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- Director:
- Susan Bernard
- 151 S. Vincent Dr.
- Bolingbrook, IL 60490
- (630) 679-0260
- susan@alliancewomen.org
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Susan grew up in the C&MA First Alliance Church in Mansfield, Ohio, where she received
Christ into her life at age 7. During Junior High, Susan felt the call to missions, but
did not commit her life to missionary service until she was a junior in high school.
During her time at Nyack College, she met Ed Bernard who was already a missionary candidate
scheduled to leave for Irian Jaya, Indonesia (now called Papua). Ed departed for the field
while Susan stayed at Nyack
(see full bio)
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- Assistant Director:
- Billie Jo Medin
- 4300 Hodgson Rd.
- Shoreview, MN 55375
- (651) 483-1970
- billiejo@alliancewomen.org
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Billie Jo serves as Assistant Director on the National AWM Executive Team. She and her husband have
served in a variety of ministries. They were C&MA missionaries in Brazil for 15 years. From there as
Missionary in Residence at Crown College they began ministry in the Northwestern District office with
Jim as Director of Church Growth and Billie Jo his assistant. Next they accepted a pastorate in Wisconsin,
and more recently started a church plant. Presently, they are transitioning from the office of Midwest
Regional Representative for the Candidate Development of the C&MA National Office into a pastorate in
Shoreview, MN. They reside in the Twin City area and Billie Jo is also the AWM Director for the
Northwestern District and team member of Missions Mobilization.
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- Secretary:
- Susan Johnson
- 76 Payson Ave.
- Rockland, MA 02370
- (781) 871-5324
- sue@alliancewomen.org
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Sue, who serves as National AWM Secretary and New England District Director, gets energized by seeing women move
to the “next level” in a relationship with Christ.
“For most of my life my parents have cared for foster children, and with these children came the families attached
to them. God has used the influence of such broken people-primarily the Moms of the kids, to show me the necessity
and impact that women have when they reach out to other women. We also were never short a bed or spot at the table
for any missionary passing through. I remember sitting around the dinner table on several occasions captivated by
hearing all that God was doing overseas. With these two factors so prevalent in my life, its only natural that I
feel such a strong desire to work with AWM”
Sue attends South Shore Community Church in Bridgewater, MA and works as an Admin. Assistant at the New England
District C&MA Office. She lives in historic Southeastern, MA with her husband Glenn and two great teens, Aaron and Kelly.
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- Treasurer:
- Shirley Dean
- 6309 Hampton Court
- Aliquippa, PA 15001
- (724) 375-2166
- shirley@alliancewomen.org
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Shirley grew up in Aliquippa, PA. At the age of 10, she received Christ as her Savior. She attended Geneva College
in Beaver Falls, PA, where she received a B.S. degree in Mathematics and went on to the University of Pittsburgh to
receive her M. Ed. She has taught High School and college level mathematics, and she currently teaches math for
Robert Morris University and the Community College of Beaver County. She attends the Brodhead C&MA Church in
Aliquippa where she serves as the local director for AWM. She has served AWM as an Area Director, as member-at-large
on the District Team and as the District Director.
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- Member-at-Large:
- Shari McRae
- 10405 Marbury Terrace
- Glen Allen, VA 23060
- (804) 672-8306
- shari@alliancewomen.org
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Shari is a member-at-large on the National AWM Leadership Team. She has served on the Mid-Atlantic
District AWM Committee as Secretary for 2 years, and as the Director for 6 years. Shari is a member
of West End Alliance Church, where she is on staff as Music Director and also serves as the AWM local
director. She attended Taylor University and graduate school at Ball State University, with degrees
in Psychology and Counseling. Shari lives in Richmond, VA with her husband Walter, and is the mother
of Ben, Erin, and Jacob.
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- Member-at-Large:
- Omee Thao
- 10534 King Court
- Westminster, CO 80031
- (303) 704-0105
- omee@alliancewomen.org
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Who could have imagined that one day this girl from the high mountains of Laos would have this great opportunity to serve
the Lord of lords and the King of kings? Omee was born in Laos and came to the United States in 1979. She graduated
from Northwestern College with a degree in Psychology. She has been a pastor's wife for 18 years and has been actively
involved in church ministries, especially ministries to women. She served on the Hmong District AWM Committee
as Secretary for 1 year, Assistant Director for 2 years, and as Director for 6 years. Presently she is serving on
the National AWM Team as Member-at-Large and as Secretary for Celebrate 2008. Omee has recently moved to Colorado with
her husband, Lantzia, and their four children, Timothy, Priscilla, Daniel, and Christina.
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart..." (Jeremiah 1:5)
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- Member-at-Large:
- Dale Hughes
- 5428 Halifax Drive
- Orlando FL 32812
- (407) 273-7539
- dale@alliancewomen.org
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Dale grew up in rural NH in a Christian home. She surrendered her life to the Lord for fulltime
Christian service at age 20. Dale graduated from nursing school in Concord, NH and later spent
about a year working in medical missions in Benin, West Africa with SIM. In 1980 she graduated
from Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions in Columbia, SC. It is there she met her
husband, Chuck. While he completed seminary, Dale worked as Dir. of Education for O.C.E.A.N.,
coordinating CEU workshops for nurses in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America.
The Hughes’ have served in a church planting ministry in the New England District and in 2 churches
in the Southeastern District. Based in Orlando since 1999 they have served in District ministry in
Church Planting and as District Superintendent. Dale has also worked as a teacher and in
administration in Christian schools. She has been very involved in AWM at the local and district
level for 22 years. The Hughes’ have two sons. Charles III and his wife Kristen are serving in a
church planting ministry in Orlando and Samuel recently graduated from Columbia International
University.
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- Resource Guide Editor:
- Rachel Sproul
- 301 Mayfield Village
- Beaver Falls, PA 15010
- (724) 843-4535
- rachel@alliancewomen.org
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Rachel's coworkers always tease her saying she bleeds Alliance. She grew up in the Washington
Alliance Church in Washington, PA, and if the doors were open her family was there. She did bible
quizzing, was in youth group, attended Mahaffey Camp and was a camp counselor at Edinboro each
summer during her college years. So of course, when she could, she got involved in Alliance Women’s
Ministries. She currently serves on her AW district retreat committee as the technical support person.
Rachel graduated from Mount Vernon Nazarene College in 2000 with a Bachelors degree in Art and a minor
in business. She later continued her education at Geneva College, graduating with a Master of Science
in Organizational Leadership in 2005. She is currently employed by Geneva as their webmaster. In
addition, she is active in her church singing with the worship team and choir, helping with their
website and multi-media, working in the nursery and with the youth group, and of course, Alliance Women.
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- Webmaster:
- Tonya Wollum
- 270 Flagstone Dr.
- Bethlehem, PA 18017
- (610) 691-3991
- webmaster@alliancewomen.org
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Tonya currently serves as webmaster and has previously served as Member-at-Large on
the National AWM Team. In addition to being a stay-at-home mom, she has worked part-time
as an independent Web Designer. She graduated from UNC-Greensboro
with a degree in Education, and she studied Computer Science at NC State University. Tonya lives in
Bethlehem, PA with her husband, Steve, and their children, Emily and Christopher.
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