About

Account Executive, Lockton Companies
Katie is a graduate of Boston College with a degree in Psychology and Hispanic Studies. She currently works as a Client Executive at Lockton Companies, a commercial insurance brokerage firm in Boston, working with a variety of large commercial and Not for Profit clients. As a mom juggling many different life demands, Katie strongly believes in the power of neighboring and the beautiful ways God works through it. Katie attends a Congregational church in the Boston suburbs where she lives with her husband, Charlie and their two-year-old daughter.

Consultant, North Group Consultants
Nikki is a consultant at North Group Consultants. Over the course of more than two decades, Nikki has served purpose-driven professional organizations as a leader and service provider. In her most recent role, she had the privilege of leading a team of financial consultants at Everence, where they served non-profit organizations, businesses, and churches in Central Pennsylvania. Additionally, she contributed to the growth of the organization’s services and the charitable foundation.

Editorial Specialist, National Alliance to End Homelessness
Lindsay is the Editorial Specialist at the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. In this role, she manages the development, revision, and publication of the organization’s written materials. Prior to her work at the Alliance, Lindsay worked in communications for NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice and served a year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest at Real Change News (Seattle, WA). She holds a B.A. in English and French from Saint Joseph’s University. Lindsay has participated in the Contemplative Leaders in Action program through the Jesuits’ Office of Ignatian Spirituality, and enjoys connecting with other young adults about the intersection of social justice and spirituality. Lindsay lives in Washington, D.C. 

President and CEO, Kairos Health Systems
Alisa Miller, C.P.A., is President and CEO of Kairos Health Systems.  Alisa and her husband live in Haymarket, VA and are the parents of one son.  Alisa’s educational and professional background includes nearly 20 years in public accounting for both national and regional firms. The mission of Bridge of Hope resonates with Alisa, having learned the importance of a support network for families from her father’s experience growing up with an abusive parent that routinely forced him, his siblings and mother to be without a home, seeking the kindness of family and friends.

Marriage and Family Therapist at Hope Counseling Pittsburgh
Colleen is a proud native of Pittsburgh. She earned her degree in Social Services and Christian Ministry from Grove City College and later completed her Master’s in Counseling at Geneva College. Currently, she serves as a Marriage and Family Therapist at Hope Counseling Pittsburgh. Her professional journey has also included the role of Communications Director at the Pittsburgh Kids Foundation, and she has compassionately supported birth and postpartum clients as a doula.

Associate Director for the Student Life Student Wellness Center, The Ohio State University 
Arianna (Ari), MSW, MSEM is the Associate Director for the Student Life Student Wellness Center at The Ohio State University. To Bridge of Hope, she brings expertise in higher education, community public health, and casework. Arianna’s work centers on fostering inclusive communities, empowering individuals, and implementing health promotion practices and policies that prioritize both mental and physical well-being.  

Customer Cares Specialist, National Reservations Center for Penske
Veronica Hennessy is a Customer Cares Specialist for the National Reservations Center for Penske, in Berks County, PA, where she has worked since 2019.  She is a program alumni of Bridge of Hope from 1997-98.  She has been actively involved with Bridge of Hope alumni over the years and loves staying connected with other alum via Facebook.

Partner, North Group Consultants
Josh Keefer is a partner at North Group Consultants where he works with leaders and their organizations to discover and achieve their highest potential. Josh’s background in organizational development and behavior, combined with his diverse career-path in business, nonprofit leadership, and ministry, provide a distinct vantage-point to see board work from both a strategic and philosophical perspective. Josh holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Elizabethtown College. He is an active member of the local community and in his spare time, enjoys running, experiencing new cultures, and working on home projects. Josh along with his wife, Laura, daughter, Abigail, and son, Micah, reside in Manheim, PA and attend LCBC Church. The reason Josh gets excited about Bridge of Hope is the powerful use of a simple and replicable model to address and eradicate family homelessness in our communities; these families are our neighbors. And through the model, to embrace and include these families as part of our communities. The heart of this model flows from a place of response to the first and greatest commandment, and very practically allows all of us to more fully live out the second greatest commandment –to love our neighbor as ourselves.

Cultivate Manager, Cultivate Lancaster
Karen serves as the Cultivate Manager for Cultivate Lancaster, a non-profit organization hosted by the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce. Her role is focused on business development, strategic planning, community outreach, and overseeing events and marketing. Additionally, as an entrepreneur, she helps small businesses manage financial processes and guides them in understanding their accounting software. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Penn State University and is currently enrolled at Elizabethtown College pursuing a master’s degree in strategic leadership. Karen lives in Lititz, PA (Lancaster County) with her husband Jason and their three daughters. She is a member at Lancaster Evangelical Free Church in Lititz. Outside of work, she finds joy in baking, reading, and spontaneous getaways with family and friends. Karen loves the Bridge of Hope model and is excited to jump in!  

Managing Member, Wisdom Capital, LLC.
Mario serves as the Managing Member and principal shareholder of Wisdom Capital LLC, a real estate private equity firm that concentrates in purchasing, managing and selling a variety of real estate asset classes. As a Managing Member, Mario also added a brick and mortar real estate investment arm to the company by investing in the construction of multiple development projects in the greater Philadelphia area. During his tenure, Mario has coordinated deployment of millions of dollars in note acquisitions and real estate investments. He has performed extensive due diligence for large portfolio acquisitions and has created a customized online investment management platform.

Senior Development Officer, Mennonite Economic Development Associates
Bethany serves as Senior Development Officer for Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), a nonprofit based in Ontario that empowers vulnerable populations out of poverty through business. Previously, Bethany was Advancement Director for Central Christian School, a private Christian school in northeast Ohio. Bethany holds a MBA in Leadership from Goshen College, recently completed an intensive Year of More program on social and emotional intelligence with Wright Foundation and has a passion for creating community, building relationships and developing others. She lives in northeast Ohio and enjoys reading, writing, spending time with her amazing nieces and nephew and finding God in nature. Bethany says, “So many of my interests and values overlap with the mission of Bridge of Hope. Building relationships and walking with women (and children) who are in need of support, care and connections during a difficult season of their life is a holy calling with a long lasting impact.”

Group Vice President, OMNIA Partners
Mike is Group Vice President at OMNIA Partners and has been in sales for over 30 years.  Mike is a natural networker and enjoys his work in sales that includes a national footprint. He and his wife, Jennifer live in Mechanicsburg, PA. Mike loves music and worship leading at their church, Trinity Lutheran Church.  Mike and Jennifer have two adult daughters and sons-in-law and are enjoying grandparenting!  Mike is passionate about the mission of Bridge of Hope. 

Director of Finance, HOPE International 
Mikhal Szabo, CPA, MBA, is the Director of Finance at HOPE International. Mikhal received a BA from Luther College focusing on accounting, French, and international studies. In pursuit of developing skills to come alongside those living in material and spiritual poverty, she earned an MBA in International Economic Development from Eastern University. Mikhal has served at HOPE International now for over 12 years, during which time she has supported the finance functions of many of the microfinance and savings group programs in HOPE’s network, managed HOPE’s consolidated external audit, and led first the international accounting team and now the full finance department.  

Kevin has served in the field of education for over 30 years as a teacher, coach, athletic director, dean of students, assistant principal and principal. Throughout that time he displayed a passion for collaborating with young people, attempting to make a lasting impression and help to shape their future. Kevin and his wife, Jaymie live in Gettysburg, PA and have 2 adult children that live in Wilmington, DE and New York City. Kevin and Jaymie are members of Brownsville Church of God and serve on various ministry teams within the church. In his spare time Kevin serves as an Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Gettysburg College and is an avid bicyclist.

Retired Methodist Pastor
James (“Jim”) B. Todd, M.Div., is a retired Methodist pastor with 40 years of ministerial experience in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. Jim pastored a total of five churches in the Philadelphia area and the Poconos, and for eight years was a District Superintendent in the Lancaster/Lebanon area of PA. Jim has wide ranging pastoral experience in financial planning and stewardship, visioning, administration, as well as preaching and teaching.   

Senior Lecturer in Christian Ministries and Director of Supervised Ministries, Palmer Theological Seminary
The Reverend Dr. Marsha Brown Woodard is Senior Lecturer in Christian Ministries and Director of Supervised Ministries at Palmer Theological Seminary, the Seminary of Eastern University, in St. Davids, PA.. She is a member of the Saints Memorial Baptist Church in Bryn Mawr, where she serves as Associate Pastor. She also has ministerial standing in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Dr. Woodard is passionate in helping people become all that God intends for them and whether that is in the classroom, from the pulpit or in a community organization her work leads to transformed lives and transformed communities. Bridge of Hope helps families to be transformed as they move from homelessness to homes and the opportunity to share in this work is what led Dr. Woodard to join the Board. She resides in Norristown, PA is an avid reader and loves to collect pink elephants.