About Us

FH is an international Christian relief and development organization working in more than 26 countries around the world.

We do a bit of everything. From disaster and emergency relief to sustainable development programs, we are working to end poverty around the world. Starting now.

	Child Development: Parental counseling, medical checkups, education, school supplies, new skills development, HIV/AIDS awareness trainings, school building rehabilitation.
	Church Development: Pastor and leader discipleship, provision of training methods and materials, collaboration with churches to help them reach out to their communities.
	Economic Development and Livelihoods: Micro-enterprise, small and medium-sized enterprise development, savings groups, income generating activities, natural resource management.
	Agriculture & Environment: Seed fairs, seed and tool distributions, technology enhancement to increase agricultural production, seed multiplication, forestry promotion, soil and water conservation.
	Health: Malnutrition and illness prevention, trainings on proper sanitation practices, health assessments, training and educating of local health-care representatives, assistance with health insurance provision.
	HIV/AIDS: Clinical treatment, home-based care, education on proper nutrition and prevention, Biblical training on abstinence and faithfulness, medical support, outreach.
	Infrastructure: Road and bridge rehabilitation, construction of schools, latrines, community centers.
	Child Protection: Psycho-social care and rehabilitation for traumatized children, advocacy for child-headed households, promotion of children’s rights.
	Peace and Conflict Mitigation: Trainings in conflict management, mitigation and active methods to resolve conflict, fostering of open dialogues between community leaders.
	Emergency Relief: Emergency food distributions, water and sanitation, health surveys, mosquito net distributions, construction of emergency shelters.
	Water: Well drilling, water source capturing, borehole building, construction of dams, water pans, catchment systems, building of latrines and hand washing stations, education about proper hygiene.

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	GREG VESTRI Greg Vestri brings a depth of knowledge and experience in designing and implementing change management, developing corporate strategy and leading corporations to their next level of effectiveness. Since 1986, Greg has led and managed many large-scale organizational changes for global corporations such as Texas Instruments, Motorola Semiconductor, Abbott Laboratories and Stanley Mechanics Tools. Prior to his appointment as CEO of Food for the Hungry International (FHI) in June 2006 and CEO of FH Association in January, 2007 Greg served on the board of FHUS for two years. He is co-owner of a health and fitness software business, an Internet Web outsourcing business for musicians and artists, as well as director of a structural technology firm. Greg is an active member of Grace Covenant Church in Austin, Texas. He and his wife, Jean, have five children.
	PETER MAWDITT Now living near London in the UK, Peter Mawditt spent 22 years in financial services and banking. His experience includes 12 years of working across Asia in a number of operations, project management, change management and general management roles. While in Thailand, Peter met and married Jip, his wife of seven years. In 2005 they were both called from banking careers to lead a coalition of Christian NGOs and Thai churches responding to the Tsunami disaster relief in Southern Thailand. During that year Peter came to know and love the vision, mission and people of FH. After fulfilling the role of interim CEO for Food for the Hungry UK, he helped lead FH through major transition processes, before formally joining FH as Strategy Director in mid 2006.
	Regional OfficeS We have four Regions with two in Africa given the scale of that continent. We created Regional Offices last year with the four Regional Directors having dual roles as Country Directors. Each of the Regional Offices under each Regional Director works to help them in directing and supporting activity across the Region, responsible for both Operational and Strategic matters. Most processing takes place at the regional level, therefore, the hiring of service staff is delegated to the Regional management. The Regional Director has a key role in shepherding and developing local leaders in their region.
	Dwight Jackson – Great Lakes Africa Regional Director Having served inner city congregations, rural congregations, communities in Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and now Rwanda, 30 of the 37 years of his professional experience have been in the developmental context. For 29 years Dwight was a Baptist pastor/missionary, serving churches in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. From 1980-88 he and his wife were assigned to Burundi (’80-85) and Tanzania (’86-88) where they served as church developers and educators. From 1995 to 1999 they were community developers on the north side of St. Louis serving in the public housing communities of O’Fallon Place and Murphy Park. Dwight is also a university level educator having taught for five years before joining FH in January 2005. He and Brenda reside in Kigali and share six children and seven grand children.
	John Marsden – Asia Regional Director Alter being introduced to FH through his wife Kate’s relief work in the Congo in 1995 and their children’s volunteer activities in Bangladesh in 1999, John became Country Director for FH Bangladesh in 1999. His extensive work as a director of information services and management consultant with the British National Health Service and others is complemented by John’s educational background. An MA (first class honours) in Political Economy and Economic Statistics led to an MSc in Health Economics from York University, post-graduate research and a diploma in Health Management. John and Kate reside in Dhaka, Bangladesh and are parents to two grown children, Ruth and David.
	Luis Noda – Latin America Regional Director Born and raised in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, Luis developed a deep love for nature and studied agronomy. In response to his Christian commitment, his college years directed him towards viewing his professional career as part of his Christian service. Luis graduated as Agricultural Engineer from Cochabamba UMSS and began working in Agricultural and Rural Development. Thanks to the Belgian Government's support, he received scholarships to complete two master’s degrees in Belgium, the first in Agricultural Development (at the Ghent University) and the second in Development Evaluation and Management (Antwerp University). Luis first worked for FH/Bolivia in 2000 and accepted the role of country director in 2006. Since August, 2007 he has also taken on the Regional Director role. Luis is married to Jimena and together they have two children, Isaias and Harumi and live in La Paz.
	Keith Wright – East and Southern Africa Regional Director Keith Wright has over fifteen years of relief and development management and training experience in Africa and Latin America. He accepted the role of Regional Director for the FH Association’s East & Southern Africa office in 2007 after becoming Country Director of FH Kenya in 2006. Previous responsibilities include obtaining, implementing and managing multi-million dollar USAID grants as Director of Food Security in charge of Food for the Hungry’s (FH) USAID-funded food security programming and support from 2002 to 2006. Having started in development work in 1993, Keith is experienced with the practical application of integrated relief and development strategies focused on the meeting of physical and spiritual hungers. His educational background includes an MS in International Economic Development from Eastern University. Married to Heidi for over 14 years, they have four children and reside in Nairobi, Kenya.
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	Dwight Vogt - V.P. Ministry Services and Operations With over 25 years of experience within FH, Dwight Vogt has an extensive understanding of relief and development work. Beginning in 1980, he has filled the roles of Country Director in Thailand and Peru, Relief Director, VP Latin America and Asia Regional Director. Besides Dwight’s community development expertise and child development leadership, he has filled several resource development roles in FH/US Marketing, foundation grant development and USAID government relations. His educational background includes a BA in Psychology and MA in International Studies from Biola University. Married to Deborah and father to three children, Dwight resides in Phoenix, AZ and attends Living Streams Church.
	Gary St. John – Chief Financial Officer In a dual finance leadership role, Gary is the CFO of FH and CFO of Food for the Hungry/US where he oversees the ministry’s support services including finance, information technology, donor services, administrative services and facilities management. Prior to joining Food for the Hungry, Gary worked for more than 20 years in financial management positions and taught at the college level including a class on Government/Non-Profit Accounting. Gary’s educational background includes a B.S. in Business Administration from Drake University and an M.A. in Biblical Leadership from Phoenix Seminary. He is married to Linda and they have four children and five grandchildren.
	Tina Bolding – Director of Human Resources From her role as a Partner in Accenture’s Communication & High Tech practice, Tina Bolding came to FH in 2007 with 17 years experience in Human Performance consulting, including change management, learning, communications, HR, and business readiness. She has led large scale change management efforts related to systems integration, mergers, and learning transformation programs. Tina holds a BA in Organizational Communication and Psychology from the University of Tulsa and membership with the Society for Human Resource Management. Tina has been married 18 years and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she and her husband Matt are members of Calvary Baptist Church. They enjoy teaching Sunday School and serving on mission trips.
	Gary Zander – Chief Information Officer As a trained accountant, software developer and business manager, Gary Zander was called into non-profit development work in 1987. After 12 years of working in Edmonton’s inner city and receiving a Masters of Divinity in Urban and Cross-cultural Ministry, Gary was introduced to CFHI in 1999 and became the Education and Training Director. In 2005, Gary became the Canadian Executive Director for Mission to Unreached Peoples before being called to join the international office of FH as Communications Coordinator in 2007 and CIO role in 2008. He is active as the chair of the Northgate Baptist Church Missions Committee. He and his wife, Judith, have five children and reside outside Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
	Rick Richter – Director of Information Technology With three years of US Peace Corps training, a Masters in Computing Science and eight years of public and private business experience, Rick Richter employs many skills and cross-cultural understanding to his work at FH. Having started working for FH in 1995 with the Faulu Program in Kenya, Rick Richter developed all the country-based information systems and also was involved in starting up Faulu Uganda and Faulu Tanzania. He returned to the US from Kenya in 1998 and took on the role of Director of Information Technology for FH in 2000. Married to Lori for 25 years, they have 4 children aged 19 to 10 and living in Houston are actively involved in their Cypress, Texas church.
	Lindsay Branham – Global Communications Coordinator COMING SOON.

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