Our Board
Ray Sanford - President
Donnell “Ray” Sanford Jr. is Vice President of organizational development at One Challenge. Ray worked in management with AT&T before serving in France for twelve years with OC. He has formal education as an electrical engineer, in business administration, and in missions.
Amy Lynelle - Vice President
Amy graduated with a Ph.D. in French language and literature (University of Pittsburgh) in 2008. She has been involved in ministry for over twenty years and has taught French since 1997. She founded an organization called Parents Francophones in 2014. Amy is delighted that SF combines her love of French literature and of missions.
Keith Myer - Treasurer
Keith Myer holds an MBA (Anderson University), a BS in Computer Science, and a minor in accounting (Taylor University). He has professional experience as a technical support analyst and is a board member of “Love at Work Ministries” in Indianapolis. His local church service includes missions work and leadership/treasurer positions.
Stephen Doebler - Secretary
Stephen Doebler holds a BA in Christian Education. As a teenager, he participated in mission trips to six different countries. He has served as a youth pastor, teaching Sunday school classes and preaching. In addition, he has led ministry teams to Kokrine Hills Bible Camp in Alaska. Stephen has served as a deacon in his church and is currently an elder. He continues to minister in teaching, youth programs, and behind the scenes operations. Stephen and his wife Katy will be celebrating 27 years of marriage this December and have raised four boys.
Ghislain G. Yambongbe
For the past 15 years, Ghislain G. Yamongbe has been a pastor, a school, university, prison, and hospital chaplain, as well as a board member of University Bible Groups and Hospital Bible Groups. He also founded a publishing house and is a volunteer at Youth for Christ, a writer, and an editor. Originally from Benin, he lives in Minnesota, where he serves at Cornerstone Church and is establishing a local spiritual community called The Church on Mission USA (Empowered to Witness). With an M.A. in community development project management and a heart for Guinea and Haiti, he is studying to become a registered nurse as a way to spread the Gospel on the mission field. Learn more about his online ministry on social media @Pastor Gee Guezo.
Rachel DeWitt
Rachel DeWitt attends the University of Arizona, where she is double majoring in physics and French. She is also part of a campus ministry group called Navigators. She is excited to use the language she’s been studying since middle school to further the Lord’s kingdom. She also hopes to help people her age come to the Lord and grow in their faith.
Dan Duke
Dan Duke is a linguistics consultant and missionary for Wycliffe Bible Translators. He lived with various rain forest groups (mostly hunter-gatherers) for over 30 years in Africa. He currently supports and trains Bible translators in Asia, remotely from the US. He loves both French and promoting the Scriptures, so he is excited to join the work of Synergie Francophone.
Hannah Hamilton
Hannah Hamilton is soon to graduate with a BS in Elementary Education (Grand Canyon University). She is a Sunday School teacher at her church and has also volunteered 5+ years in the Gospel-sharing ministries of AWANA and Vacation Bible School (VBS). She is excited to use her degree and all her practical experience to teach kids and have the opportunity to spread the life-changing news of the Gospel in both word and deed.
Lynn Lockwood
Lynn Matthews Lockwood grew up in France, Belgium, and various other places where the US Army Medical Corps posted her doctor father during her first twenty years. Throughout her childhood, Lynn met wonderful missionary mentors, including BLF founders Abe and Mary and Bud and Charlotte Kroeker. She attended French schools early in her life and graduated with BA degrees in Elementary education and French (Wheaton College). She completed a Graduate Certificate in Bible (Multnomah Seminary). Lynn taught fifth grade, then served in Valence, France, for eight years with OC. God brought Lynn to the Pacific Northwest through her marriage to Jason. Together they have raised three sons to young adulthood, served in Mountain View Presbyterian Church, and tried to love their suburban neighbors as Jesus' hands and feet. Lynn enjoys caring for children in the church nursery, preschool, and local elementary school as a volunteer when she's not camping with Jason across the US, or visiting friends in France or Senegal, West Africa.