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Staff Profiles
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St. Louis Office |
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History and
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Board Members |
Dwyatt Gantt
Executive
Director |
Nothing I have ever done has been more fulfilling
than to see a child that needs a home find a home
that needs a child. And we see it happen
many hundreds of times each year. God
has wonderfully blessed us and allowed us to be in the very
forefront of international adoption. Annually we assist
about 800 families all over the United States and other
countries as well to adopt that wonderful child that seems so
especially made for them. It is to us a position of trust and
responsibility - a sacred trust to us which prescribes the
way we must carry on this work. With
integrity and service. There is a saying emphasizing the necessity
of walking on two feet. Our two feet are giving homes to children
who can be adopted and health and hope to those who cannot. We
are happy to be partners with you in either
of these. |
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Melody Zhang
Associate Director |
Note:
Melody was recently featured in the
Winter 2006
edition
of Washington University's Alumni Magazine.
Click Here
Melody was born
in China, raised in Beijing and had been involved with China
adoptions before the beginning of Children's Hope
International / China's Children Division
in 1992. Since 1993 she has given vigorous
and compassionate leadership to
Children's Hope
as Associate Director in St. Louis while traveling
frequently to China as well as Russia, Thailand,
Guatemala and Colombia. Because of her fervent
compassion for children that are older or with special
medical needs, literally hundreds of such children have been
adopted and found loving homes. She is
equally well known for the love and attention she
gives to "our" adoptive families. Even
while working full-time at Children's Hope, Melody completed her MSW at George Warren Brown School of
Social Work in Washington University in St. Louis.
Melody is fully and passionately involved in every
aspect of the work - including foster care and Helping
Hands projects in China and everywhere there is an
opportunity. She and her husband Kevin are
parents of three adopted teenagers and two biological
daughters. Melody and Kevin and their children are
living in Beijing for a period of time to oversee the
growing work of adoption and aid in China. |
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Jessica Hill
Executive
Assistant
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In April 2006 Jessica came to Children’s Hope International with
two years of experience in Children’s Ministry from First
Christian Church in Washington, a BS in Christian Education and an AS
in Intercultural and Urban Missions from St. Louis Christian
College.
Married in May 2004, she
and her husband call St. Louis home. “It has taken me a long time to
realize that being a missionary is not just going overseas but a
lifestyle. I feel very blessed that I have a job that is making a
difference in this world,” she says. Jessica is an assistant to the
executive and associate directors and serves as a contact for the
Board of Directors.
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China Program
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Ann Tollefson
Adoption Services Director
China
Program Director |
Ann has been involved with
Children’s Hope since 1996 when she began volunteering and,
in 2000, Children’s Hope families forged a keen relationship
with her as she moderated all of our Yahoo groups, answering
questions and concerns around the clock. After serving as
Operation Manager in 2005, Ann took on the integral role of
China Program Director and most recently the additional
responsibility of Adoption Services Director.
Ann is a St. Charles, MO native
and holds a BS in Mathematics and BS in Computer Science
from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO. She and her
husband Kevin have been blessed with four wonderful
Children’s Hope children: Mary (adopted in 1996 from China),
Sophie (adopted in 1998 from India), Peter (adopted in 2000
from Vietnam), and Andrew (adopted in 2001 from Vietnam and
a Children’s Hope waiting child). Ann is thankful to be in a
position to show her gratitude by helping other Children’s
Hope families know the same joys of parenting she has come
to experience.
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Karolyn Tucker
Travel Director |
Karolyn is married to Michael
and the mother of Michele and Mia, both adopted from China.
Shortly after adopting Michele in 1995, Karolyn began
working for Children's Hope and is a senior Children's Hope staff member. Karolyn has experience in dossier preparation, the
waiting process and post-adoption paperwork such as adoption
legalization and citizenship. At this time, Karolyn is concentrating her efforts on
working with families in the travel stage. |
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Leslie Broome
Administrative Coordinator |
Leslie joined Children’s Hope in June
2004. She serves in all aspects of the adoption process and is also
a part of the Waiting Children Program. Before coming to Children’s
Hope, Leslie spent fifteen years working for a national retail
chain, and several years before working for a partner in a large
accounting firm. Though she enjoyed both jobs, nothing compares to
working for Children’s Hope. “There isn’t a day that goes by that I
don’t praise God for placing me with a group of people who have such
a heart for children so desperately in need of help.”
Leslie and her husband Gary live in St. Louis and have two
children—Erin, 19, and David, 16. |
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Roxanne Wang
China Team |
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Tina Qualls
Program Coordinator |
Tina started as a volunteer in
August of 1996 while waiting to adopt Tori from China. She
became a permanent employee in September of 1997 as Children's
Hope accountant, having 20 years of experience in the field.
Beginning in the year 2000, she became an integral part of the
China team, coordinating and promoting the adoption of older
children and children with special needs, assisting families
in preparing their paperwork, preparing referrals, answering
inquiries and assisting with travel preparations. In 2002,
Larry and Tina adopted Eli from the China waiting children’s
program. Tina says, I feel that working for Children’s Hope is
my mission field. Seeing children find a home is one of God’s
greatest gifts to me. |
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Christina Ortwein
Adoption
Social Worker |
Christina is from the St. Louis
area and joined Children’s Hope International in November of
2004. She is a Social Worker for the China program and
completes home studies and post adoption reports for
families in Missouri, in addition to many other tasks that
need to be completed for adoptive parents in the process.
She completed her Bachelors of Social Work from University
of Missouri - St. Louis and attained her Masters Degree in
Social Work from Saint Louis University in December of 2002.
Christina has been working in the field of social work since
1999. Prior to working in the field of international
adoption, she worked with “at risk” youth, impoverished
families, and children in the foster care system.
Christina was thrilled to work in the field of international
adoption, which has been a long time dream. She looks forward to
working with adoptive families in the future and is committed to the
Children’s Hope mission of “Homes, Health and Hope for Children in
Need.” |
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Rebecca Davis
Adoption Social Worker |
Rebecca joined the Children’s
Hope team in May of 2004. She was born and raised in East
Prairie, Missouri, and moved to the St. Louis area in
October of 2001 to pursue her graduate degree in Social
Work. Rebecca graduated with her Bachelor of Social Work
degree in December of 1998 from Southeast Missouri State
University and earned her Master of Social Work degree from
Saint Louis University in December of 2004. Rebecca has
eight years of experience in the social work field and has
worked in a variety of practice settings. Prior to joining
the Children's Hope team, she worked with children and families through
the Department of Mental Health and served as a Disability
Counselor. Rebecca is currently a Social Worker in China
Program and responsible for assisting families in the pre
and post adoption phase of their adoption. This includes
assisting families through the home study process and
following up with families in the post adoption phase.
Rebecca says she is blessed to be part of the wonderful Children’s
Hope mission of providing homes to children at risk through out the
world. She looks forward to her future with Children’s Hope and is
committed to bringing families together. |
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Ethiopia
Program |
Sharon Turner
Program Director |
Sharon has been involved in adoption
since she was a teenager as an adoption advocate. Later she served
as a speaker for various adoption workshops and support groups. She
felt the call of God on her life to adopt when she was only 12 years
old.
In
July 2005, Sharon began volunteering with Children’s Hope, lending
that passion, and was hired first as a receptionist, then with the
China and Vietnam Programs, and now as the Director of the Ethiopia
program. She attended college in Baltimore, Maryland where she was
born and raised. Later she saw firsthand the plight of homeless
children and impoverished families through 21 years of travel as a
flight attendant.
Sharon is the loving mother of biological daughter, India (19) and
adoptive children Anuradha from Bombay, India (12) and Asha from New
Delhi (10) |
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Toni
Lynch
Adoption Consultant |
Toni Lynch
joined Children's Hope in November 2005 as a receptionist,
but quickly worked her way up through the China department
and now on to become the Adoption Consultant for the
Ethiopia Program as of 2008. Toni earned her current
position by volunteering for an extended mission trip to
Ethiopia and working with the poorest of the poor as well as
lepers and HIV+ victims in Addis Ababa in the summer of
2007. Prior to 2005, Toni was a fulltime mother, a private
caretaker for the elderly and was a huge advocate for the
homeless in the 5 states she lived in. “I have always had a
heart for kids and had been praying for an opportunity to
join God in His work helping children. I wanted to focus the
remainder of my life on something of much greater value and
importance: creating hope and a future for an orphan. I
truly believe He led me to CHI as a result of that prayer.
CHI has become a huge part of my life. It is not just a job
for me…it is family, my passion, my heart and I truly
believe in the work we do here everyday!” Off campus Toni is
a single mother of three teenagers and is actively involved
in their sporting aspirations. |
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Kazakhstan
Program |
Karen Carnesciali
Program
Director |
Karen joined
Children’s Hope International in 2005 and spent more than
two years on the Russia Team helping to unite families with
children in Russia. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Russian
Studies, and prior to coming to Children’s Hope worked as a
Russian Specialist for the U.S. Department of Defense. Karen
is married and has three teenage children.
Karen says, “I
believe that communication with my families is vital and I
strive to give them the customer service that I would want
to receive. It is a privilege to get to know my adoptive
families and help them to bring home their blessing from
abroad!”
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Anna
Rister
Liaison for
Russia-Kazakhstan |
Anna is a native of
Saint-Petersburg, Russia where she worked as an interpreter
and supervisor for a non-profit organization that worked
with children in orphanages and the elderly.
“I have seen how kids live
in orphanages and I know how much they appreciate even a
little bit of attention,” Rister said. “I am proud to work
with Children's Hope to help the little ones find loving
homes.” Rister is married to her husband, Sean and has lived
in the United States since September, 2003. She has received
her bachelors in Database Processing and Management, from
Saint Petersburg College and then went on to work on her
Masters Degree in International Economic Relationship at
Saint Petersburg University.
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Jeff
Morris
Kazakhstan/Russia
Program Coordinator
Social Worker |
Jeff joined Children’s Hope in November
of 2006. He is currently working on his Master in Social Work degree
from Saint Louis University. Previously, he received his bachelor’s
degree in social work from Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville. Jeff has extensive experience working with children
through church volunteer work, various youth mentoring programs, and
most recently he served as a child welfare specialist for the state
of Missouri. Jeff is the proud father of a girl adopted from
Children’s Hope Russia Program. Through his personal experiences,
Jeff has developed a strong interest and passion for international
adoption.
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Russia Program
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Yuri Kudinov
Russia Program /
Humanitarian Aid Director
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Yuri and his family arrived in
St. Louis from Siberia in September, 1998. He started in
Children’s Hope’s Russian adoption program six months after
coming to America. In October, 2003 Yuri became the Director
of Development Aid for all the countries Children's Hope serves.
His
heart for the plight of the orphan finds its roots in his father’s
childhood in an orphan house during WWII. After earning a degree in
history from Tomsk State University, Yuri founded the first
nonpolitical children's organization registered in The Soviet Union,
The Tomsk Hobbitt-Center, which now serves more than 3700 children.
He also worked as the executive director of the International
Federation of Children's Organizations in Moscow.
Yuri
and his wife Olga, have two children and live in St. Louis.
Click here for more about
CHI Humanitarian Aid |
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Janiece Wieschhaus
Program Coordinator
Southern Illinois
Child Welfare Supervisor
Director
of LCSW Supervision |
Janiece
joined the Children's Hope family in June of 2004 and
brought with her six years of experience in international
adoption. Her work is very close to her heart as Janiece and
her husband Neal adopted two of their three children from
Russia. She feels incredibly blessed and honored to work in
the area of international adoption. “I love seeing the Lord
work in the lives of these precious children and families!”
says Janiece. |
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Arati Maleku
Russia and Nepal Team Social Worker
Program
Coordinator |
Born and raised
in Nepal, Arati comes to
Children's Hope with a strong background of
social work in developing countries. Arati joined the
Children's Hope
Russia team in June 2004. She is also working with our Nepal
program and is the contact person for this developing program
in our St. Louis office.
Arati received her Master's Degree in Social Work from
Washington University in St. Louis and her Bachelor’s Degree
in Social Work from St. Xavier’s Campus, Kathmandu,
Nepal. Before coming to the US in 2002, she worked with
children and families including street children, at-risk
children, and mentally challenged children. She has
several publications in the area of women and children in
Nepal. During her undergraduate education in social work in
Nepal, she explored and savored the prospect of working as a
radio journalist. She also developed and broadcast several
public service announcements and radio programs on
contemporary social issues.
She has a strong interest in international adoption issues.
Arati is happy to be a part of the
Children's Hope family dedicated to
promote the lives of at-risk children throughout our world.
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Marilyn
Muegge
Russian/Kazakhstan Administrative Assistant |
Marilyn joined the Children’s
Hope team in May 2006. Her background includes positions in the
international corporate, legal, and non-profit fields, most recently
the Center for Conservation at Missouri Botanical Garden. Marilyn
earned her MA in Spanish from St. Louis University, has studied in
Spain and Mexico, and traveled in Europe extensively. She has taught
classroom Spanish and enjoys tutoring. Her passions are
international culture/travel and volunteering for Birthright, the
St. Louis Crisis Nursery and Ranken Jordan Pediatric Rehab Center.
“I feel privileged to be part
of a distinguished and dedicated team serving Children’s Hope
mission to unite children and loving families!” |
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Marti
Jennings
Program Coordinator
Social Worker |
Marti joined the Children’s
Hope team in May 2006. She has a Bachelor in Social Work
from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. She brings
seven years of experience as Deputy Juvenile Officer for the
Family Court of St. Louis County working with at risk
teenagers and their families; she specialized in the area of
juvenile delinquency. Marti is excited to be a member of the
Russia team and is looking forward to working closely with
families in their adoption journey.
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Rebecca Bain
Program Coordinator
Social Worker |
Rebecca first came to Children’s Hope
in October of 2003 to coordinate our humanitarian aid projects. She
then took a two-year leave of absence to attend graduate school at
Baylor University in Texas, where she received her Master’s in
Social Work, with a concentration in clinical practice with children
and families. While in school, Rebecca spent time working both in
domestic adoption and in crisis intervention/ family preservation
services.
In
May of 2006, Rebecca returned to Children’s Hope to help develop the
new Orphan Sponsorship program before joining the Russia Team as an
Adoption Consultant. She feels blessed to work with such a dedicated
and committed staff and to be a part of Children’s Hope’s work in
the lives of children around the world.
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Vietnam
Program |
Nicky Losse
Program Director
Social Worker |
Nicky
received her master's degree in Social Work in 1997 from St.
Louis University. Nicky and her husband Mike were married in
1996. She says about herself: "I was originally drawn to
work in adoption because I myself am adopted. I think
adoption is a wonderful gift to a child and I know there are
many children out there that are waiting for families."
Nicky has worked at
Children's Hope
since 1997 and she is the director
of the Vietnam program. Other duties include completing home
studies and post placement visits for families who are
adopting in the St. Louis area. Nicky has traveled to
Vietnam many times for her work at
Children's Hope. She has fallen in
love with the children and country of Vietnam. Nicky and her
husband Mike have two biological children, Taylor and Jack. |
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Pam Bischoff
Adoption Consultant
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Pam
has been with Children’s Hope International since 1999 and has been
fortunate to work at several different jobs since then. When she
applied for a job in the China Program, she was actually hired as
the PR and Web Coordinator since this was her background for 20+
years. After this project for one year, there was a need for
additional staff in the Russia program working with adopting
families. For 4 years she enjoyed working with the families to
prepare their dossier, assisting in travel and working with the
Operation Hope Program and Waiting Children.
In
December, 2004 Pam joined the China Team and
helped with the Waiting Children and in January, 2007 consented to
join the Vietnam team to assist the great number of families who
have applied to adopt there.
Two
beautiful daughters adopted from China in 1996 and 1998 are the
light of her life. Pam is well aware of all the obstacles that
families have to go through for successful international adoption. |
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Angie Thorn
Adoption Consultant |
Angie joined the
Children’s Hope team in January 2006. She has a BA in Psychology
from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She assists families in
all levels of the
adoption process, but focuses on reviewing dossiers for submission,
keeping track of the waiting list and processing families’
referrals.
She
and her husband Tim have been married since 1994, and they adopted
their daughter Rachel from China through Children’s Hope in 2004.
They are currently waiting for their referral of a second child from
China.
Angie
says, “I was first touched by adoption through our daughter Rachel.
I now feel blessed to be a part of helping other parents and
children form forever families.” |
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Social Services |
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Nichole Nymoen Deal
Social Services Director
Colombia Program
Social Worker |
Nichole joined the Children’s
Hope Russian Team in February 2001 as a Program Coordinator and
later served as
Director of the Russia Program. Since 2005, she took
leadership instead as the Social Services Director. In
addition she is now the main contact and social worker in
the St. Louis office serving Colombia families and completes
home studies for the Vietnam and Russia programs per diem.
Nichole came to us with many years of professional experience
working both in domestic adoptions and with children and families,
including at-risk, abused and neglected children. She has a Masters
Degree in Social Work from the University of Missouri – Columbia.
Nichole also has a lot of personal experience in adoption as well,
as she was adopted domestically at the age of 2 months. Nichole’s
parents were always very open with her about her adoption and
therefore adoption has been a positive part of her life. Nichole
loves working in a field that is so near and dear to her heart! She
is very happy to be a part of such a wonderful organization helping
to create forever families, just like her own!
Nichole is married and has two children.
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Julia Wheeler
Adoption
Counselor |
Julia is our counselor
conducting home studies in Southern Illinois for the China
and Vietnam programs. Originally from Dixon, IL (the
hometown of Ronald Reagan!), Julia earned a BA in Biology
and Psychology from Greenville College and an MA in
Counseling and Family Therapy from Saint Louis University.
She joined the ranks of Children’s Hope in July 2005.
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Erin Tilly
Adoption Social Worker |
Erin Tilley was born and raised
in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in
Sociology. She moved back to St. Louis to attend the School
of Social Work at Saint Louis University, graduating in
August 2006 with a Master of Social Work degree. She is
currently helping to create forever families through her
work in the Vietnam and Ethiopia programs, as well as
assisting Children’s Hope International on the Social
Services team. |
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Development
Aid |
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Yuri Kudinov
Russia Program /
Humanitarian Aid Director
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Yuri and his family arrived in
St. Louis from Siberia in September, 1998. He started in
Children’s Hope’s Russian adoption program six months after
coming to America. In October, 2003 Yuri became the Director
of Development Aid for all the countries Children's Hope serves.
His
heart for the plight of the orphan finds its roots in his father’s
childhood in an orphan house during WWII. After earning a degree in
history from Tomsk State University, Yuri founded the first
nonpolitical children's organization registered in The Soviet Union,
The Tomsk Hobbitt-Center, which now serves more than 3700 children.
He also worked as the executive director of the International
Federation of Children's Organizations in Moscow.
Yuri
and his wife Olga, have two children and live in St. Louis.
Click here for more about
CHI Humanitarian Aid |
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Valerie Trim
Sponsor &
Donor Relations Manager |
Valerie discovered her passion
for helping people at a very young age. Throughout the
years, she has contributed much time and effort to
charitable organizations around the world. However, she
wanted to do more.
After
working in the airline industry for almost six years, Valerie
decided to follow her heart and, through Children’s Hope in 2005,
she began focusing on helping children around the world full-time
serving as the point person for the Orphan Sponsorship Program.
Having earned a BS in Business Administration with a specialization
in International Business from Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville, Valerie plans to continue her education and study of
countries and cultures around the world.
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Linda Dahlgren
Foundation Fundraising
& Development Officer |
As a teenager in 1988, Linda
spent two weeks touring what was then the Soviet Union. The
trip introduced her to the joy of meeting people from other
cultures and learning how amazing and different life can be
in other parts of the world.
She
earned a degree in Anthropology with a minor in Linguistics at
UM-Columbia, and began her career in non-profit agencies by building
individual and corporate memberships at the World Affairs Council of
St. Louis. Soon after, she joined the staff of the Council’s
Community Connections Program (CCP), working under Dr. Tanya Yurlova
to develop internships, homestays, and cultural programs for
visiting entrepreneurs and professionals from Russia and Belarus.
She traveled to Russia in 1999 and 2001 to participate in follow-up
conferences for CCP Alumni.
Linda
left the Council in 2002 for a career track that focused on
fundraising and grants, securing more than $1.4 million in public
and private funding for several local human service agencies.
Now
life has come full circle and she is unabashedly thrilled to once
again be involved in international work. Most importantly, however,
she is contributing to Children’s Hope extraordinary efforts to
improve the lives of orphans around the world. |
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Chris
Havron
Financial Coordinator |
This Granite City native welcomes in
Children’s Hope humanitarian aid, recording and updating all our
financial records. Chris earned his BS in Finance at Southern
Illinois University of Edwardsville in 2006 and is now engaged to be
married to fiancé Teri. The lucky couple is already parents to two
Chihuahuas Lucy and Gizmo. Chris loves baseball; the Cardinals are
his #1 team.
“God
has blessed my life very much and has shown me the path here to
Children’s Hope. I love everything about this organization and hope
to spend many years of my life serving God’s children.” |
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Michelle Howdeshell
Community and
Church Relations |
Michelle Wehde Howdeshell
started working for Children's Hope International in 1997 as the
Guatemala Program Director. She has a Bachelor of Social Work from
the University of Missouri. Michelle has always had a love for
children, being one of seven children herself, and now with
twenty-five grandchildren in her family. Her love for international
work started after a mission trip to Haiti where she worked in
orphanages and homes for dying children. Michelle states, "I
remember holding that first baby, on my first day in the orphanage;
I immediately knew how deep my love for orphans really was!"
In 2003, Michelle turned her attention to Children's Hope's
humanitarian aid, and is now working to coordinate Church and
Community Relations. Michelle is the person who answers any of your
questions regarding sponsorship and who calls you to become a
"Sponsorship Volunteer"!
Michelle states, "Children's
Hope International has become a huge part of my life. It is not just
a job to me. It is my family, my passion, my heart. I truly believe
in our mission and our work and I thank God everyday for giving me
such a gift—the gift of being a part of His work!"
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Andrei
Skurtu
International Programs Director |
Andrei was born
in Kishinev, Moldova, which is currently a country of about 4
million people and formerly one of the fifteen republics comprising
the Soviet Union. His family moved to the United States in 1992,
and St. Louis has been his home ever since. Andrei’s educational
background includes a degree from Washington University where he
double-majored in International Relations and History. Prior to
coming to
Children's Hope
as Operations Manager in February, 2006, Andrei worked
in Private Client Services for Morgan Stanley and later participated
in the creation of a small real-estate redevelopment company.
Currently Andrei is part of the Orphan Sponsorship department where
he is responsible for International Programs. |
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Public
Relations/Outreach |
Cory
Barron
Outreach Director |
Born and
raised in Kansas, Barron was a television-journalist for over
20 years. From 1995 until 2003 he was the morning and
noon weather anchor for KMOV-TV in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior
to his position in St. Louis, from 1991 to 1995, he was the
noon and five p.m. weather anchor for KWCH-TV in Wichita,
Kansas. And from 1984 to 1991, Barron was a feature reporter
and the 5/6 & 10 weekday weather anchor at KFSM-TV in Fort
Smith, Arkansas.
Barron is an adoptive parent of twin girls from China. He and
his wife Marlene adopted through Children’s Hope International
in 1999.
http://www.childrenshope.com/Barrons.htm
Read all about the Barron’s miracle adoption.
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Jennifer Newcomb
Communications Coordinator |
Jennifer
recently joined the staff of Children’s Hope in winter 2006
to write for the Children’s Hope Newsletter and provide
web/print content and editing. She came to St. Louis from
Illinois to complete a BS in Communications and a Writing
Certificate at Missouri Baptist University, where she later
served in the Office of Public Relations. After pursuing a
desire to travel with Doctors without Borders, Jennifer has
found within Children’s Hope an avenue to write about both
the struggles and the victories of orphaned children
worldwide.
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Jennifer Chavis
Outreach Coordinator |
Jennifer is Outreach
Coordinator for Western Missouri, Southern Illinois and
Indiana families. She
reaches out to singles and couples interested in
international adoption. You’ll find her friendly face at
information meetings, community outreach/cultural events and
conferences. A Texan born and raised, Jennifer earned her
Associates from Midwestern State University and has
experience as a Marketing Consultant. She and husband Cliff
are parents to two sons Brayden, 7, and Jackson, 2.
“I have always had a passion to help children, and can only
be so blessed to share my enthusiasm with others by working
at Children's Hope International; an agency that has
complete integrity and truly is an organization that gives
hope to children.” |
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Administration |
Gloria
Akers
Director of Intake |
Gloria is one of
our senior staff |
