David Clark (Chair)

Rye Beach, New Hampshire

David is retired from a long business career, having served in various management roles. He is co-owner of two companies which manufacture commercial cabinetry and is active on several boards of directors. He attended Lehigh University for engineering and Boston University, where he earned an MBA.

Dave and his wife have two children and four grandchildren. They are members of and worship at Bethany Church in Greenland, New Hampshire. Dave enjoys travel, reading, woodworking, and spending time with his wife and family. 

Jordan Hoerl (treasurer)

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

Jordan currently serves as a Vice President for Water Island Capital, an institutional asset manager based in New York City that specializes in alternative investment strategies. He has worked for Water Island Capital since 2010.

Jordan was born and raised in Hockessin, DE and lived for many years in the Capital District of upstate New York. He graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Business Administration and later earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.

Jordan lives in Ho-Ho-Kus with his wife and their two children. He is an active participant in their church and has been able to serve on multiple mission trips over the years in the US, Africa, and Europe. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing soccer and basketball, and traveling.

Bria currently serves as an Administrative Law Judge at the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

Bria grew up in Albany, NY and earned her Bachelors of Arts from SUNY Albany in 2014.

She went on to earn her Juris Doctorate from New England Law | Boston in 2018.

Bria was named to the 2023 class of 30 Under 30 by the Buffalo Business Journal which is an award given to professionals under 30 years old based on their career achievements, leadership and initiative, community engagement and the nominee’s potential to become a community leader on a grand scale.

Bria currently lives in Buffalo, NY and serves on the board for Amherst Senior Transportation Services. She actively serves in the kids ministry at a local church in West Seneca, NY. In her free time she enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family, and doing her nails.

Bill Bryon

Newmarket, NH

During Bryon’s business career he purchased, built, and sold a weekly newspaper in Santa Rosa, CA, began business publications in Santa Rosa and Sacramento, and started Eastern Marketing Services (EMS), a direct-mail company in Durham, NH. For the past 26 years, EMS has helped independent retailers in New England communicate with the public through “shared mail," a direct-mail approach utilizing the sharing of postal expenses to reach zip codes of common interest.

A New Jersey native, Bill received a B.A. in Political Science from Earlham College in Richmond, IN, and pursued graduate studies in Public Administration at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX, and the University of Oklahoma. From 1969 through 1972, he served in the United States Air Force in Texas, Okinawa, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Now retired, Bill finds great pleasure in sharing time with his family, friends, and church and in pursuing life-long interests in gardening, reading, and travel. He attends Durham Evangelical Church in New Hampshire.

Gary Holmes

Kittery, Maine

Gary is a retired attorney of 50 years, who had a practice in New Hampshire focused in the areas of estate planning, asset protection, and charitable planning. Born and raised in Leominster, MA, Gary attended Boston University, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science and his law degree.

As support for his focus on estate planning, Gary is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and Wealth Counsel, LLC. He has been designated as an Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planning Councils. He is an active participant on the boards of a number of local charities as well as his church. He has two sons and three grandchildren and lives with his wife in Kittery, Maine.

Alvin motley

Bear, Delaware

Alvin is a Dean in the Chester Upland schools, but he is better known as the Grammy® and Stellar award nominated-Christian rap artist, IZ-Real. In addition to recording and releasing music during his tenure with “Everyday Process”, he has also produced, written for and or collaborated with the likes of Tripp Lee, Lecrae, Flame, Da Truth, Cross Movement, Thisl, J.R. R-Swift. Hillsong United, Planet Shakers, and Jesus Culture.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Studies and a Master’s in Psychology. He has served for more than 20 years in ministry and is currently the Campus/Student/Young Adult pastor at the Resurrection Center in Wilmington, Delaware. 

As busy as he is, he still has time to enjoy his favorite pastimes of writing, reading, lifting weights and playing basketball, but most of all, spending time with his wife and seven children.

Erin Leone

Kinnelon, New Jersey

Erin is a Biostatistician at Glaukos, a medical technology and pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies for eye disorders. She has worked as a statistician at several pharmaceutical companies, always with an interest in developing new and innovative treatments. 

Erin received her B.S. in Psychology from the College of William and Mary and her M.S. and PhD in Animal Science from the University of Maryland. Prior to transitioning into pharmaceutical development, she led the Center for Biostatistics and Modeling at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute for over 10 years. 

Erin and her husband Mark have been active members in their home churches over the years in Laurel, Maryland, Gainesville, Florida, and now Fair Lawn, New Jersey (Grace Redeemer) where they regularly serve in the technology ministry. They have been engaged in local and global missions projects, including multiple trips to Uganda where Erin provided training on sustainable chicken farming practices. In her free time, Erin loves to spend time with her husband and extended family, bake, travel, and spoil her cat, Smush.

Mark Hoffschneider

Scottsdale, Arizona

Mark Hoffschneider is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and is now retired from a long and successful career in the financial services industry. Since retirement Mark has actively pursued his passion for local and global missions. For several years he served as the Director of Missions for a large midwestern church, and he currently serves on the boards of multiple local and global nonprofit organizations.

Mark first became connected with ChildVoice in 2008 and has traveled many times to the areas in Africa where ChildVoice operates. He has worked closely with the leadership of ChildVoice and has been blessed to watch how God has actively worked in and through the organization. 
 
Mark and his wife have two married children and have been richly blessed with five grandchildren. They live in Scottsdale, Arizona and are active members of Scottsdale Bible Church.

James Rutten

Chichester, New Hampshire

James is a litigation partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, a 200-lawyer law firm with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.  He focuses his practice on representing banks, investment firms, and other financial institutions in securities class actions and other high-stakes matters.  He also maintains an active pro bono practice, and has submitted amicus curiae briefs at all levels of the judiciary, including to the U.S. Supreme Court in cases involving free speech, abortion, and human rights abuse. James is a graduate of the University of Southern California Law School.

A longtime native of southern California, James previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Open Arms Pregnancy Clinic in Northridge, California. He attends Reformation Bible Church. When not working, James enjoys spending time with family, attending his son’s speech and debate tournaments, running, and dabbling in amateur mountaineering.

reuben sheneni

Greenville, South Carolina

Reuben Sheneni is the Founder and President of Ya'yanBege, an educational initiative in Africa for the education of the African Child. Ya'yanBege (the Hausa words translated as 'Children of Hope') aims to bring a holistic, God-centered education to the remote parts of Africa, tending to the needs of the African child and restoring hope to communities.

He attended Providence Christian College in Pasadena, California, where he graduated with a Liberal Arts degree. He is currently working on his Master of Divinity Degree at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Greenville South Carolina.

Reuben is part of the Bassa tribe of Central Nigeria and grew up in North Central Nigeria. He has a great desire to see a transformation in Africa that brings about peace and flourishing for the proper development of the African Child.

In his free time, Reuben enjoys reading, playing soccer, and traveling, among many other things. He is a member of Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville South Carolina, and is under care with Calvary Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America for Ordination to Gospel Ministry.

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