A native Delawarean, Michelle grew up knowing she would one day like to work in a field that helps kids flourish. She earned her nursing degree in 1998 and began specializing in pediatrics. Through this work, Michelle met children and families along the way who inspired in her a desire to either become a foster or adoptive parent, or to support families who are on that journey. After marrying her husband, Mark, and parenting two beautiful daughters into their adolescence, she was presented with the opportunity to serve with Family Hope Coalition. While Michelle thought her role would remain a supporter of families who foster or adopt, God led her and her husband to become licensed to foster in 2020. In 2021, they welcomed their first foster child into their home and adopted him in 2022. Michelle enjoys connecting her church and wider community to advocating for every child to have a forever family, through family preservation, foster care, and adoption. She loves the idea that everyone can do something to help, even if you don’t feel called to foster or adopt. Michelle’s favorite thing to do in her free time is spending time with her husband, daughters, son, and son-in-law. 

Sue and her husband Chad are faithful members of Gospel Life Church. They are also the proud parents of three adult sons. Sue has spent the past 20 years serving as an educator, driven by a lifelong calling to work with children. This year, she transitioned into the role of instructional coach, continuing her passion for supporting both students and teachers. She is also Red Lion Christian Academy’s liaison for A Door of Hope Women’s Crisis Pregnancy Center. After attending the Family Hope Coalition Gala for several years, Sue felt a strong calling to become more deeply involved, and she is honored to now serve as a board member in support of the organization’s mission. When not working, Sue enjoys spending time with family and traveling.

Kevin is the Senior Pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, DE where he has served on the pastoral staff since 2002. Kevin earned a PhD in preaching and a ThM in apologetics at Southern Seminary after receiving his MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary. He delights to make the gospel known through Christ-centered preaching. Along with his passion for sharing the gospel through ministry, Kevin enjoys gathering stories, wandering museums, strumming on the guitar, and playing ice hockey in a recreational league. Kevin attended the initial brainstorming meeting in 2008 that led to the formation of our organization and has served on the board as our pastoral advisor since 2014. Kevin and his wife Laura have three children and their youngest was added to their family by adoption from South Korea in 2010.

Shelley began serving on the board of Family Hope Coalition in Spring 2025, bringing with her over two decades of professional experience in administration and nonprofit development. A dedicated wife and mother of five adult children (plus one “daughter-in-love”), Shelley has long been guided by her Christian faith in both her personal and professional life. With a desire to fulfill their spiritual commitment of compassionate care for the vulnerable, in 2023, she and her husband answered a deep calling to open their home to children in foster care. Shelley and her husband are active members of UNITED Church in Dover, DE, and enjoy spending time being active together.

Cindy and her husband, Paul, are parents of six adult children, five through birth and one through international adoption and are grandparents of nine children between the ages of newborn to nine years old. Cindy spent 20 years homeschooling her kids. During the homeschooling years, she enjoyed leading the mission program at her church and helping with the youth group that her children were involved in. Leading youth mission trips was a highlight, combining those two interests into some amazing adventures. After the homeschooling years, Cindy worked as an Adoption Social Worker with Bethany Christian Services for 10 years. Since retiring from Bethany, she has spent much of her time traveling to visit her children and grandchildren as they adventure around the globe doing mission work. Cindy was excited to discover Family Hope in 2019 because it has given her the opportunity to continue to do what loved doing as a social worker at Bethany, serving vulnerable children and their families.

Rebecca grew up in Delaware before moving to Pennsylvania for college. She is a graduate of Eastern University and earned her MSW at Temple University. Rebecca has a background in working with adjudicated youth in Philadelphia as well as church administration. Her work with Family Hope Coalition blends her passion for helping vulnerable children and seeing local church bodies working together. Rebecca and her husband moved to Delaware in 2018 to help start a church plant, Redeemer Fellowship Church, where they still attend and are active members. Their son Justus joined their family through adoption in 2018. Together, they enjoy hiking, hosting friends at home, and good food.

Kimberly’s parenting experience began uniquely when she and her husband went from no kids to sharing a home with 10 elementary-age boys overnight! For 5 years, Kimberly and her husband served as dorm parents at a missionary boarding school in Kenya before making Delaware their home in 2020. Their family now consists of 3 biological children and they have been licensed foster parents through the state since 2022. Kimberly is a member at Redeemer Fellowship where she enjoys living life in connection to the body of Christ. She is excited to join the Family Hope Coalition team and support the work of local families being deeply changed by the realities of the Gospel.

Rachel and her husband, Din, are members of Ogletown Baptist Church. She holds a degree in Hospitality Business Management and has spent years working in hotel operations, film production, and finance. Rachel, a Delaware native, has been a member of Ogletown since getting married in 2018 and actively serves in children’s ministry, women’s ministry, and on the worship team. Through her relationships at Ogletown, Rachel has watched how the conviction of caring for vulnerable children has grown her local church body for the better. She is excited to be on the Family Hope team and use her workplace experience to do meaningful Gospel-obedient work and help support the programs of Family Hope Coalition. Din and Rachel have three daughters they welcomed in 2020, 2022, and 2025.