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Mark Vanderheyden - Executive Director

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Mark has been the Executive DIrector of Seeds of Hope since June 2005.  Owning his own company before coming Seeds of Hope has given him expertise in the area of managing people and budgets.  His Christ-like attitude and passion for helping others makes him an excellent director.  Mark is married to Karen and has two daughters and a new son-in-law. Kristee attends ASU and Karee lives with her husband in San Diego.

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Kathleen joined Seeds of Hope in May 2008.

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Mariela Medel - Community Center Assistant

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Mariela has been a part of Seeds of Hope since she was a teenager.  She was an outstanding peer leader while in high school.  She left Seeds of Hope to get married and start a family.  We are pleased that she is working with us once again.  As a busy mother of two boys and a baby girl, she is contantly on the go!  But she also has a passion for working with children and developing responsible youth through the peer leader program.

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Terri Durham - Office Coordinator

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Terri has been with Seeds of Hope since November 2004.  As the part time Office Coordinator, she handles the day to day activites for Seeds of Hope. She is married to Keith and has 3 children. Dustin attends ASU, Melody is a senior in high school, and Kelli is a sophomore.

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Shirley Ward - Volunteer Coordinator

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We are pleased to have Shirley join Seeds of Hope as our volunteer coordinator!  She has several years experience volunteering herself for various organiations.  She and her husband came to Arizona over ten years ago looking for a place to retire and have loved it ever since.  You can find her in our administrative office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am - noon.