NewBridges Board of Directors

Chair - Gloria Diener
Retired English teacher at Eastern Mennonite High School
Gloria spent several years in Central America doing service and returned several times to visit and interpret for medical mission trips.

Vice Chair - Byron Peachey
Associate pastor at Eastern Mennonite University
Byron spent several years with his wife working with the Mennonite Central Committee in Central America. Has significant experience with grant writing.

Treasurer - John Bomberger
Executive Director of Choice Books
John has attended seminary and advises on business decisions.

Secretary - Cynthia Hunter
Associate professor of Social Work at James Madison University
Cynthia has spent several years working in Africa with the Peace Corps and in Central America with the Mennonite Central Committee.

Armando Sanchez
Pastor of Inciende Una Luz, the first independently-founded Spanish language church
Armando grew up in Mexico before moving to the US with his family.

Adela See
Employee of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham Health Department
Everyone in the Spanish-speaking community knows "Adelita" at the health department. She grew up in Guatemala and worked many years in Honduras with Brethren Volunteers.

Luke Shrock Hurst
Community Member
Luke has spent several years in Central America and Indonesia serving with the Mennonite Central Committee and Eastern Mennonite Missions.

Mim Yoder
Home Health Nurse with Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Mim spent several years working with Mennonite Central Committee in Central America.

Executive Director - Susannah Lepley
Susannah holds a Masters of Arts in Peace Studies from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries. She was born in Brazil to missionary parents and lived there before coming to the United States in seventh grade.