BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Celeste Brown is first and foremost a follower of Jesus. From a young age she has felt a calling to international ministry. She worked with Food for the Hungry (FH) for seventeen years. Much of that time was spent internationally—as International Staff in Bolivia, Country Director of Haiti, and assisting the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. Celeste holds a BA in International Culture and Economy and an MBA in International Development.
Ena Richards is from South Africa and has been running WORK 4 A LIVING since 2007. She is married with 3 children. Her husband, Walter, serves in the ministry with her. She is passionate about breaking the Cycle of Poverty in the poorest communities and getting the unemployed economically active, either through employment opportunities or business. Her key focus is changing the mindsets of the poor, breaking the Poverty Mindset and only then addressing physical poverty. They do this through WORK 4 A LIVING Centres that they run across 4 continents.
Graham lives in New Zealand and is married to Lynda his wife of 52 years. He has four children, 7 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. He has been in various forms of church leadership for the past 50 years, loves Jesus and is passionate about world mission. He has a background in counselling and currently does professional supervision with folks involved in ministry.
Anna, together with her husband Nam are the co-founders of Reconciled World. Originally from New Zealand, Anna has lived and worked in Asia since 1995. Anna joined Food for the Hungry in 1996, working with them until 2013. Nam and Anna were married in 2001. In 2004 Anna started a program, Truth Centered Transformation, to see if people could really move out of poverty as they understood and applied biblical truth. The results were beyond anything they ever imagined, with hundreds of communities moving out of poverty. In 2013, Nam and Anna followed God’s leading to launch Reconciled World. Anna is the Executive Director of Reconciled World. She is based in Asia, but spends at least half the year traveling the world.
Peter currently serves as the Treasurer of the board for Reconciled World. His 20+ year background spans financial operations, project management and global business. Peter has significant experience working in cross-cultural settings. In the years he spent living in countries throughout Asia, Peter gained a deep understanding of the relational, business, and process issues involved in working globally. He holds an MBA from DePaul University, a BA in Business/Economics from Wheaton College, and a Certificate of Applied Linguistics from Dallas International University. In his free time, Peter likes to spend time with his family, go running and hiking, travel and play strategy games.