s What Most People Never See 
Medium Souad Dreyfus Built a Surrogacy Agency Around One Simple Idea: People Come First 
Sarasota Magazine Discover the Power and Intimacy of Surrogacy and Egg Donation 
The KNOW Women Juggling Business and Family: Strategies for Female Entrepreneurs 
RHStv Open Arms Surrogacy & Egg Donation Founder Featured on RHStv 
88.5 WMNF Financial, Emotional & Legal Issues of Surrogacy Testimonials
Stories From the Open Arms Community
Surrogate
Each coordinator exceeded my expectations.
I am a surrogate and didn’t know what to expect from this experience. Open Arms has guided me through each step with compassion, knowledge and experience.
Intended Parent
The owner goes above and beyond.
Everything is handled with the utmost care, from step one to bringing another human into this world. Place your trust in this amazing outfit.
Egg Donor
They have always been so caring and sweet to me.
I have done three donations with them. They have always been so caring and sweet to me.