Meet the Team
Darlene Pinkerton
Co-Founder & President
Darlene Pinkerton is an innovator, entrepreneur and trailblazer in the world of gestational surrogacy and donor conception. Darlene started as a contract coordinator at husband Tom Pinkerton’s Reproductive Law Center. As one of the first families in the world to have a child via gestational surrogacy (daughter Kaitlin, born in 1990), Tom and Darlene’s personal experience led her to form A Perfect Match, one of the 1 st and leading surrogacy and egg donation agencies, based in San Diego.
Becoming a mother, first to Ty (who lived to be 43 and is the longest living lung recipient from a living donor (Darlene!) and then to Kaitlin, Darlene’s fierce determination to create families, empathy and 30-year career have led her to this moment – creating a new type of sperm donation experience for both donors and recipient parents.
Kaitlin Pinkerton-Locher
Co-Founder, CEO
Kaitlin oversees the daily operation of C2C and leads the private advertising campaigns for our clients.
The daughter of Co-Founder Darlene and reproductive attorney, Tom Pinkerton, Kaitlin truly is the origin story of Coast to Coast Donation. As the third person in the world to be born through gestational surrogacy, Kaitlin has used her entrepreneurial roots to forge Coast to Coast Sperm Donation into a new way of thinking about donor conception.
Kaitlin holds a BA from UCLA, a graduate degree from USC, and post grad training in Human Resources. Early in her career she managed an international consulting firm, before joining the family business at A Perfect Match. Kaitlin is married and has two wonderful children.
Dr. Grace Centola, Ph.D.
Tissue Bank Director
Dr. Centola is a national and internationally recognized specialist in clinic laboratory andrology and male fertility. She received a Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1978 and has been a significant presence in andrology for more than 30 years. Dr. Centola has served on the faculty of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Bethesda, MD), SUNY Upstate medical Center (Syracuse, NY), and the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY).
Dr. Centola was board-certified as a High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (H.C.L.D.), Clinical Consultant (CC) and Andrology Laboratory Director (ALD) by the American Board of Bioanalysis. Over her long career, she has served as the Laboratory Director and Tissue Bank Director for several major US Reproductive Tissue Banks. Her expertise is in in both science, and the regulatory aspects of reproductive tissue banks. Dr. Centola is a member of many national societies, served on many committees, and has authored and co-authored over 60 scientific papers and book chapters.
Sonia Belue
Sperm Donor Program Director
Sonia oversees all aspects of our matching program – from donor recruitment to making amazing connections between donors and intended parents. A mom of four, Sonia worked for many years in end-of-life hospice care before embarking on a career in third party fertility in 2018. She is a certified Pharmacy Technician and holds an Associates in Medical Administration. Sonia’s empathy for her clients stems from a desire to ‘put the puzzle pieces together so they can have a peaceful experience’. She is a master of organization and her knowledge of third-party fertility ensures that everyone embarking on this journey feels supported and heard. Her favorite part of the job? Getting birth announcements and annual holiday cards from families and seeing the true joy that she has helped bring into the world.
Tina Barbagallo
Match Coordinator
Tina’s journey in the fertility world began in the 1990s when she became an egg donor. By 2002, she transitioned to the agency side, supporting donor and recipient intake, coordinating cycles, and ultimately finding her passion in matching—where she has spent decades helping build families with care and intention. With deep experience and a calm, compassionate approach, Tina brings a steady presence to every case. She is known for leading with empathy and guiding both intended parents and sperm donors through a process that can feel overwhelming, but also incredibly meaningful.
Brandy Rayfield
Donor Cycle Case Manager
Brandy is our Cycle Coordinator and case manager. She is a mom to 3 wonderful young men and acted as a gestational carrier for three families. Being a gestational surrogate made Brandy fall in love with the world of third party family building. Her attention to detail helps keep all of our donor cycles on track. In her spare time, Brandy and her husband can be found either at Disneyland or relaxing at home with their three dogs.
Michelle Laurie
Business Development and Marketing
Michelle leads our Business Development and Marketing teams, creating strategic partnerships and growth relationships. An early career in television news and documentary production, followed by an IVF journey led Michelle to an expertise in third party fertility. After working with a leading concierge service for over a decade, Michelle joined the Coast to Coast team in early 2024 to manage the launch of the program. She’s a prolific and enthusiastic volunteer with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and an avid hiker in the hills of Northern California.