OUR STAFF

CEO

Tom Davis

Home Town: Dallas, Texas

Family: Emily (wife), Lena (25), Anya (22), Hayden (13), Gideon (10), Grace (8), Lilly (6), Hudson (4)

Pets: Bella – Golden Lab

Favorite Movies: The Pianist, Schindler’s List, Dear Frankie,

Favorite Books: Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, Can Man Live Without God, Orthodoxy, For the Life of the World

Favorite Music: Brian Doerksen, Coldplay, U2, Christmas Music!

Hobbies: Snowboarding, Fly-fishing, Watching my kids soccer, bball, football, and lacrosse games

Favorite personal item: My Apple Computer

What are you passionate about: The Kingdom of God, Orphans, widows, the poor, being a great husband and father

A little Known Fact About Yourself: A secretly desire to be a professional chef

What era do you wish you were from: Early 1900’s

COO

Bob Mudd

Home Town: Louisville, KY

Family: Wife Julie, Daughters Hanh and Claire, Sons Kelson, Pierce, Tate and Gage

Pets: Layla

Favorite Books: Mark Twain and CS Lewis

Favorite Movies: Do not have the attention span to watch a movie

Favorite Music: Spans the spectrum

Favorite TV shows: Basketball

Hobbies: Dates, Kids and Racquetball

Favorite personal item: iPhone and Sunglasses

What are you passionate about: Orphan Care, Family and Economics

A little Known Fact About Yourself: I was a terrible student

What era do you wish you were from: Today

Vice President - Advancement

Laura Fisher

Home Town: Tulsa, OK

Family: Rick (hubby), Christopher (18) and Haley (16)

Pets: Millie - the BEST Golden Retriever ever!  and Colbie - the 8-month old baby of the family striving to be the best Golden Retriever ever (ok, maybe not)

Favorite Movies: Sound of Music, Life is Beautiful, October Sky, Sahara, Toy Story (all 3 of them), Out of Africa

Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, Chronicles of Narnia, The Blind Side, Green Hills of Africa

Favorite Music: George Winston, Bebo Norman, David Crowder, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Colbie Caillat and good old-fashioned hymns!

Favorite TV shows: whatever the kids are watching

Hobbies: Skiing (downhill & back country), trail running/hiking, mountain biking, swimming, Climbing 14ers, cooking, piano

Favorite personal item:  a 10" thick,  large leather Bible from my husband's family that was inscribed to a "Mrs. Laura Fisher" in 1865!

What are you passionate about: responding to God's call to serve vulnerable children, orphans and widows living in poverty and to address related issues in the developing world;  my kids & extended family

A little Known Fact About Yourself:  I am a first-generation American

What era do you wish you were from: the here and now is wonderfully ordained, but I like to think I would have also enjoyed a more agrarian,simpler life circa late 1800s

Program Services Director

Steve Voyen

Home Town: Santa Barbara, California

Family: Miriam (wife), Grant (17)

Pets: Daisy Nela – Bassett Hound

Favorite Books: The Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, The Lord of The Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, Systematic Theology by Charles G Finney

Favorite Movies: Chariots of Fire, The Mission, Lord of the Rings, Casablanca, The Sting, Raising Arizona

Favorite Music: The Police, U2, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, Keith Green, The Eagles, Juan Luis Guerra

Hobbies: Hiking, Tennis, Photography, Foreign Affairs, College Football

Favorite personal item: Jeep Wrangler

What are you passionate about: God, Miriam, Grant, Children, The beauty to be found in the global community; people, places and cultures.

A little Known Fact About Yourself: I love to BBQ

What era do you wish you were from: Early 1800’s

Finance Director

Becky Kennedy

Home Town: Sheridan Lake, CO

Family: Erich

Pets: Rocky

Favorite Movies: Tombstone, Apollo 13, Shawshank Redemption

Favorite Music: Everything

Favorite TV shows: CSIs, Big Bang Theory

Hobbies: Cleaning, playing with puppy

Favorite personal item: Portrait of grandmother when she was 3

What are you passionate about: being the best aunt ever

A little Known Fact About Yourself: High School valedictorian of a class of 7

What era do you wish you were from: is and always will be an 1980's girl

Jack of All Trades

Matthew Monberg

Home Town:Fort Lauderdale, FL

Family:Married to Melodie and kids Caroline, Tobin & Desta

Pets: Jack Russell Terrier - Cody

Favorite Movies:Star Wars.

Favorite Music:Anything but country and Taylor Swift.

Favorite TV shows: 30 Rock. LOST. 24. The Office. Best Thing I Ever Ate.

Hobbies:Hiking. Computers. Reading. Anything with the kids.

Favorite personal item:Photo of me smoking a pipe with my dad when I was 5.

What are you passionate about:Family. Philanthropy. Matthew 25.

A little Known Fact About Yourself:I spilled wine on Jeb Bush's office carpet at a fundraising event.

What era do you wish you were from: The Future.

Director of Partner Relations

Ben Savage

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Family: Amy, Ella (7), Lily (5), and Tariku (4)

Pets: Chia Pet?

Favorite Books: Seven Storey Mountain, Foucault’s Pendulum, Streams of Living Water, Crazy Love, Enders Game … Bonheoffer, C.S. Lewis, Chesterton and so many others.

Favorite Movies: Lots… Before Sunrise, Waking Life, Memento, Chinatown, This is Spinal Tap

Favorite Music: Everything I can get my hands on, Jazz, Indie Rock, Funk...  Anything but Country

Favorite TV shows:  Bizarre Foods, Modern Family, Community, & Discovery Channel

Hobbies: Cooking and collecting old LP’s

Favorite personal item: Vintage tube amplified turn table.

What are you passionate about: Seeing broken children, families and communities made whole by the power of Christ’s unfathomable mercy and uncompromising justice. The fact that He wants us to play a part in this work in humbling and amazing!

A little Known Fact About Yourself: I once performed on the stage at Carnegie Hall in NYC.

What era do you wish you were from:  1880’s. ( I secretly want to be a cowboy in the old west.)

Strategic Partnership Director

Michael Vinson

Strategic Partnership Director

Home Town: Santa Maria, CA

Family: Married to Jodi. Three children: Max, Veronica, and AJ.

Pets: Ralphy and Mia

Favorite Movies: East of Eden, The Godfather, Lord of the Rings

Favorite Music: Anything honest

Favorite TV shows: ESPN

Hobbies: Watching our kids sports, reading, and history

Favorite personal item: My Erik Nording pipe

What are you passionate about: Christ and His gospel

A little Known Fact About Yourself: I once lived across the street from Bob Barker

What era do you wish you were from: Tomorrow

Communications & Development Manager

Hannah Eloge

Home Town: Tucson, Arizona.

Family: Husband Josh.

Pets: Duffy our Springer

Favorite Movies: Three Amigos. Waiting For Guffman. The Prestige. Moulin Rouge. Up. Follow That Bird. Big Fish.

Favorite Music: The Weepies. Brett Dennen. Jason Mraz. Sufjan. Duffy. Alexi Murdoch. Benjamin Taylor. Oh, and Justin Timberlake.

Favorite TV shows: 30 Rock. Ellen. Modern Family

Hobbies: Photography. Crafting. Design. Hopefully I will soon learn the pottery wheel.

Favorite personal item: D700

What are you passionate about: Africa. International Development. Chili’s Queso Dip.

A little Known Fact About Yourself: I've had dinner with Alice Cooper

What era do you wish you were from: 50’s. To attend the opening day of Disneyland.

Program Services Manager

Sarah Byrd

Home Town: Juneau, AK (but Colorado is my home!)

Family: Married to my wonderful husband Daniel with our twin boys, Elijah and Liam (born in September 2011)

Pets: Two dogs - Max and Haylee

Favorite Books: Too many to choose just one - Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers and many, many more...

Favorite Movies: Brokedown Palace, In Her Shoes, Shawshank Redemption, Elf, Swiss Family Robinson

Favorite Music: David Crowder Band, John Mark McMillan, Mumford and Sons, Anything early 90's, Jack Johnson, Counting Crows, Journey and lots more!

Favorite TV shows: Friends, The Office, and Modern Family…

Hobbies: Riding my bike with my husband and friends, eating/cooking meals with my family and friends, spending time outside

Favorite personal item: Pictures, blankets my grandmothers made for me, my "Friends" DVDs, "you catch more bees with honey" belt buckle

What are you passionate about: I believe that one person can make a lasting difference in the lives of those who are hurting by genuinely and respectfully modeling the love of Christ. I am passionate about the orphaned and advocating for people affected by disabilities. I care deeply about my family, friends, and good food!

A little Known Fact About Yourself: My nickname is "three-horn." It all started with me introducing myself to a small child. After I told her my name, she said "Oh...Sarah. Like the three horn?" (Referencing the triCERAtops on the movie, "Land Before Time.")

Program Manager

Michelle Helzer

Home Town: Guatemala City, Guatemala

Family: Sean, Ansel and Ale

Pets: None yet.

Favorite Movies: The Blind Side, The Incredible, Amazing Grace, Anna and the King, A Walk in the Clouds, Toy Story, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The King's Speech, Elizabeth, Freedom Writers.

Favorite Books: Cruciables or Leadership, Social Intelligence, A Woman According to God's Heart, How to Think Like Leonardo DaVinci, The Power of Full Engagement; The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord; Visioneering.

Favorite Music: FFH, SonicFlood, Jack Jacson, Alex Campos, Diego Torres, Marcela Gándara, , Hillsong, Chicago, 80's, Juan Luis Guerra.

Hobbies: Swimming, reading, serving people in need, decoration, cooking, tea time with friends, basketball, soccer.

Favorite personal item: My mom's 4th grade reading book, it has ink drawings, proverbs, quotes, and stories about wisdom.

What are you passionate about: God, my family, friends, children, helping people find their potential, learning, learning about different cultures.

A little Known Fact About Yourself: I love to go to basketball games, especially the playoffs

What era do you wish you were from: Here and now. Today is always a great opportunity to learn something new.

Partner Relations Coordinator

Juree Wilson

Home Town: Colorado Springs

Family: Just me and my God-sent Husband, David

Pets: Not yet, but someday a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Favorite Movies: Just about anything based on a classic novel

Favorite Books: Wuthering Heights, East of Eden, and Soul by Soul

Favorite Music: Andrew Peterson, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Radio Head, and a lot of Cold Play

Hobbies: Reading, anything in the mountains, and puzzles-don’t judge me

Favorite Personal Item: My hair pick, it may be “1980’s,” but I keep it with me at all times!

What are you passionate about: Loving people, serving them, making a difference in someone’s life, even if it seems insignificant in the world’s perspective

A little know fact about yourself: I met the lead singer to Radio Head when I was 15.

What era do you wish you were from: The 1920’s in England, during the rise of English Feminism—I would like to meet Virginia Woolf

Partner Relations Coordinator

Leah Wade

Home Town: Manitou Springs, Colorado

Family: Mom, dad, 1 sister

Pets: One cat, Sasha

Favorite Books: Screwtape Letters and The Hiding Place

Favorite Movies: Pride and Prejudice (The A&E 5 hour version is best!)

Favorite Music: I like almost any kind, something by Bebo Norman is probably my favorite.

Favorite TV shows: ?

Hobbies: Running, hiking, drinking coffee

Favorite personal item: I'm not sure

What are you passionate about: Helping children in need, especially orphans.

A little Known Fact about Yourself: My sister and I are identical twins, so she is only one minute older then me.

What era do you wish you were from: Probably the Victorian Era

Partner Relations Coordinator

Christopher Burley

Home Town: Colorado Springs

Family: Mom and Dad (Marie and Boyce), three brothers (Boyce, Robert, Paul), one sister-in-law (Bekah) and a nephew (Jayden)

Pets: none yet

Favorite Movies: Indiana Jones, Michael Collins, Spy Game, The Quiet Man, Star Wars (the original three), Casablanca

Favorite Books: The Count of Monte Cristo, Henri Nouwen, C.S. Lewis

Favorite Music: U2, Gregory Alan Isokov, Coldplay, Andrew Peterson, Sleeping At Last, Foy Vance, Ray LaMontagne,The Temper Trap and much more.

Hobbies: Trying to play guitar and figuring out how to take photos

Favorite personal item: Canon 450D, my Osprey bag

What are you passionate about: International Relations and Development, seeing a resolution to armed conflict, breakfast, spending time with people

A little known fact about yourself: I won first prize in a contest to guess how many Legos it took to build a giant hippopotamus when I was eight.

What era do you wish you were from: I'd say around the 1920s/30s, minus the whole depression bit that happened

Partner Relations and Communications Coordinator

Lorae French

Home Town: Sharon Springs, NY

Family: Mom and Dad (Diane and Andre), younger brother (Cameron), younger sister (Alyse), brother-in-law (Dylan), and dog-phew (Sully).

Pets: A puffy psycho cat named Dima

Favorite Movies: Dead Poets Society, Anne of Green Gables, Everything is Illuminated, The Family Man, Return To Me, To Kill a Mockingbird, Once, Fiddler on the Roof, The Tree of Life, Local Color, Martian Child, What About Bob, Rocky and so many more…

Favorite Books: My Utmost for His Highest, To Kill a Mockingbird, After God’s Own Heart, The Alchemist

Favorite Music: Delirious, The Swell Season, Barnaby Bright, Missy Higgins, Tina Dico, Hillsong United, Adele, and about a million more.

Hobbies: Live music, singing/songwriting, playing piano by ear, cooking, traveling, writing in almost any form.

Favorite Personal Item: My box of keepsakes from my time in Ukraine.

What are you passionate about: The power of the written word, justice, orphans.

A little known fact about yourself: I was very nearly arrested in a Ukrainian supermarket (totally not my fault!)

What era do you wish you were from: 1) the time of Christ or 2) the 1940s

New Partner/Vision Trips Coordinator

Nicole Irwin

Home Town: Huntington Beach, CA

Family: Brett (hubby) & two sons

Pets: two dogs: Copper & Aspen

Favorite Books: The Patron Saint of Liars, Safely Home, Everything Belongs, The Secret Life of Bees,

Favorite Music: U2, Bebo Norman, Cold Play, Fernando Ortega

Favorite TV shows: interesting reality shows

Hobbies: I love watching my boys play their sports: football, lacrosse and basketball. I also play soccer. I like to travel with my family.

Favorite personal item: robe

What are you passionate about: My family & things that bring balance and meaning to my life: family missions trips, serving the poor, loving the unloved.

A little Known Fact About Yourself: I married the boy next door

What era do you wish you were from: late 1950's early 1960's

Community Pages Manager

Teresa Brockway

Executive Assistant

Gail Wahl

Home Town: Colorado Springs

Family: Tom (Husband of 25 yrs) Ryan (19), Amanda (Pictured with Gail, 18), Luke (15)

Pets: Sandy (10)

Favorite Movies: Courageous!  I love things that inspire.

Favorite Books: Yada Yada Prayer Group Series.  Inspired my prayer life and desire to build into other women.

Favorite Music: Josh Groban; Chris Tomlin, Mercy Me

Hobbies: Reading when I have time, watching my children in sports and music, watching the Mentalist.

Favorite personal item: My Ryrie Study Bible I have had for 30 yrs.  When I open it I feel like I have “come home”.

What are you passionate about: Bringing awareness that not all are called to bring hurting children into their homes, but all are called to help.

A little known fact about yourself: I have four sisters (I’m 2^nd to the oldest) who are my absolute best friends.

What era do you wish you were from: NOW!

Sponsorship Data Manager

Emily Moore

Home Town: Omaha, NE

Family: Mom and dad and two older brothers and a handful of awesome friends.

Pets: None right now, unfortunately.

Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, Up, Inception

Favorite Books: Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Watchmen and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.

Favorite Music: Death Cab for Cutie, Mumford and Sons, Bethany Dillon, Steve Miller Band, Led Zeppelin, Brother Ali, and many, many more.

Hobbies: Snowboarding, watching football, reading, writing, attempting to be crafty, spending too much time on the internet

Favorite personal item: Pictures and my velcro shoes.

What are you passionate about: Bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to earth, history, restoration and learning.

A little known fact about yourself: I could probably name more UFC fighters than professional football players.

What era do you wish you were from: The Third Age