Retired
From 1967 to 1992, John was with the Department of the Navy, culminating in the rank of Captain. He managed every aspect of a large Navy workforce, including human resources, recruitment, compensation, benefits, performance appraisals, equal opportunity, and labor relations for an organization with 1,800 military and civilian employees. John also served as a primary flight instructor, a ground school instructor, an Instrument Flight Instructor, a standardization instructor and developed numerous training media packages for replacement pilot training.
Mortgage Advisor
Rich has been involved in higher education since volunteering as the Co-Director of New Student Orientation at Biola University in 1998. Since then he has served on staff at Biola in their Graduate Admissions department while completing his Masters in Christian Apologetics.
President of Sage Science/Professor
Rick Gerhardt is president and owner of Sage Science, a small ecological research company in Central Oregon. He has traveled throughout much of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean both conducting research of owls and hawks and presenting the results of those studies. He has lived in Central Oregon for the past 17 years with his wife, Dawn, and their four kids, now aged 19 through 12.
Oral Surgeon
Dr. Keith Krueger is a native of Central Oregon and graduated from Oregon State University in 1985. He then attended Oregon Health Sciences University School of Dentistry where he received his doctorate in 1989. Following this, Dr. Krueger completed his internship while serving three years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. Dr. Krueger then began his four year residency, pursuing his passion for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He completed his training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1997. He practiced in Portland, Oregon for over three years before establishing his practice in Bend in 2000. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Project Manager for World Relief Next
Ann Mara is currently the Project Manager for World Relief NEXT. Prior to her move to Bend she worked in Africa for 4 years as both a Teacher and Director of an Adult Education and Training Program.Director of Urgent Care, Bend Memorial Clinic
Dr. Randy Jacobs currently serves as the Director of Urgent Care at Bend Memorial Clinic, where he was also a board member from 2004 – 2008. He uses his medical background and expertise as a volunteer with Medical Teams International, where he is part of the Disaster Response Team, which implement high-impact relief and rehabilitation programs for people displaced by conflict, war and natural disaster. Dr. Jacobs treated refugees in Northern Uganda in 2007, Southwest Uganda in 2009, and in Somalia and Eastern Kenya in 2011. When he’s not responding to international medical crisis, Randy Jacobs works with the Central Oregon community. He’s Director of the COVO Mobile Medical Unit, which serves the homeless community, and also offers a weekly free medical clinic at the Shepherd’s house.
Dr. Jacobs is married to Lindy Jacobs. He has four children and one grandchild.