MEET OUR TEAM
It takes passion and perseverance in this line of work and our team has both. Here is the team that is making this fast growing foundation thrive and change lives every day.
Angela Howard is a charismatic mental health author, speaker, and the Executive Director of His Heart Foundation. She is an ordained minister whose international speaking experience covers conferences, leadership seminars, church events as well as live online training. She joined HHF in 2016, just prior to our public launch, serving as the Director of Mental Health and Communications. Her passion for breaking the stigma of mental illness in the church comes from the quote by Amy Simpson that says, “When the church is silent to a person in crisis, it can sound remarkably like silence from God.”
Pastor Wayne has served as a minister of the gospel for the past 45 plus years, serving in Clark County since 1993. He was the Executive Director at His Heart Foundation from 2018-2021. He and his wife Jenny have focused on making their churches and ministries places of oasis and refuge for the hurting. Wayne is excited to develop relationships that make a difference for the kingdom of God. He and his wife Jenny live in Vancouver, WA, and love spending time with their children and grandchildren.
Nathan graduated from Washington State University with a BA in Business Administration. Nathan has spent over 6 years in governmental accounting/auditing and 10 years in pastoral ministry. Over the last four years, he has had the joy of blending his accounting and pastoral background to serve churches and non-profits in their financial and business operations. Nathan and his wife Jamie have 5 children and enjoy spending time together with their family in the great Northwest.
Rachael has worked in ministry for over twenty years, and has a passion for making sure that each person feels seen and heard. She is the Volunteer Coordinator for North Creek Church and has served on this team since 2008 in various capacities. She is very excited to be a part of His Heart Foundation and see how God can use her experience to support this organization. She lives in Vancouver, Washington with her family.
Ella graduated with her BA in psychology from LeTourneau University. She has a passion for serving, particularly in the mental health field. She has a background in volunteer service with hospitals, church ministry, Joni and Friends, overseas missions in the Czech Republic, and college ministry. She has also worked as a behavioral therapist. Ella grew up in the countryside of Pennsylvania and currently lives in the Vancouver area with her husband and daughter.
A University of Washington School of Social Work alumnus and graduate of the University of Michigan’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program, Kathryn brings experience working in both student support services and classroom instruction. She is passionate about building caring connections across generations through mentoring. Having flourished under mentorship throughout her life, she is excited to encourage the development of young hearts and minds in her work to further the mission and reach of MentorSuccess™.
Cynthia graduated from Boise State University with a BA in Business Administration in Accounting. Cynthia works at her local church as a bookkeeper and is actively involved with her husband at a non-profit marriage ministry. They believe that Christ-centered families and healthy marital relationships benefits both our relationship with God and the growth of the church. His Heart’s mission fits with her family mission and she is excited to use her gifts to serve.
Wayne and Jenny have been in pastoral ministry for over 45 years, serving in various churches and in Clark County since 1993. They have always felt that their churches should serve as a place of oasis and healing for those who are hurting and broken. Today, they continue to minister to those who walk through the doors at the Oasis offering a place of peace and rest for those in need.
MEET OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Pastor Wayne has served as a minister of the gospel for the past 45 plus years, serving in Clark County since 1993. He was the Executive Director at His Heart Foundation from 2018-2021. He and his wife Jenny have focused on making their churches and ministries places of oasis and refuge for the hurting. Wayne is excited to serve as the Chairman of the Board at HHF in order to use his experience in coaching, leading, and mentoring the leaders of the next generation for the glory of God.
Barb is a former board member of a private K-8 school in Illinois and served as volunteer coordinator for a dynamic growing ministry through her church in Illinois. Barb has her undergrad and master’s degree in Education and masters in biblical counseling from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. She currently leads women in the study of God’s Word. Barb and her husband have three adult children and live in northern Florida.
In his work as an ophthalmologist, Dr. Stevens has come to understand the value of good vision for his patients’ physical and mental well-being. Nathan serves many rural communities in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico through satellite clinics and local community hospitals. He has been active in short-term medical missions work in Guatemala for many years, often bringing his family to serve alongside him. He is honored to serve on the board at His Heart.
Dr. Leung currently serves as the director of Clinical Services at OHSU, in Portland, Oregon. Being fluent in Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin and Laotian, Dr. Leung is also the director of the Indochinese Psychiatry Program and has special interests in cross-cultural psychiatry. After completing his psychiatry residency at OHSU, Dr. Leung has been board certified in psychiatry since 1989. He is looking forward to using his experience to serve the team at His Heart Foundation.
Nathan graduated from Washington State University with a BA degree in Business Administration. Nathan has spent over 6 years in governmental accounting/auditing and 10 years in pastoral ministry. Over the last four years, he has had the joy of blending his accounting and pastoral background to serve churches and non-profits in their financial and business operations. Nathan and his wife Jamie have 5 children and enjoy spending time together with their family in the great Northwest.
Jerry Willbur’s extensive experience in the corporate world includes: being a senior executive for over twenty years at two Fortune 500 companies, S.C. Johnson, and The ServiceMaster Company. He’s a published author, best known for his award-winning research in the field of mentoring, and is currently on the advisory board for the University of New Mexico’s Mentoring Institute.
Our Founder
As a dentist, Dany believes in the power of early prevention and has grown his dental practices into a national group. With a passion for serving, Dr. Tse has had a wide range of experience involving various evangelical organizations. While volunteering as the Executive Director of the mobile health care program for Medical Teams International, Dany saw a great need for quality health care. Dany is grateful to his wife Debbie for her help and support in founding the organization, without her HHF would have never come into being.
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