Our Team

We’re proud to have a talented, diverse, and collaborative global team—serving in love around the world.

Executive Leadership

John Lyon, Esq.

President and Chief Executive Officer

About John

Ruth Ellison

Chief Financial Officer

About Ruth

Nancy Green

Chief Development Officer

About Nancy

Talmage Payne

Chief Operations Officer

About Talmage

Kelsey Rwayitare, Esq.

General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer

About Kelsey

Patricia Kaleebu

Controller

About Patricia

Global Directors

Allieu Samuel Bangura

Director of Health and Nutrition

About Allieu

George Beals, PhD

Director of Strategic Development

About George

Haley Clark, MA

Director of Anti-Trafficking and Gender-Based Violence

About Haley

Heather Hill

Director of Communications and Marketing

About Heather

Katie Kirkpatrick

Director of Child Sponsorship and Village Partnership

About Katie

Zachary Lawless

Director of Development

About Zachary

MaryAnn Malvig

Director of Strategic Engagement

About Mary Ann

Keith Norris, MA

Director of Water and Sanitation

About Keith

Daniel Scott

Director of Information Technology

About Daniel

Global Specialists

Nicholas Boerema

CEO of TapEffect, a WHI Social Venture

About Nick

Carrie Jo Cain, RN

Health Programs Specialist

About Carrie Jo

Desmond Pratt

Senior Geologist

About Desmond

Tae Symons

Sr. Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

About Tae

Kyle Winney

Conservation Specialist

About Kyle

Sierra Leone Team

Saidu Kanu, MA

Country Director, Sierra Leone

About Saidu

Abdul Bundu

Infrastructural Program Manager (Engineer)

About Abdul

Sahr Kpakima

Child Sponsorship Program Manager

About Sahr

Miriam Fullah

Trafficking-in-Persons Protection Manager

About Miriam

Salifu Samura

WASH Program Manager

About Salifu

Musa Tholley

Agricultural Program Manager

About Musa

Anna Vines, MCSP, HCPC

Program Director and Physiotherapist for Enable the Children Program

About Anna

Bernadette Veronica Udo

Trafficking-in-Persons Prevention Manager

About Bernadette

Liberia Team

Wellington Kollie

Country Director, Liberia

About Wellington

Adolphus Swen, MA

Child Sponsorship Program Manager

About Adolphus

Vera Woodson

Child Sponsorship Coordinator

About Vera

Eastern Europe Team

Joshua Carter

Country Director, Bosnia and Herzegovina

About Joshua

Branka

Learning to Learn Program Supervisor

Read About Branka

Marijana

Educational Development Program Supervisor

Read About Marijana

Haiti Team

Dan Irvine

Country Director, Haiti

Read About Dan

Cambodia Team

Emelita Goddard, PhD

Cambodia Country Director

About Emelita

Seng Mang, MS

Anti-SGBV Program Manager

About Mang

Tori Chan, MPA-MPH

Business Development and Partnerships Manager, Asia

About Tori

Philippines Team

Adesty Dulawan, RPsy

Trafficking in Persons Clinical Supervisor

About Adesty

AN ORGANIZATION YOU CAN TRUST.

World Hope International is committed to sound stewardship and using your gift to deliver the most effective, sustainable solutions for alleviating poverty, suffering, and injustice. In the fiscal year 2019, 91% of all expenditures went to program services. In order to use our resources in the most efficient manner possible, we may deem it necessary to redirect your contribution to the greatest need or our general purposes.

Dr. Emelita Goddard

Country Director for Cambodia
Location: Cambodia/Phnom Penh

Dr. Emelita Goddard is a community development strategist with more than 20 years of experience in design, management, monitoring, and evaluation of integrated community development programs for vulnerable communities and key affected populations in the Asia-Pacific Region. Throughout her career, Milet has maintained a special focus on at-risk women and children and survivors of gender-based violence. At World Hope, Milet is the organization’s lead strategist and program designer, responsible for setting and implementing the vision for programs to serve vulnerable communities throughout World Hope’s target countries. Prior to World Hope, Milet served as a consultant to USAID and France Expertise Internationale for the Global Fund’s Governing Body in Cambodia, World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, TEAR Australia, World Vision, and several other global development agencies. Milet holds a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in Technical Science in Aquaculture, which she received from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand through scholarship grants from the British and Australian governments.