Meet the Staff

Lori Adams

Lori Adams joined FTE in January 2012 as the Vice President of Program. In this role she provides leadership for FTE’s program strategy and works with FTE’s president to manage resources in support of... Read More »

Dori Baker

Dori Baker joined FTE as a Calling Congregations program partner and consultant in April of 2008 after a decade of teaching youth ministry and religious education at various seminaries... Read More »

Elsie Barnhart

Elsie Barnhart joined FTE in September 2010 as the Fellowships Program Associate... Read More »

Paul Bois

Paul Bois is the Vice President of Human Resources and Administration... Read More »

Ted Boone

Prior to joining FTE, Ted Boone served as the General Manager with RCMS Group, an Atlanta based building modeling firm. Ted previously spent over 20 years with leading national project data provider Read More »

Laura Mariko Cheifetz

The Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz is our Director of Alumni Relations and Development... Read More »

Courtney Cowart

Courtney Cowart is our Director of Congregational Learning. Courtney is also a scholar in the field of Spiritual Formation and... Read More »

Kimberly Daniel

The daughter of a United Methodist Minister, Kimberly Daniel is our Communications Manager Read More »

Fran Davis-Harris

Fran Davis-Harris joined the FTE staff in April 2010. She brings with her, nearly 20 years' experience in administrative services that span the areas of advertising, church, and education... Read More »

Jim Ellison

Jim Ellison joined our staff after serving as a member of the team that implemented VEV as a pilot program from 2005-2007... Read More »

Jan Fishbeck

Jan is a Certified Public Accountant and spent 14 years in public accounting before joining FTE. Read More »

Jim Goodmann

Jim Goodmann serves as our Director of Congregational Grants... Read More »

Darlene Hutto

Darlene Hutto is our Manager of Fellowships... Read More »

Haddon Givens Kime

Web and New Media Developer, Haddon Givens Kime, is also a composer and filmmaker. Read More »

Stephen Lewis

The Reverend Stephen Lewis is FTE's President... Read More »

Elizabeth Martinez

Elizabeth Martinez joined FTE in July 2011 as the Executive Assistant to the President and Vice President of Program. Read More »

Chris Tina Mason

Chris Tina Mason joined FTE in December 2011 as the Data Associate. Prior to FTE, Chris worked as Document Management Coordinator for Union Carbide Corp/Dow Chemical. Read More »

Katie Olliff

Katie Olliff, our Program Associate for Calling Congregations is both a writer and an editor... Read More »

Matthew Wesley Williams

Matthew Williams is the Director of FTE's fellowship programs... Read More »

Martha Wright

Martha Wright works as the Program Administrator for FTE’s Volunteers Exploring Vocation (VEV)... Read More »

Traci Wright

Traci Wright joined FTE in December 2011 as Administrative Assistant/Event Planner. An Ohio native, Traci earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ohio University. Read More »