We have 30+ national team members in Haiti. They fill a wide variety of positions. Each is a valuable part of our team.
RMI Board Members and their spouses are enthusiastic about guiding RMI’s mission to transform lives in Christ. All board members were previously involved in RMI ministries, and many spouses have also contributed. This team approach, with spouses participating in all non-voting board functions, enriches RMI with creativity and spiritual, financial, and missional focus.
RMI is governed by a Board of Directors of not less than five individuals, a majority of whom are not staff or family. The RMI Board of Directors meet together face to face at least twice a year, in addition to periodic conference calls and sets policies, approves vision, evaluates effectiveness, reviews financial statements, approves budgets, and in general provides direction and oversight to the entire ministry. RMI applies the guiding principles of its Board according to ECFA guidelines.
Jeff, is an entrepreneur and President of CMS International Group in Miami and immediate past Chairman of the Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida. Jeff and his wife, Marjorie have been married for 29 years and have 3 adult children. Marjorie is a psychiatry mental health nurse practitioner. Both of them are Haitian Americans. They enjoy traveling and Jeff loves to ride his Harley Davidson motorcycle. Jeff and Marjorie are long-time members of The Bridge Church in Miramar, Fl where Jeff serves as an Elder and leads the Men’s Ministry. They are passionate about serving and are very active in the South Florida Haitian-American community. Since 2005, they lead a medical mission team to Haiti every December to provide health care to underserved communities of rural southern Haiti and organize a toy distribution to over 3,000 children in the town of Cavaillon. Jeff and his company have been supporting RMI field missionaries over the years. Jeff shares “I know, understand and personally witness the impact of RMI and the work they do in Haiti, I am grateful and honored to serve on the board of this institution.”
Todd is a Financial Adviser with Eagle Strategies LLC and agent with New York Life in Jacksonville, FL. Bethene is the office manager. They have three children. Two adult children live in Florida and their youngest son, 17, lives at home. He proudly rocks an extra chromosome (he has Down syndrome). Todd and Bethene are actively involved at his amazing school and Special Olympics where Josiah competes in 7 sports. Todd leads a high school life group, and together he and Bethene volunteer in the marriage ministry at their church. More than 20 years ago, Todd took his first trip to Haiti with RMI. He states that “on that first trip I was tremendously impressed with RMI. Since then I’ve become even more convinced RMI’s model is wise, sustainable and beneficial. I’m excited to serve on the Board and encourage more churches to get involved.”
John is recently retired from 37 years of public service for Atlantic County New Jersey. The last ten years of his career were spent as the Planning Director and Department Head of the Department of Regional Planning and Development. John currently works as a transportation planner for the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization and is the Planning Board Chairman for Corbin City, NJ. John and his wife, Heather, have been married for 38 years and have two adult children. Heather retired as the Registrar for Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, NJ in 2023. They both enjoy fishing, travel and spending time with family. Heather and John attend Heavenward Christian Fellowship in Marmora, NJ. They have both participated in the C3 relationship with Port-a-Piment, Haiti for 30+ years. John has made several trips to Haiti with teams, the first of which took place in 1980 to help construct what is now the Zanglais Ministry Center. Heather has been on two C3 Partnership trips to Port-a-Piment. John shares, “My Haiti experience has been transformational and God used it to allow me to become a participant in ministry as opposed to being on the sideline as an observer as I was before. I feel privileged to serve with RMI which has had such a positive influence on my life as a Christian.”
Having grown up in Haiti as a missionary kid and then spending 25 years living in Haiti, Dan has a unique understandiHaving grown up in Haiti as a missionary kid and then spending 25 years living in Haiti, Dan has a unique understanding of the needs of the Haitian churches, communities, and schools. As a co-founder of RMI in 1988 and VP/Field Leader of RMI for 17 years, Dan has been able to bring vision and leadership to RMI as it has grown. Since becoming President in 2006, he has had the opportunity to continue this vision by seeing new programs and initiatives brought to RMI’s fields. RMI’s tagline of seeing lives (both US and Haitian) transformed in Christ and providing hope for their future has been a driving force for him and his team. In addition to leading RMI, in 2020 he co-founded the United American Chamber of Commerce of Southwest FL. He received his Master’s in Organizational Leadership from Columbia International University in 2022. He and his wife, Debbie, have two adult children and five grandchildren. Their son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Their daughter and her husband are missionaries with RMI and live in Santiago, Dominican Republic. They minister to Haitians and Dominicans through RMI’s Ezra Institute School of Leadership. Although Dan grew up riding enduro motorcycles in Haiti and used that mode of transportation all during his service in Haiti, he fulfilled his dream of getting his US motorcycle license and enjoys riding his 2005 Kawasaki 1600 Vulcan Nomad with the motorcycle club from his church. He also enjoys reading and cooking. He recently took up kayaking and enjoys paddling around the backwaters of Southwest Florida.
Kirk is a mechanical engineer and owns a manufacturing company in the Chicago area. His company provides automated machinery to the packaging, medical device, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods industries. He participated on his first trip to Haiti in 2001 with a work team, and then 6 more times visiting his C3 Partner church in Ducis, Haiti. Kirk serves as an elder at the Village Church of Bartlett and has been active in missions during his 26+ years at the church. Kirk and his wife Sherry have three daughters, one son, and eight grandchildren that keep them very busy. For recreation, Kirk and Sherry enjoy riding their Harley-Davidson motorcycles on long road trips to explore new places and seeing God’s creation. Kirk shares, “Each trip to Haiti has impacted me in different ways depending on what God was trying to teach me at that point in my life. The people in Haiti are wonderful and it is always a blessing to visit our Sister Church family and the great RMI staff in Haiti.”
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