About Hope Surrogacy

We believe it’s possible. We’re here to give you hope.

Hope Surrogacy is a full-service surrogacy agency skilled at helping you navigate your path to parenthood.

Located in Madison, Wisconsin with a satellite office in Excelsior, Minnesota, we work with intended parents in Wisconsin and Minnesota as well as throughout the country and around the world. Our surrogates come from the friendly Midwest states of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

As experienced, committed surrogacy professionals, we are experts in all aspects of the surrogacy process. Our greatest joy is helping people grow their families.

Our Mission

At Hope Surrogacy we carefully match intended parents with gestational surrogates. We coordinate the entire surrogacy process from matching to facilitating the important legal, medical, mental health, and financial components of a surrogacy matter. Our team is committed to supporting our clients throughout the surrogacy process.

“The Hope women are just wonderful. They’re one of a kind at Hope Surrogacy. We just adore them. And we go visit them randomly and I do because we live so close.”

– Lauren-Surrogate

Mary Murphey

Managing Director & Co-Founder

With 20 years of experience in the field of surrogacy, Mary is a trusted figure in the surrogacy community. She brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to both intended parents and surrogates alike and is committed to ethical practices and personalized care.

From the early days of her career to now she has been at the forefront of the advancement of assisted reproductive technology and has helped hundreds of people realize their dream of having a baby. Her work brings her a lot of joy.

Mary is an active member of the Society for Ethics & Egg Donation – www.seedsethics.org – having recently served for the past four years on the Education Committee as well as the Membership Committee. She has also been a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine – www.asrm.org – for the past 15 years.

When not at work, you can find Mary enjoying time with her husband of 35+ years and their two children (when their time allows) – Sarah, 31, and Graham, 29. A native of California, she travels frequently to the West Coast to visit beloved family and friends.

Please feel free to contact Mary at Mary@hopesurrogacy.com

Amy Kothe

Coordination Director & Co-Founder

Amy’s background is as a pediatric physical therapist concentrating in the special care/pediatric units in Chicago IL. She also worked as a PT in the Madison School District for four years.

Amy is honored to work with the Hope team to bring intended parents and surrogates together for their exciting surrogacy journey. She has gained an interest in social media and IT needs through the years and is happy to share her skills with Hope Surrogacy.

She is a member of the Mad-City Ski team and you can find her family and her at Law Park most summer nights.

She and her husband, John, who are both Badgers, returned to Madison in 2005. They have three daughters who are also graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Go Bucky!

Please feel free to contact her at Amy@hopesurrogacy.com

Krista Loye

Director of Finance and Administration

Krista is excited to take on the Director of Finance and Administration role with Hope Surrogacy. Krista’s background is in business administration and accounting, with a bachelor’s degree from Lakeland College and 20+ years in the legal industry. Joining Hope brings a new level of career fulfillment considering her journey to parenthood was filled with years of infertility, medical intervention, and loss. She hopes her perspective and personal story can be a source of hope and empathy for our clients.

Krista was born in California, coincidentally living in the same Los Angeles suburb as Mary. She moved to Wisconsin at a young age and is grateful for her midwestern upbringing. She and her husband, Jon, are busy raising their two miracles, Josephine & Ellisyn. They enjoy downtime in the Northwoods of WI at their family cabin.

Please feel free to contact her at Krista@hopesurrogacy.com

Katie Ellickson

Surrogate Advocate and Marketing

Katie was introduced to Hope Surrogacy in early 2021 when she was considering surrogacy. She quickly decided to move forward and delivered a baby boy for an incredible family in March of 2023. She found the experience to be fulfilling and she remains close with them.

Shortly after, she joined the Hope team as an advocate for surrogates. Witnessing the joy and fulfillment that surrogacy brings to families is what fuels her passion. She is dedicated to guiding and supporting surrogate mothers throughout their journey.

She has a background in management and lives in the Madison area. She has 3 boys—a set of twins and a singleton as well as a caring husband and a mini-Aussie (Tucker). Together, they enjoy exploring the Madison area, practicing yoga and vacationing in the tropics.

Please feel free to contact her at Katie@hopesurrogacy.com

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