Dr. Chris Hena, MD, MPH
Director
Dr. Chris Hena, a Liberian born medical missionary, spent decades implementing successful community based healthcare programs in Russia, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. After the KGB’s influence diminished, Dr. Chris became the first United Methodist missionary to serve in Russia in over seventy years. Dr. Chris now is working to reform the Liberian healthcare system through an initiative called “Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia.”
Linda Baker
President
In 1998, on Linda’s first mission trip to Honduras, God laid missions on her heart and her new life began. In 1999, she and her husband Ed entered the mission field as full time missionaries. A one year term in language school in Costa Rica, lead to a 7 year assignment in Paraguay, which lead to a 2 year assignment in Nicaragua. They are both trained water well drillers, and are blessed to provide fresh clean water, and introduce communities to the “Living Water” of Jesus Christ.
Trinida Kollie-Jones
Vice President
Trinida Kollie-Jones hail from Kakata, Margibi County, Liberia and has a very special connection and bond to the Waterfield Primary Health Care Center (Kakata). She is a Master prepared Family Nurse Practitioner with over 13 years of Registered Nurse hands-on experience in the field of nursing and health care administration.
Dick McCreight
Secretary & Online Giving chairman
Dick worked in the trucking industry as a sales engineer for 38 years. In retirement he has started a small photography business (Bluestem Light Photography).
He has served Christ in his home church, Asbury UMC in Allentown PA where he has taught children’s Sunday school, served as President of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of Church Council and Chairman of Asbury in Mission.
Robert Parker
Treasurer
The U.S. Navy was Bob’s first career. Being an educator was his second career. For the last eighteen years, he has been pursuing his third career–volunteerism. In the church, he has held various positions including delegate to annual conferences in Michigan and New England and ten years as church treasurer. Prior to and after the Haiti earthquake, he led Volunteer in Mission teams there to work on Haitian Methodist Church projects.
Dr. Judy McDonald
Medical Liason
Dr. Judy McDonald (Burkholder) spent most of her youth wanting to become a medical doctor. She eventually went to medical school and practiced internal medicine until she retired in June 2019. When asked if she would consider becoming the medical liaison on the Board of Directors of Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia, she saw this as an opportunity to continue to use her medical skills for a very worthwhile cause.
Petheree Nissley, MSN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Social Media
Petheree Nissley was born in Liberia and moved to the United States when she was 9- years-old. She has worked in the nursing field for nearly a decade in a variety of clinical settings including critical care, rural health and working with underserved communities. She has served in mentorship roles as well as in quality improvement.
Rev. Dr. Richard L. Stryker
Worm Project Director
Rev. Dr. Richard L. Stryker is a United Methodist elder and pastor, life journey coach, author, chaplain, church executive and prophetic voice for social justice. Deeply committee to helping persons in need bounce back from adversity.
Munah Tarpeh
Director
Munah Tarpeh is a result-oriented Public Health Expert with over 10 years demonstrated progressive hands on experience in health and nutrition programming, senior healthcare leadership, management, Reproductive Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) and Health Systems Strengthening in low- and middle-income settings, research and academia.
Carmel Turek
Director
Carmel Turek is a high school foreign language teacher, French and Spanish. She enjoys working with youth and teaching them about the cultures of the world. Missions has been on her heart since childhood. After university Carmel moved to Moscow to do missions work where she met Dr. Hena. As a working professional, she supports others to follow the call of God on their live. She resides with her husband in Half Moon Bay, CA.
Kerry Davidson
Director
Kerry and her family served with TMS Global in Liberia from 2015-2020. She and her husband, Joey, operated a coconut farm and hospitality business in Bassa County. Business as Mission allowed them to disciple their employees and meet the needs of their community. Kerry now works for TMS Global supporting the children of missionaries around the world.
Stan Harding
Advisory Board
Stan is the managing partner of DataDriven, a software company specializing in law enforcement. He has served as adult Sunday school teacher, children’s Sunday school teacher, and currently serves as a boy’s discipleship leader at Christ Church Memphis. He has also been involved in mission trips to China and the Philippines and in pastor-training trips to India and Liberia.
