Speakers

(sorted alphabetically by first name)

Alexandru Ilie

Executive Director, Romania Without Orphans Alliance (ARFO)

Anne Kasombo

CBN Regional Director for Eastern Africa, Country Leader for WWO-Kenya

Anu Silas

Founder and Director, Vanitashray; Ambassador and Facilitato, South Asia Without Orphans Global Movement; Certified Trainer, POSCO (Protection of Chil

Daniel Kaggwa

Team leader, Alliance for Uganda Without Orphans

Dmytro and Tanya Bereza 

WWO Global Technology Lead and Hope Groups Finance Manager

Elizabeth Melendez Good

The Foundation United

Gary Kamaal

Director, Viva India

Gibstar Makangila 

Executive Director, Circle of Hope, Zambia

Greg Haswell

Senior Pastor, Northlands Church, Atlanta, Georgia; Chairman, WWO Global Leadership Council

Hazel Cedeño

Casa Viva Solutions Director, Latin America 

Ivan Minchev

Bulgaria Without Orphans, Co-Chair 

Joshua H. K. Banda

Bishop, author, lecturer

Karen Springs

Global Forum Production Lead 

Karmen Friesen

WWO Principal Coordinator

Lubo Hlavacka

Global Coordinator for Ambassadors and Teams, Executive Team

Maher Abu Lail

Senior Business and IT Advisor, Member of the leadership team of Middle East Without Orphans

Marcos Vergara

Evangelical Churches Association of Paraguay, Vice President 

Maria de la Paz Zabala

WWO Latin America Facilitator

Martin Kapenda

Tehila Zambia, Director 

Menchit Wong 

Co-Vice Chair, International Board of the Lausanne Movement 

Nardeen Matta

Life Vision for Development, Program Manager

Nelson N. Makanda

Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, General Secretary and CEO 

Nicole Baldonado

Program Coordinator of Hope Groups 

Nisreen Hawatmeh

Founder, Managing Director of SANADAK Orphan Ministry 

Patrick Rutikanga 

Gisimba Memorial Organization Director, Trust Based Relational Practitioner

Paulo Borges Junior

Pastor, Co-Founder and Coordinator Council member of Sal da Terra (Salt of the Earth) Ministry

Richard Procter

Regional Ambassador, Europe

Ruby M. Johnston

Global Capacity Building Lead, Executive Team 

Ruslan Maliuta

Director of Collaborative Engagement, OneHope

Sara Vargas

Regional Ambassador, Latin America

Shelton Taguma

Executive Director, Forgotten Voices

Sue Austen

Training Lead, Zimbabwe Without Orphans; Founder and Program Director, Kukosha

Susan Hillis

Global Coordinator for Strategy and Senior Technical Advisor, WWO Executive Team 

Sydney Tucker 

Master of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics 

Tetiana Machabeli

Executive Director, Nehemiah Ukraine

Zhenia Taradaika

Founder and Director of “There is Hope Foundation,” Krakow, Poland

Presenters

Alina Druta

President of Moldova Without Orphans

Amalee McCoy

Project Lead for Scaling Up Parenting for Lifelong Health in the Public Health System

Andrii Fedun

Events and Logistics Lead, Operations Team

Anne Kasombo

CBN Regional Director for Eastern Africa, Country Leader for WWO-Kenya

Anthony Morsella

Business Development Director, North American Auto; Ministry Team Leader, Northlands Church

Anu Silas

Founder and Director, Vanitashray; Ambassador and Facilitato, South Asia Without Orphans Global Movement; Certified Trainer, POSCO (Protection of Chil

Barbara Ruegger

Trauma Consultant, Communications Lead

Chrina Cuna Henson

Founder and Executive Director, Generations-Home

Christopher Nenga

World Impact Trust, Founder/Director

Clara Makosa

Pastor, Systemic Family Therapist, Christian Counselor, and Bible School Facilitator

Colleen Milstein

Executive Director, Loom International 

Damaris Barrios

Coordinator, Familinea

Dmytro and Tanya Bereza 

WWO Global Technology Lead and Hope Groups Finance Manager

Faith Dziruni

Program Lead, Parenting for Children in Crisis at Parenting for Lifelong Health

Gibstar Makangila 

Executive Director, Circle of Hope, Zambia

Hannah Fairs-Billam

Co-founder and Director of Tehila Zambia

Hazel Cedeño

Casa Viva Solutions Director, Latin America 

Innocent Habimfura 

Country Director, Hope and Homes for Children, Rwanda 

Ivan Minchev

Bulgaria Without Orphans, Co-Chair 

J. R. Lynn Johnston

Co-founder and President, LAMb International

Jane Arnott 

Project Manager for Care for Children’s Thailand 

Janna Moats

Founder, Loom International 

Jared Scheppmann

Executive Director, Ekisa Ministries

Jephat Chifamba

Zimbabwe Without Orphans, Chairperson; Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Zimbabwe, Deputy Dean

Jodi Jackson Tucker 

Founder and President, Second Mothers 

Kanthamanee ‘Gift’ Ladaphongphatthana 

Lecturer and Alternative Care Policy Advocate

Karen Grace Paul

Founder and director of CDFIN (Child Development and Family Impact Network)

Karen Hale

Senior Pastor, Dothan Christian Fellowship, USA

Karen Springs

Global Forum Production Lead 

Karina Núñez Esquivel

Latin America Regional Manager, Orphan’s Promise

Karmen Friesen

WWO Principal Coordinator

Kimberly Quinley 

Co-founder and Executive Director, Step Ahead, Thailand 

Leonie Nortje

Regional Manager, Orphan’s Promise

Lubo Hlavacka

Global Coordinator for Ambassadors and Teams, Executive Team

Lulu Ngcobo

Co-Director at Clowns Without Borders South Africa

Lyudmyla Bryn

Executive Director, Children Mission International

Maher Abu Lail

Senior Business and IT Advisor, Member of the leadership team of Middle East Without Orphans

Marcos Vergara

Evangelical Churches Association of Paraguay, Vice President 

Maria de la Paz Zabala

WWO Latin America Facilitator

Martin Kapenda

Tehila Zambia, Director 

Mattika Panmanacharoenphol 

Director of Programs, Step Ahead Foundation

Melinda Tankard Reist

Author, Speaker, Campaigner, Advocate

Melissa Grasso

Senior leader of Empower Woman’s Ministry, Northlands Church, USA

Michelle Haswell

Author of Living Refreshed

Michelle Keadle-Taylor

Communications Lead, Operations Team

Nardeen Matta

Life Vision for Development, Program Manager

Nelson N. Makanda

Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, General Secretary and CEO 

Nicole Baldonado

Program Coordinator of Hope Groups 

Nisreen Hawatmeh

Founder, Managing Director of SANADAK Orphan Ministry 

Nkosie Kapswara

Celebration Ministries International Compassion, Program Project Manager

Oleg Shelashskyi 

Director of International Leadership and Development Center, Ukraine 

Olha Ruina

Hope Groups Program Assistant and Master Trainer

Paola Paulini

Wife and mother of three children; Founder and Director of Casa de la Mujer

Pete Garratt

Director of Global Programmes, Hope and Homes for Children UK

Phil Green

CEO of Viva – Together for Children

Philip Aspegren

Executive Director, Casa Viva 

Praveen Gomez

Implementation Lead, Executive Team

Raghu Balachandran

Director for Relief and Development, National Christian Evangelical Alliance, Sri Lanka

Rebecca Taguma

Senior Director, Restoring Hope and the Trauma Healing Institute

Rephat Nyarenda

Pastor and Ministry Leader, Zimbabwe

Richard Procter

Regional Ambassador, Europe

Ruby M. Johnston

Global Capacity Building Lead, Executive Team 

Runesu Kwaramba

Zimbabwe Without Orphans, Trainer; Celebration College, Lecturer; Marketing and Communications Expert

Sara Vargas

Regional Ambassador, Latin America

Sarah Kwagala Kasozi

Counselor; Youth Coach and Mentor; Child Protection and Family Advocate; Speaker; Pastor; Author; Co-Founder, Heart to Heart Initiative

Sean Mullens

Director of Champion Engagement Love Justice

Shamindra Fernando

Coordinator, Sri Lanka Without Orphans and South Asia Without Orphans

Shelton Taguma

Executive Director, Forgotten Voices

Sreyny Sorn

ABLE Project Manager, Children in Families

Stella Ayo-Odongo

Director for Pathfinding Countries, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children – Hosted by UNICEF

Sue Austen

Training Lead, Zimbabwe Without Orphans; Founder and Program Director, Kukosha

Susan Hillis

Global Coordinator for Strategy and Senior Technical Advisor, WWO Executive Team 

Svitlana Kharchenko

Executive Director, Ukraine Without Orphans

Sydney Tucker 

Master of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics 

Tamara Statkiewicz

YWAM Poland National Board, Emotional Intelligence Trainer, TBRI Practitioner, Children at Risk Ministry Leader 

Tami Snowden

Director, Crisis Care Training International

Tessa Boudrie 

Asia Director, Hope and Homes for Children, Rwanda

Tetiana Machabeli

Executive Director, Nehemiah Ukraine

Valeria Cáceres Bozzano

Director and Co-Founder of the United for Christ Organization and Co-Founder of PPF

Zhenia Taradaika

Founder and Director of “There is Hope Foundation,” Krakow, Poland