The board of directors of El Hogar Ministries, Inc. is a founding board that meets twice annually. This is a hands-on working board, whose role is to provide any support necessary to El Hogar Projects in Honduras. Principally, the board oversees the budget, ensuring that all funds donated are applied to the running of El Hogar Projects and the activities necessary to keep El Hogar thriving. The board, along with the EHMI office in Winchester Massachusetts, helps with fundraising, communications with donors, networking, planning, and performs many organizational activities in service of El Hogar Projects.

The Rt. Rev. Robert J. O’Neill, Bishop of Colorado - President
Rob is a graduate of Texas Christian University and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. He was ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church in 1982 at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver where he served for ten years, first as Canon Educator and then as acting Dean of the Cathedral. In 1991, he became the rector of The Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester, Massachusetts. Rob is now the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado.

Paul Rank - Vice President
Paul lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. He worked at AT&T Bell Labs for 32 years. Since retiring, Paul has been active supporting the outreach ministries of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Cincinnati as well as being the Chairperson of the National and World Mission Commission of the Diocese of Southern Ohio and vice-president of the Episcopal Community Services Foundation (ECSF) in the Diocese of Southern Ohio.

Jane White -Treasurer
Jane is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Boston Trust & Investment Jane is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Boston Trust & Investment Management Company. Prior to joining BTIM in 1995, Jane spent fifteen years at Bank of New England, where she held positions in cash management, commercial lending, and credit administration. She has taught finance at the Simmons Graduate School of Management and has served as trustee and treasurer of several local, not-for-profit organizations. Jane lives in eastern Massachusetts.

Jocelyn Rohde - Clerk
Jocelyn is a life long Episcopalian involved in teaching Sunday School, president of the church women, lector and lay Eucharistic Minister, instrumental in initiating the Stephen Ministry in her former parish of Good Samaritan in Gunnison, Colorado, sponsoring the youth group and story-lady for preschoolers, librarian, and cancer bandage chairman. In 1987 Jocelyn and her husband, John, became the directors of “The Home of Love and Hope,” in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where they served for over nine years. Jocelyn and John currently live in Colorado.

The Rt. Rev. Lloyd Allen, Ex-officio Board member of El Hogar Ministries, Inc.
Lloyd is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras. Prior to serving as Bishop, Rev. Allen was the rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Amanda Day - Board member
With the support of All Saints Church in Winter Park, Amanda Day spent a year volunteering at El Hogar in Tegucigalpa. She joined the board in 2006, and offers over 12 years of business marketing and communications experience. Amanda and Jane and Perry Nies works together as regional coordinators for El Hogar Projects in the Central Florida area.

Bunny Frey - Board member
Bunny has been the sponsor of an El Hogar boy since 1986. She joined the Advisory Board in 1996, and became a regional coordinator for Massachusetts and New England. She developed and guided a continuing program of support for El Hogar at her mission church, St. Elizabeth's for 13 years. Bunny now lives in Florida and currently serves as a central Florida coordinator.

The Rev. Roger Greene - Board member
Roger is the Rector of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Anderson Township, Ohio.

The Rev. Steve Muncie - Board member
Steve is the Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights, NY. Prior to Grace Church, Rev. Muncie served as the Canon Missioner in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.

Phillip Petree - Board member and Development Committee Chair
Phillip, a member of the board since March of 2005, has worked in the for-profit as well as the non-profit world, including time as a teacher in Mexico and the United States as well as a Development Director in a Boston-area independent school. He has served as a development consultant to parishes and boards of other Massachusetts-based organizations. He is currently working as a Search Consultant with Isaacson, Miller and running his own business as a Vocational and Career Transition Consultant.

Rosalind Reycraft - Board member
Rosalind, a transplanted Canadian, currently lives in Jackson,TN. She became a board member in January 2006. Having lived in many locations, she has been fortunate to serve on several non-profit organization boards. In Episcopal church- related activities, she has served on the vestry, outreach and evangelism committees, and currently is President of the ECW, St. Luke’s, Jackson, TN.

Robert Smith - Board member
Bob has been a member of Calvary Episcopal Church in Cincinnati since 1982. He has always been active in outreach as well as serving as vestry person, junior warden, senior warden, and currently chair of the finance committee. He retired in 2002 after 35 years in Engineering for Procter & Gamble.

Steve Taylor - Board member
Steve is the Director of Emerging Business at Verizon's Federal Network Systems group. He has over 30 years experience in high tech computing and communications technology for both government and commercial customers. He is an active member of St Andrew's Episcopal Church in Wellesley MA, and serves on their outreach committee.

The Rev. Mark Wastler - Board member
Mark is the rector at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis, MD. Prior to this Mark was the Associate Rector at Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester, MA. Mark received his Divinity degree from EDS in Cambridge, MA.

The Rev. Nancy White - Board member




Read about the staff of El Hogar - both in Honduras and North America .