Wycliffe Leadership | Board of Directors | Executive Leaders

John and his wife, Kelly, served in the pastorate for 13 years in the United States before joining Wycliffe USA in 2001. They are passionate about seeing God transform people and communities when they experience his Word in a language and form...

Dr. Jennifer Holloran joined Wycliffe in 2002 as a typist for the Personnel department. Through that initial experience, God gave Jennifer a passion for Bible translation and for caring well for the people who serve with Wycliffe. Over the years,...

Andy and his wife, Lori, joined Wycliffe in 1992 with a desire to serve a people group that needed God’s Word in their language. They first worked in language survey in the Caribbean and then served for eight years facilitating a Bible...

Prior to joining Wycliffe in 2007, John served in a variety of leadership roles, both professionally and vocationally, spanning 40 years. John brings extensive expertise in operations, finance, investments, insurance and more. John previously...

Vicky joined the Wycliffe team in 2012, serving as the Director of Public Relations and later as the Senior Director of Communications. She now serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, using her years of experience to...

José de Dios serves as Executive Vice President for People and Culture. He joined Wycliffe in 1995. He and Laura, worked with the Wycliffe Global Alliance for 18 years in different leadership roles including serving on the global...

Andrew grew up a pastor’s kid and was first introduced to Bible translation when his family smuggled Bibles into a country that was closed to the gospel. The profound impact of seeing a portion of the body of Christ without God’s Word...

Curt Henderson began serving with Wycliffe as the VP of Finance in 2019. Curt worked as an accountant for several organizations around Central Florida before entering the nonprofit sector in 2008. Most recently, Curt served as the VP of Finance...

James Cunningham began his journey with Wycliffe in 2012 when he took a leadership role within IT's Software Development team. Over the course of the next few years, James continued to serve as Software Development Director and Senior Director....

Kristie Frieze has served in various roles at Wycliffe, most recently the Senior Director of Events and Experience Marketing. In her current role, Kristie is responsible for all corporate events and oversees all guest experiences at Wycliffe USA...

Matt Petersen came to Wycliffe USA in 2002, just months after the new headquarters building was opened in Orlando. In the years that followed, he served as a writer, editor, Director of Content and as the Senior Director of the Marketing...

Ken and his wife, Linda, began serving with Wycliffe in 1991 when they took a one-year sabbatical from a church Ken pastored to provide pastoral care for missionaries. More than 25 years later, they are still involved in the Bible translation...

Chris joined Wycliffe in 2005 after visiting some friends who were working for Wycliffe in Cameroon. While there, he saw how naturally the local Kwasio people connected with one another in their own language but how much disconnect there was for...

Larry Cheng is a managing partner of Volition Capital, a private equity firm that invests in high growth, founder-owned technology companies. Larry focuses on investment opportunities in Internet and consumer companies. He is a former partner of...

Lindsay Olesberg is a Senior Consultant at Clarity for Christian Leaders, with a focus on facilitating growth in spiritual discernment for boards and senior leadership teams. She has more than 30 years of experience in ministry, serving in...

Fidencio Burgueno is an ordained Bishop with the Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee, and has served as the Administrative Bishop for the South Central Hispanic Region of his denomination for the last six years. Previously Fidencio served as...

Dan Butler has been a member of Wycliffe USA since 1980. Over the years, Dan has served in a variety of support and administrative roles, including as the Language Programs Director and other leadership roles for SIL Sudan, and Africa Area...

Dr. Julian Dangerfield resigned from a career in software engineering to serve the ministry of Shalom Outreach as its Executive Director. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and has completed his Master of Arts degree in...

Dr. Pramod John is the CEO at VIVIO Health. Prior to that, he founded Oration PBC which changed the way consumers purchase prescription medicine. He was also Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at McKesson where he helped develop...

Grace Mathews is Program Director for India Mobile Congress – India’s largest industry conclave for IT and communications. Grace served as the Vice-Chair of the Global Board for the Lausanne Movement until 2016; she held various...

Pat Miersma is a Mental Health Nurse-Ethnic Clinical Specialist. She and her husband, Harry — who works as a marriage and family therapist — joined Wycliffe in 1980. They served as SIL counselors in Papua New Guinea from 1985 to...

Bonnie and her husband, John, have spent more than 32 years working in a language project in Papua New Guinea. In 2001, the project has expanded to serve 10 different languages in the Aitape West area. The story of the dramatic circumstances God...

Brian has been involved in ministry for much of his career. He was active in cross-cultural work and kingdom business ventures in North Africa for more than a decade. Brian currently serves as the Executive Director of YouVersion — maker of...

Dr. Julie Shimer retired in 2012 from the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Innovation Officer of Welch Allyn, a $700 million revenue global manufacturer of medical equipment. She served as CEO of Vocera Communications, a wireless...

Mark Taber and his wife, Kathy, have been working with Wycliffe USA and SIL — a Wycliffe partner organization — since 1982. Until 2008, they lived in Southeast Asia doing language development and Bible translation among minority...

Florence Wamae has been involved with the Bible translation movement since 2004 when she joined Bible Translation & Literacy Kenya as the Communications Officer. She serves on two school boards in Kenya and has also served as a council member...

Daniel Watters grew up in Asia where he witnessed the impact of his parents’ work in bringing Scripture to an isolated language community. At an early age, he decided to follow in their footsteps and joined Wycliffe USA in 1992 immediately...

Juanita Watters grew up as a Wycliffe kid in Mexico, where her parents served from 1960 until they retired. As she lived among the Sierra Popoluca people, Juanita witnessed two things that have eternal value — people and God’s Word....

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