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Max Roadruck, Chairman of the Board of Directors (maxroadruck2@ameritech.net)
I am married 42 years to Barbara O’Brien with two boys, Brian and Jeremy. I am also an Ordained Deacon since June of 1987 and am currently assigned at Mary, Help of Christians, Fairborn, Oh. My duties as Deacon include; serving as Deacon at Sunday Mass, preaching 2nd Sunday of month, Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals (outside of mass), and going with wife Barbara to visit the sick. I retired as a Major from Air Force in 1987. I was a Program Manager, working for Robbins-Gioia for 15 years as programmer; lead for application for Program and Resource Application and Cost Analyst. I retired from active work in September 2001. My hobbies include golf, model R/C airplanes, model cars.
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Alicia DeWitt, Secretary of the Board of Directors (ldewitt3@woh.rr.com)
My name is Alicia Marie DeWitt. I have been married to Larry Thomas DeWitt for 40 years. We have 4 adult children all married and with their own children. We have 7 grandchildren. I was born in Springfield and have lived here all of my life. I am a Registered Nurse and work as a school nurse for the Northeastern Local School District at South Vienna school. This is my 2nd year as a school nurse. Prior to this I worked as a RN for the Clark County Combined Health District for 2 years. I spent the majority of my working career at Community Hospital before retiring in 2004. I like to read, especially spiritual readings. I like to walk, given the chance I will walk for an hour a day. I like to talk and love a good conversation. I like gospel and spiritual music but most of all I love being part of the Catholic Church. I find everything about the Church brings me to a deep understanding of who I am and who God wants me to be.
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Alice Bell, Board of Directors (bbell4ab@aol.com)
Alice Bell joined the FYI Board in 2010. Now retired, she formerly worked at The Ohio State University Moritz Law Library and LexisNexis (Dayton, Ohio). She held leadership positions in professional and community organizations. Alice is a graduate of Ohio Dominican College (B.A.), University of Maryland College Park (M.L.S.) and Xavier University (H.R.Ed.). Alice resides in Springfield, Ohio.
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Terri Foss, Board of Directors
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Marcia Garrison, Board of Directors (mmefisher@aol.com)
Rev. Marcia Ann Garrison is a
full-time staff chaplain at Springfield
Regional Medical
Center. She serves on the Ethics Committee at Springfield Regional Hospital
and has worked on committees designed to facilitate ecumenical awareness for
the hospital and the community at large.
Currently, Marcia has been assigned to be the chaplain for patients who
come through the Springfield
Cancer Center.
She also serves as a volunteer for
Hospice to meet the spiritual and emotional needs of those patients who are in
their last stages of life.
Marcia
has facilitated spirituality groups for veterans at the V.A. hospital in Dayton, Ohio and has been
a volunteer mediator for the City of Springfield.
Currently, she serves on the Springfield Mediation Board. In addition to this, Marcia has volunteered
for the Family Violence
Center in Xenia, Ohio. She served as secretary for the Urban League
for four years, and also served helping with youth awareness on drug abuse with
Partners Fighting Back, a program of the Administration of Drug and Mental
Health.
Marcia
earned her Masters of Arts Degree from Wright State
University in 1993, and
earned her Masters of Divinity from Payne Theological Seminary in 1999. She was ordained an Elder of the Christian Ministry
Community Church,
Springfield, Ohio in 2003 where she continues to serve as
Assistant Pastor to the Rev. Lloyd P. Robinson, Sr.
Marcia
is certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains and participates as a
member at the annual conferences. She is
endorsed by the International Council of Christian Churches, Frankfort, IL,
and plans to pursue a doctorate of ministry at United Theological Seminary
beginning August, 2010. Marcia is the
proud mother of four grown children.
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Lucretia Gillis, Board of Directors
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Lori Pierce, Board of Directors (loriahpierce@sbcglobal.net)
I have been blessed to be married to a wonderful husband, Phil for 21 years. We have two children, Sarah (12) and Seth (10), who attend St. Peter Catholic School, Huber Heights, OH. I was born in Greenville, SC, daughter to Bob & Rosemary Harman. My father was military and likewise I married into the military as Phil is a C-5 Pilot at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. My father retired when I was fairly young and we settled in Wichita Falls, TX. I graduated from Notre Dame High School and Midwestern State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management (minor in Business Administration). In Oct 85, I pursued a professional career as a Special Agent with the Department of Defense at Lawton, OK, Altus AFB, OK, Honolulu, HI and Dayton, OH leaving the government in Aug 99 after the birth of our son. I received at Master of Arts degree in Management from Webster University, St. Louis, MO. I am currently a stay-at-home mom and dabble as a Consultant with Creative Memories. I've been a volunteer as an assistant to the St. Peter School librarian from Aug 92 to present. I've also volunteered in other capacities at St. Peter School and Church where we are parishioners. I'm a member of the Familia Bible Study and an adult volunteer to our daughters "Challenge" group. We also enjoy being parishioners at Sacred Hearth Catholic Church, New Carlisle, OH, were I've joined forces to help teach English to the Hispanic population.
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Barb Roadruck, Board of Directors (maxroadruck2@ameritech.net)
I have been married 42 years to Max Roadruck and have two boys—Brian and Jeremy. I am a stay at home mother. I have completed the Lay Pastoral Ministry Program. I am the Adult Faith Coordinator for Mary, Help for Christians parish located in Fairborn, Ohio. I have completed a spiritual direction course. I also am a Steven Minister. I visit the sick and those that are shut in. I like making quilts and doing cross-stitch when I have the time.
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Pennie Whisler, Board of Directors (pwhisler@greeneccc.com)
I am currently teaching GRADS (pregnant and parenting teens) in Greene County(2nd year). Prior to Greene County, I taught GRADS in Springfield City Schools for 10 years – 9 years at Keifer and 1 year at NHS/SHS/Keifer. My husband and I live in Champaign County- Urbana School District. We have 3 sons – 2 married and 1 in college – and 2 grandsons and a granddaughter due in February. I enjoy reading, traveling, boating, sewing and crafts. We attend Bethel Baptist in Springfield and are very involved in church activities.
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