steering Committee
Dodanim Lans Vásquez Campos
He currently serves as executive medical director of two private healthcare institutions. His Anabaptist values of service and the faith modeled by his parents and siblings led him to study medicine. He also volunteers with Mennonite churches in Guatemala and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a medical services advisor. Additionally, he is a volunteer teacher at the Casa Horeb Mennonite Church that provides free educational services to low-income people.
Its mission is to support the communities of the Mennonite Church in Guatemala, strengthen and expand the Mennonite medical clinic and provide health support to the most vulnerable members.
Dodanim has 3 children, Madison 9, Lanin 5, Itzia 16 months, his wife Iris Celeste Lopez Sanchez is a Professional Nurse and Graduate in Physiotherapy with a master's degree in occupational health and safety.
Gilma cordoba
GAHN Coordinator
Gilma Dinora Cordova Oscal has worked with the IEMG since 1999 developing service programs for women and youth and community and emergency response projects.
Cate Michelle Desjardins MDiv, MPH,
began as Executive Director of MHF in May 2020.
For the past five years, Cate has served part-time as a pediatric chaplain specialist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she conducts research and provides clinical chaplaincy care. Cate has also completed a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology with a focus on the intersection of religion/spirituality with global physical and mental health as part of her fellowship with Transforming Chaplaincy, funded through the John Templeton Foundation.
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Beth Good
Beth is a nurse with a PhD in Nursing Science and Research and a Master's Degree in Public Health Nursing. Beth came to EMU in the fall of 2019 after returning from serving with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Kenya as a program co-representative in Kenya.
Beth has extensive experience working internationally and previously worked as a Global Health Coordinator for the MCC. She and her family have lived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (1984-1985), Kenya (1989-2001), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016-2018) and Kenya (2018-2019). Beth's expertise is in the areas of public health in vulnerable settings, trauma healing, gender-based violence, and cross-cultural awareness and humility.
Beth is ordained and leads the Administrative Leadership Cluster with the Virginia Mennonite Conference Faith and Life Committee. She attends Waynesboro Mennonite Church, where her husband, Clair, is the pastor. Beth has four daughters who graduated from EMU, four sons-in-law, and eight grandchildren.
Karen Lehman, NHA, MBA
President/CEO Mennonite Health Services Mennonite College Church, Goshen, Indiana, USA
President/CEO Mennonite Health Services Mennonite College Church, Goshen, Indiana, USA
Lehman has more than 25 years of leadership experience in both senior care and acute care. He has consistently and efficiently navigated through various organizational transitions to achieve financial viability, while providing stability and new strategic objectives. Her ability to be visionary yet practical, along with her effective communication skills, have resulted in Lehman's successful recruitment and development of strong senior leaders.
Rolando L. Santiago, PhD
Chief, Crisis and Behavioral Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County, MD Neffsville Mennonite Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Rolando L. Santiago, PhD
Chief, Crisis and Behavioral Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County, MD Neffsville Mennonite Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
He serves as chief of Crisis and Behavioral Health Services in Montgomery County.
Maryland, United States. Oversees programs including access to services, outpatient services throughout the
lifespan, crisis and trauma services, and prevention, treatment and recovery services. Worked for ten
years in federal, state, and local services for children and adolescents with serious emotional disorders
and their families, and two years in a civil society organization that serves people with intellectual disabilities and
developmental disabilities.
Rolando has served as executive director of the United States operations of the Mennonite Central Committee, a
international Anabaptist non-governmental organization and the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Foundation.
Passionate about providing executive leadership to organizations dedicated to the well-being of vulnerable populations. Enjoy applying relational, supervisory, servant leadership, strategic planning, evaluation, research, fundraising, and bilingual skills to grow and empower community, national, and international organizations investing in behavioral health, public health, global health , education and public history.
Jose Arrais Network Coordinator of the MWC Mission Commission, MWC regional representative for Europe and European Coordinator of the Mennonite Conferences Igreja Irmãos Menonitas de Portugal
José Arrais worked for 10 years in the IT business as a sales account manager before he and his wife were challenged to completely change their lives and move to the countryside in southern Portugal to run a Christian project on a 28-acre organic farm. hectares with a Program for adolescents who come from the marginal neighborhoods of the Lisbon area. They were later invited to start a church plant in a neighborhood north of Lisbon with the Portugal Mennonite Brethren Conference. José currently serves as Portugal's representative to the International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB), European Mennonites and European Mennonite Roundtable Central Committee. Since the summer of 2017, he has served as Network Coordinator of the Mennonite World Conference Missions Commission, enjoying many interactions with associations and organizations from many countries and the opportunity to speak fluent Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. José has been married to his wife Paula for 31 years and has three children, two boys and one girl.
Network Coordinator of the MWC Mission Commission, MWC regional representative for Europe and European Coordinator of the Mennonite Conferences Igreja Irmãos Menonitas de Portugal
José Arrais worked for 10 years in the IT business as a sales account manager before he and his wife were challenged to completely change their lives and move to the countryside in southern Portugal to run a Christian project on a 28-acre organic farm. hectares with a Program for adolescents who come from the marginal neighborhoods of the Lisbon area. They were later invited to start a church plant in a neighborhood north of Lisbon with the Portugal Mennonite Brethren Conference. José currently serves as Portugal's representative to the International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB), European Mennonites and European Mennonite Roundtable Central Committee. Since the summer of 2017, he has served as Network Coordinator of the Mennonite World Conference Missions Commission, enjoying many interactions with associations and organizations from many countries and the opportunity to speak fluent Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. José has been married to his wife Paula for 31 years and has three children, two boys and one girl.
Dr. Elice Nurani
Originaria de Semarang, Indonesia. El Dr. Nurani es médico general y tiene una maestría en administración hospitalaria. Ha estado involucrada en el ministerio de atención médica para personas desfavorecidas desde 2011. Actualmente es jefa de personal médico para servicios sociales en la clínica sin fines de lucro Yayasan Higher than Ever.
Originaria de Semarang, Indonesia. El Dr. Nurani es médico general y tiene una maestría en administración hospitalaria. Ha estado involucrada en el ministerio de atención médica para personas desfavorecidas desde 2011. Actualmente es jefa de personal médico para servicios sociales en la clínica sin fines de lucro Yayasan Higher than Ever.
Rick M. Stiffney, PhD, MSA Former CEO of MHS and Owner/Principal Integrated Leadership and Consultancy LLCRick has consulted extensively with nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and internationally for over 30 years. He served as president and CEO of MMennonite Health Services (MHS) for 20 years before stepping down in 2018. Rick has extensive executive leadership, teaching, and consulting experience in the nonprofit sector. He is also a frequent speaker at state, regional and national meetings. Rick's current consulting work focuses on executive development, strategic positioning and planning, membership development, values integration, and nonprofit board education and development. Among many projects, he recently completed an 18-month leadership training project with senior managers in the healthcare sector in Ethiopia. Rick has worked ecumenically with organizations from many different faith traditions. Rick is active in LeadingAge, a national nonprofit association in the senior services sector. He was a co-founder of the Interfaith Roundtable, a national consortium of faith-based associations serving health and human services organizations. He was instrumental in developing an international federation of Anabaptist health and human services organizations. Rick has also served in leadership roles on numerous boards of directors. Rick's areas of expertise include: helping organizations explore collaboration and affiliation to include consideration of operational rationalization possibilities and stakeholder perspectives. Pay special attention to cultural and missionary alignment. Advise boards and executives on effective organizational and governance structures, especially for multi-site systems. Develop anticipation and strategic positioning. Articulate organizational values and integrate them into corporate culture. Provide executive mentoring, especially during transitions. Rick's previous experience includes Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Greencroft Retirement Communities, where he developed a consulting division and served as a recovery executive for a managed retirement community. He also held a senior leadership position at Mennonite Church USA's mission agency. Rick is co-author of Setting the Agenda: Meditations for the Soul of the Organization and has written many other articles on various nonprofit governance topics. profit.
Ray Martin
He serves as Executive Director Emeritus of Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH), a network of more than 500 organizational and individual members promoting international health and wholeness from a Christian perspective. He served as Executive Director from 2000 to 2014. He has 45 years of experience as an international development and public health specialist managing the design, implementation and evaluation of large health and population programs. In a 25-year career at USAID, he was head of the Health, Population and Nutrition offices in Zaire, Pakistan and Cameroon. He also served in Ghana and Morocco with USAID. Since 1992 he worked for several years in African programs as a public health specialist at the World Bank. Ray Martin's international career began as a Mennonite volunteer in community development in Somalia and refugee development in Tanzania. He has a BA in economics from Goshen College, Indiana, and a master's degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He speaks French fluently. In October 2012, Ray Martin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association, and in September 2013, he received the Knowledge for the World Award from Johns Hopkins University for alumni who exemplify the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence. He is a strong advocate for closer collaboration between global development institutions and civil society, including the faith community.
