In Memoriam
Bonnie Miller
Bonnie Miller of Lewes, Delaware, was a retired art teacher. For the past 20 years, she organized a very successful beach ministry in Fenwick Island, Delaware using Scripture Union’s SuperKids® materials. She also enjoyed singing in the choir, playing handbells, teaching children’s Sunday School and making origami cards. Her husband, Bruce, is a retired pastor. They enjoy traveling and spending time with their children and grandchildren.
Board of Directors
Michael Benton
Michael is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA.
Eliu Cornielle
Eliu Cornielle is a documentary and commercial filmmaker based out of Philadelphia. His filmmaking experience has taken him around the world, working with various non-profit organizations and almost every major advertising agency in Pennsylvania. He currently co-owns a video production agency in Philadelphia.
Robert Diaz
Robert is a retired attorney, having worked extensively in legal departments of New York City schools including 20 years as Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs and Faculty and Staff Relations at the Borough of Manhattan Community College of The City University of New York. He has been an active member of his church for over 30 years, serving on the board and in various other capacities, and has served on the board of various other organizations as well. Bob and his wife have three children and eight grandchildren.
Richard Hasselbach
Richard Hasselbach is pastor of Clarkstown Reformed Church in West Nyack, New York. He has pastored churches in both New York and Florida. Rev. Hasselbach is a graduate of Siena College (B.A.) and holds a Masters of Divinity degree (M.Div.) from the Washington Theological Union, and advanced degrees from both Boston College Law School (J.D.) and Fordham University (Ph.D.).
Active in the Community, Rev. Hasselbach currently sits on the Clarkstown, NY Board of Ethics and serves on the board of Helping Hands Interfaith Coalition for the Homeless of Rockland County. He has taught at St. Bonaventure University and Mercy College.
He is an animal lover and is owned by two small dogs: Oliver, a 4 year old Coton d’Tulear, and Enzo, a 1 year old Bichon Frise.
Mildred Webber Holmes
Mildred is a political consultant in Washington, DC. She has 22 years in the federal government and 5 years at the National Assn. of Broadcasters. She lives in Washington, D.C., has one daughter, and attends The Falls Church Anglican in Falls Church, VA.
Sue King
Sue King is a retired teacher of high school and preschool. After living in Northern Virginia for 50 years, Sue now lives in Hudson, Ohio. She attends Christ Church Episcopal, Hudson, and is a Lay Eucharistic Visitor, Counter, and usually involved in any event with food. She and her husband have three children and three grandchildren. She has been an Encounter With God Bible guide reader for over 15 years.
Bishop Council Nedd II
In 2005 Bishop Nedd became the youngest bishop in the world, and in 2010, the youngest archbishop in the world. In 2015 he was elected Pennsylvania State Constable representing Ferguson Township in Happy Valley, PA. As Archbishop of the Episcopal Missionary Church, Bishop Nedd presided over Anglican churches in the United States, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). During 2011 while living in the UAE, Bishop Nedd had multiple private audiences with members of the royal family. One of the crowning achievements of his term as archbishop has been the successful rescue of an entire family of persecuted Syrian Christians, whom he helped establish asylum in Scotland. Bishop Nedd facilitated an unprecedented intercommunion agreement with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and also led delegations to ecumenical dialogues with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Bishop Nedd is now a member of the Scripture Union USA Board of Directors.
Daniel Parmar
Daniel is a marketing consultant and enjoys creating and developing business value for clients across a range of industries. He currently works as a Strategy Director, and is based in Pittsburgh, PA.
Bob Powers
Bob resides inside the Washington Beltway in Arlington, VA. He recently launched his own government affairs and communications firm and is a former appointee at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), serving as a Deputy Assistant to the Administrator. Bob also worked for the National Religious Broadcasters for ten years, five of those years serving as their VP of Government Affairs on Capitol Hill.