Staff

Our Team

Fr. John Baumann, Founder
Ron Snyder, Organizing Director
Gordon Whitman, Managing Director for International Organizing and Senior Advisor to the Executive Director
Dr. Francois Pierre-Louis, Haiti Director
Alberto Velazquez, Central America Director
Rev. John Rutsindintwarane, Africa Director
Emma Paulino, Consultant, Mexico
Claudette David, Haitian Diaspora Organizing Consultant
Shakiya Canty, Research, Learning and Coaching consultant

Central America – Mr. Alberto Velazquez, Executive Director, Comunidades de fe Organizadas para la Acción (COFOA) / Communities of Faith Organizing for Action
El Salvador – Miguel Rigueroa Rivera and Wilber Hernandez
Guatemala – Marina Sapalu, Organizer, Comunidades de fe Organizadas para la Acción (COFOA) / Communities of Faith Organizing for Action
Honduras – Carmen Garay, Lead Organizer, Comunidades de fe Organizadas para la Acción (COFOA) / Communities of Faith Organizing for Action
Colombia – David Vazco, Soacha Organizer
Mexico – Emma Paulino, consultant, Faith in Action International
Haiti – Florcie Tyrell, Director, Organisation Peuple Œcuménique pour le Développement du Ayiti (OPODHA) / People’s Organization for the Development of Haiti
Rwanda – Rev. John Rutsindintwarane and Fr. Innocent Rugaragu, S.J.
Tanzania – Kelvin Sama, Lweru Community Change and Pastor Samwel Oscar, Ngara Lutheran church
Kenya – Jackson Sokoine, Maasai Empowerment and Transformation Organization (MENTOR)
Namibia – Rev Colin Perceval Gertze, Faith in Action Namibia
Ghana – Fr. Stephen Amoah-Gyasi, Faith in Action Ghana
Slovakia – Mr. Ondrej Druga, Organizer, Christian Platform of Banská Bystrica
Hungary – Rev. Márta Bolba, Lutheran pastor, Mandák House