Staff

Andrew Sears, Executive Director

Andrew has worked in community computer centers since 1997. He most recently served as the co-founder and director of the PREP Community Computer Center, which serves approximately 600 students annually. He regularly gives talks at conferences on faith based organization and the Digital Divide including CTCNet, Kingdomworks, the Christian Community Development Association and the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions. He grew up in an inner-city environment, and was the son of a Baptist preacher in a Black storefront church in Kansas City. He later received his MS in Technology and Policy and MS in Computer Science at MIT. While at MIT, he co-founded the Internet and Telecoms Consortium, a research group with an annual budget of over $1 million. He has also worked as summer staff at the City Union Mission in Kansas City and at Cape Town City Mission Homes in South Africa. He and his wife Heather live in Dorchester, MA and are active in their local church.

 

Diana Thompson, Deputy Director

Diana assists the Executive Director in organizational development and is overseeing the TechMission Corps/TechMission Boston program. Diana has more than twelve years experience with customer service, management and marketing through various positions at Fleet Bank and its predecessors. She recently served as the Deputy Executive Director and Interim Executive Director for Roxbury Multi-Service Center, Inc. providing oversight for numerous social service and technology programs and services. Diana also hired, trained and coached staff, and was responsible for forming collaborations with other community based organizations, local colleges and local middle and high schools. Diana graduated with a BS in Marketing and a minor in psychology from Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida.

 

Moyra Stiles, AC4 Co-Director

Moyra previously worked at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship where she was a key member of a team that put on their Urbana 2000 Conference, involving over 20,000 delegates from 111 countries. There she also led workshops and facilitated conversations assisting mission agencies, churches and communities working with college students in how to recruit and mobilize individuals for global missions. Most recently, she worked as a teacher and after-school program coordinator in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Moyra is a graduate of Gordon College. She and her husband Travis live in Denver, CO.

 

Bil Mooney-McCoy , Director of Safe Families

Bil is spearheading the Safe Families initiative. He has been in the Information Technology field for more than 20 years, particularly as a computer programmer. He has also done extensive work counseling and teaching on pornography and its impact on families. He is a native of Boston, gratefully married and the father of three. Bil is a co-pastor at The Gathering Christian Fellowship, a multi-ethnic, multi-generational house church in Dorchester. He has a B.A. in Black Studies and Sociology from Brandeis University and a Masters of Music in Jazz Piano from New England Conservatory of Music.

 

Brittany Coulbert, TechMission Corps Project Manager

Brittany is responsible for overseeing the TechMission Corps program through such activities as training and supervising TechMission Corps members. In the fall of 2007, she moved to Seattle, and continues in her position from there. Brittany previously served as a TechMission Corps member at the Greenwood Shalom After-School Program in Dorchester. She has also spent time with InterVarsity in places such as Nairobi, Cairo, and Bangkok, as well as with Homeless Children International in Kenya, in order to study issues of poverty and injustice in the world’s poorest communities. Brittany graduated with a BS and an MEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT, where she studied and tested low-cost household water purification systems for developing countries. While in Boston, she attended Cambridge Community Fellowship Church, where she has served on the World Missions Committee and in the Gospel Choir. In her free time, Brittany enjoys singing, baking, knitting, watching movies, and playing with her pets.

 

Thierry Pelissier, TechMission Corps Program Coordinator

Thierry is responsible for overseeing the TechMission Corps program through such activities as training and supervising TechMission Corps members. Thierry previously served as a TechMission Corps member at the Grace Renaissance After-School Program. He has also worked with as an Audio Visual Technician for the Sheraton Hotel and conducted research for health insurance providers for the Center for Survey Research in Dorchester, MA. Thierry graduated with a B.A. in Audio Engineering and Business Law from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He volunteers for Black Campus Ministries and serves as a minister of music at New Hope Ministries.

 

Camille Britton, TechMission Corps Program Assistant

As program assistant, Camille supports the work of the TechMissionCorps program, assisting Diana, Thierry, and Brittany with the training and supervision of TMC members. Prior to joining the TechMission staff, she served for a year with TechMission Corps at the Greenwood Shalom After School and Summer Enrichment Program in Dorchester, MA, as technology coordinator and program assistant. She graduated in 2006 from U. Mass - Amherst with a B.A. in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice, and a minor in Psychology. During college, she interned as a corporate paralegal with Ropes & Gray LLP, for two consecutive years.

 

Christine Tan, Project Manager

Christine supports TechMission’s Safe Families and AC4 programs by managing program projects. She previously worked in PortaScience Inc.’s PortaCheck division as it launched the PortaSCC™ milk test, an accurate, on-farm test for SCC. She student-taught in a Boston Public School and co-led the Tufts InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s first prayer ministry team. Christine received her BA in American Studies and MA in Teaching from Tufts University.

 

Harriet Hodge-Henry, Director of Administration

Harriet is responsible for the daily administration of the organization. She previously worked as an administrative supervisor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the New England Medical Center. She also worked at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Accounting Department. She was a production manager at Digital Equipment Corporation in Roxbury, MA. Harriet is an active member of her church – The Gathering Christian Fellowship – and she also is the director and founder of a youth organization – The Kids Klub of Roxbury. Harriet received her BS in Operations Management from the University of New Haven.

 

Melvina Daley, Administrative Assistant

Melvina is responsible for the bookkeeping entries at TechMission.  She also performs administrative tasks for the Operations Department and other departments as needed.  She previously worked at PREP in the computer lab at Bruce Wall Ministries. She is a regular attendee at  Beulah Pilgrim Holiness Church in Dorchester, MA where she sometimes is asked to preach.

Rev. Michael Liimatta, Director, City Vision College

Starting in December 2007, Michael has served as Director for City Vision College, TechMission's accredited distance-learning institution, which provides online instruction for urban ministry leaders. He previously served as Director of Education for the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, a position in which he managed Rescue College (now City Vision College) and the other instructional programs of the AGRM. To read his full biography and testimony, click here.

Dr. Fletcher Tink, Academic Dean, City Vision College

Dr. Tink serves as Academic Dean for City Vision College, as he previously did when the AGRM operated the college. He is also Executive Director for the Bresee Institute for Metro Ministries and adjunct professor of Urban and Compassionate Ministries at the Nazarene Theological Seminary. He is a prolific preacher and writer and has been involved in community development efforts on on several continents. Click here to read his full biography.

 

Annie Kuo, Technology Director

Annie is TechMission's Technology Director. She oversees TechMission's technology projects and the technology team, and also works with TechMission's partnerships to help provide technology services. Annie brings with her five years of experience working at Sun Microsystems as an engineer managing relationships with Sun's top software partners. Before Sun, she spent her time at MIT, graduating with a degree in Computer Science. Annie has been involved with various social service organizations in Boston, but perhaps her most arduous role was being a Boston Marathon charity runner for Emmanuel Gospel Center's Starlight Ministries.

 

Robert Smith, Web Developer /  Computer Programmer

Robert provides webpage development and database support for the TechMission Network.

He has written RSS/XML scripts and applications, E-Commerce, and Data Mining and data retrieval systems Applications, and several other applications with PHP partnered with other programming languages. He has used PHP for web development(web form development, SQL interface, web page development, user-interface applications) A large part of his PHP / Developer technical experience has been building and maintaining high-traffic web applications using PHP/MySQL/Javascript/Perl/C/HTML in different combinations.

TechMission has been a ministry to his heart and his soul.   He has been very blessed by his experience here!

 

Ali McCracken, Web Developer /  Volunteer Engine Programmer

Ali is one of our Web Developers at TechMission, including programming for the TechMission Volunteer Search Engine. Ali previously served as a TechMission Corps member at the PREP Community Computer Center. She provided general computer lab support, computer and Internet instruction, and facilitated a computer club for youth. Ali has also worked under the supervision of Professor Russell Bjork to assist in the development of an Online Intramural Registration Program for Gordon College that allowed students to register for intramural athletics programs and staff to maintain intramural sports programs. She has also served as a short-term missionary to Piet Retief, South Africa. With her previous church, she attended and later co-led youth group missions throughout the United States as well as serving as the pastor’s assistant with the confirmation class. Ali graduated from Gordon College with a degree in Computer Science.

 

Anna Gilliam, Graphic Designer / Web Developer

Anna is originally from Ukraine; she came to the US a little over six years ago. She started her academic career by attending free Photoshop and Job Placement courses that were offered by PREP Community Computer Center. She felt empowered to continue to community college, where she studied Web Technology. In the spring of 2006 she interned in Washingon, DC at National Public Radio's creative department. Anna graduated from Bridgewater State College with a BA degree in Graphic Design and Fine Art in May 2006.

 

 

Sarah Funke, Grant Writer

Sarah supports the development team at TechMission doing research and drafting grants. Previous experience with Christian non-profits include an internship (2003-2004) with Generous Giving. After her internship concluded, she continued research/writing projects for Generous Giving in a freelance capacity. In 2004, she graduated with a B.A. in Music and a B.A. in Philosophy from Covenant College and in 2007, she received an M.A. in Music Criticism from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

 

Evan Donovan, Online Publications Editor

Evan works under Andrew and Christine on the content and structure of the UrbanMinistry.org site, as well as providing technical support for TechMission's websites and supervising the content submission projects undertaken by the Volunteer Coordinator team. Before joining the staff in July 2007, he served with TechMission Corps at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Dorchester, MA, as technology coordinator/program assistant. He received a B.A. in English from Covenant College, a small liberal arts college in Lookout Mountain, GA, in 2006. In his free time, he is active in a Dorchester, MA church plant, as well as in volunteering at Sanctuary, a youth arts outreach program which is part of Starlight Ministries.

 
 

 

Rachael Jarboe, Volunteer Network Coordinator

Rachael is a Volunteer Network Coordinator for TechMission. She is a graduate of Nyack College class of 2002 and of Alliance Theological Seminary class of 2004. While at Nyack College her undergraduate major was urban missions and music. She received her Master’s degree in Cross-Cultural studies to learn how to interact in urban ministry and global missions. While in college she was involved for six years of part-time outreach in a multicultural inner city setting with gospel teams. These groups are student run community outreach groups in the Bronx and Brooklyn boroughs of New York City. She was also involved for one year with small town outreach to disadvantaged youth and families in her hometown of Leonardtown, MD. During graduate school and until recently she has been involved in college student ministry in the areas of Assistant Resident Director at Nyack College to Assistant Food Service Director at Nyack College and Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA. In these positions her ministry was to serve the college students and show Christ’s love to them. She is currently helping with her church’s Sunday morning technology of sound / projection, and is also actively involved with youth ministry and leading small groups.

 

Miki Omori, Volunteer Network Coordinator

As of September 2007, Miki joined the TechMission team as a TechMission Corps volunteer network coordinator. She is responsible for recruiting and overseeing partner organizations and volunteers on ChristianVolunteering.org -TechMission's volunteer network service website. Though originally from Philadelphia, Miki graduated from Boston University in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism. At B.U., Miki served as a reporter, anchor, and producer for the university's radio and television stations, even working as a contributing live reporter for National Public Radio's Cape Cod affiliate during the 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election. She also was a regular member of B.U.’s InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. During her free time, Miki enjoys reading, playing ultimate frisbee, running, music, and spending time with friends and family.

 

Paul Caputo, Volunteer Network Coordinator

Having graduated from the Boston Public Schools with an academic scholarship to a prestigious university, Paul Caputo ended up choosing an altogether different path for his life.  He doesn’t have a college degree or fancy title attached to his name.  Instead, his passion for the arts led him to a dual career in Music and Painting; which eventually led to both a recording contract and a full-time apprenticeship in the Painters’ Union.  In June 2004, however, life as he knew it came to a crashing halt – in a very literal sense.  A scaffolding accident at work left him partially disabled and unable to continue painting or playing his bass guitar.  But through the trials of suffering and heartbreak, a miraculous event occurred.  Two months after his accident, Paul began following Jesus as the result of an intense spiritual awakening while traveling to Alaska.  Trading sorrow for joy, he is now actively involved in his church community at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Greater Boston; serving on several ministry teams.  After having taken a full year to recover from surgery in 2006, Paul rejoined the work force in 2007.  In September, he joined the TechMission Corps Program as a Volunteer Network Coordinator.

Rakiesha Chase, Volunteer Network Coordinator

After graduating from Albright College in 2006 with a BS in Digital Media and Information Systems, Rakiesha spent a year working at a television station in the Philadelphia market before returning home to Baltimore, MD in search of a career. In the midst of her search, she happened upon Americorps and TechMission and the rest is history in the making. Rakiesha is working at TechMission as a Volunteer Network Coordinator assisting with adding and maintaining content on TechMission's websites. In her free time, Rakiesha enjoys touring Boston, video games and perusing the Internet.