Helen Bako is the founder of Universal Dorcas Ministries (“UDM”), a nonprofit organization working in Nigeria to improve the quality of life of women and children affected by poverty and violence. UDM supports projects in education, health and hygiene, and food security and livestock empowerment. Ms. Bako was born and raised in Northern Nigeria before attending graduate school in the U.S. and serving for over 26 years in social services with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.

Rev. Ishaku Ibrahim Mohammed is the Country Manager of the Ark Christian Aid Ministry, also known as Africa Services, serving the persecuted church in Nigeria for over 27 years. Africa Services supports persecuted Christian believers by supplying emergency relief, trauma counselling services, and providing Bibles and materials. Rev. Ishaku is a pastor of the Evangelical Church Winning All (“ECWA”), one of the largest church denominations in Africa. Rev. Ishaku has served in many capacities since 1995, including Local Church Council Secretary, District Christian Association of Nigeria (“CAN”) Chairman, Member of ECWA General Church Council (“GCC”), HIV and AIDS Coordinator of Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Christian Education of Dass District Church Council (“DCC”), DCC Assistant Secretary, and Principal of ECWA Theological College, Bayara.

Dave Raney provides nonprofit organizations with strategic planning and related services.  He was vice president at the Russ Reid Company (Pasadena, CA) for 19 years and senior vice president at Masterworks (Poulsbo, WA) for 11 years (both companies provide marketing services to nonprofit organizations) before forming his own consulting business in 2012. He has worked extensively with World Vision, Habitat for Humanity, Focus on the Family, Prison Fellowship and others.

Stephen Tollefsen is the principal of Tollefsen Business Law P.C., a business law firm with a practice emphasizing corporate and securities law. Mr. Tollefsen is a member of the Washington State Bar and the American Bar Association. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Tollefsen served as a director of Gateway Medical Association, a humanitarian medical relief and development organization.

Dr. Siman Ibrahim directed the operations of Aboki International from 2005 to 2022. He was a pastor, teacher, lecturer, and counselor who served for nine years as General Secretary of ECWA (Evangelical Churches of West Africa). While in that position, he was responsible for founding and opening ECWA schools and colleges and organizing the Rural Development Programme. Siman Ibrahim graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, and in the U.S. attended Wheaton College and Western Seminary. After receiving his PhD, he returned home to his community in rural Northern Nigeria to serve among the less privileged. He sought to demonstrate the life of Christ in the midst of human need and suffering. His influence on communities and individuals was transformative. In 2004, Dr. Ibrahim was a Nigeria National Honor Recipient, receiving the Member of the Order of the Niger (M.O.N.) award from Nigerian President Obasanjo in recognition of his special and outstanding service for the benefit and progress of the nation.