Profiles
Board Members
Alberto Martinez Lugo
Chairman
)
Alberto is a medical doctor and pastor in the Pentecostal Church (Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I.). He emigrated from Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic in 1962 with his wife Rosalina and among their many achievements; they founded the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. denomination in the Dominican Republic. The denomination now has more than 200 congregations. In August 1989, he first worked with Ken Culver during Ken's first mission trip to the Dominican Republic. This was the genesis for the founding of the Foundation for Peace.
Alberto currently lives in Kissimmee, Florida and is one of the Founding Directors of the Foundation For Peace.
Rosalina Cardona Martinez
Vice President
)
Rosalina is a medical doctor and pastor in the Pentecostal Church (Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I.). She emigrated from Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic in 1962 with her husband Alberto and among their many achievements; they founded the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. denomination in the Dominican Republic. The denomination now has more than 200 congregations. In August 1989, she first worked with Ken Culver during Ken's first mission trip to the Dominican Republic. This was the genesis for the founding of the Foundation for Peace.
Rosalina currently lives in Kissimmee, Florida and is one of the Founding Directors of the Foundation For Peace.
Jeffrey Spragens
Treasurer
)
Jeff is an attorney and business entrepreneur specializing in apartment, hotel, and shopping center development. Jeff was also active in the pharmaceutical business specializing in production of children's vaccines. Jeff has served on the Boards of the Levine School of Music and Samaritan Inns in Washington, DC and presently sits on the Board of ETOC Corporation, a resort hotel company.
Jeff has been participating in mission trips to the Dominican Republic since 1994 with the National Presbyterian Church and has traveled to the Dominican Republic over 30 times working on a variety of projects. He is one of the Founding Directors of the Foundation For Peace.
Joy Fowler Spragens
Vice President
)
Joy works in the financial services industry and previously managed her own investment consulting boutique. Joy serves on 3 boards at the Washington National Cathedral, serves on the Finance Committee at Miami's Trinity Cathedral, and is a trustee of the Washington Bach Consort.
For more than 8 years, Joy has supported the Hogar Goshen orphanage in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic and has made over 15 visits to the orphanage working with the children in arts and crafts projects, education and spiritual development.
Joy is one of the Founding Directors of the Foundation For Peace.
Cindy Alloway-Culver
Secretary
)
Cindy is a nurse therapist who became the Associate Pastor for Missions and Pastoral Care at the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey on May 1, 2006. Previously she was the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program Coordinator for the Morris County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey. Cindy has been a RN since 1976 and completed a Master of Science in Mental Health Nursing in 1985. She has enjoyed working with children, adolescents, and families in mental health settings in California, Iowa, Maryland, and New Jersey. The mission work in the Dominican Republic inspired Cindy to attend Princeton Theological Seminary and combine her healthcare knowledge with theology. Cindy has developed Parish Nurse ministries in two churches.
She has been serving in the Dominican Republic since 1991 with her husband, Dr. Ken Culver. They have led more than 20 trips to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Kenya since beginning their ministry relationship with Rosalina and Alberto Martinez in 1989. Most of the trips have included one or more of their three children, Ryan, Ian and Kathryn. The Dominican Republic mission experiences have enriched their children's lives in life-changing meaningful ways. Cindy Alloway is one of the Founding Directors of the Foundation For Peace.
Kenneth W. Culver
President and Executive Director
)
Ken is a physician trained in Pediatrics and Allergy-Immunology. Currently he is a Senior Medical Director at Novartis Oncology (East Hanover, NJ). Prior to that, he worked at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland on genetic research.
He has been working in the Dominican Republic since 1989. With his wife, Cindy, they have led more than 20 trips to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Kenya since beginning their ministry relationship with Rosalina and Alberto Martinez in 1989. Most of the trips have included one or more of their three children, Ryan, Ian and Kathryn. Ken is also one of the Founding Directors of the Foundation For Peace.
Full-time US Volunteers in the Dominican Republic/Haiti
Kristin Hamner
Chief of Staff and National Director for Mission Programs
)
Kristin Hamner is a graduate of Midland Lutheran College where she completed a degree in Youth and Family Ministry. She has participated in multiple Dominican Republic Mission trips since she joined the FFP in 2003. In addition, she has honed her skills for ministry in the Spanish language on two mission trips to Argentina and through work with a Spanish-speaking congregation in Fremont, Nebraska. Kristin is second from the left in the adjacent photo.
Kristin's activities include leading our FFP staff in the Dominican Republic/Haiti, preaching, and taking responsibility for coordinating the summer missions groups serving as translator, enthusiastic co-leader, and Bible study leader. She is also known to be randomly singing joyous songs with the kids while we work.
She feels blessed because on a daily basis God gives her a lesson, an opportunity, or an experience that lets her know that she is right where she is supposed to be. What more could anyone ask for?
"Worship God, Love Jesus, Trust the Holy Spirit, Serve Others, Help Earth, And Enjoy Life. What else is there?"–Roxie Davis
Non-Medical Dominican Staff in the Dominican Republic/Haiti
Ercilia Yan
Director of Colegio Cristiano Federico Froebel
)
Ercilia "Chichi" has been Director of the Colegio Cristiano Federico Froebel in Ensanche Quisqueya (Santo Domingo) for 8 years. Prior to that she was a teacher in the same school for 5 years, while attending Santo Domingo University. She graduated in 2001 with a degree in Administration and Supervising Education (Lic. en Educacion Administracion y Supervisora Escolar) from the College of Professional Education (Colegio Dominicano Educacion Profesional). In 2005, she also undertook additional teaching responsibilities at Escuela de Educacion Basica Villa del Poder in Pantoja (in northwest Santo Domingo).
Ercilia has been working with Alberto and Rosalina Martinez since 1987.
Ana Hernandez Vidal & Family
National Director of Operations
)
Ana has been volunteering with the Foundation for Peace since 2001. She is enrolled at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) where she is studying cinematography. From 2004-2008, she worked full-time with Healing Waters (Aqua Unidad) as a project coordinator in the Dominican Republic.
In 2008, Ana joined the FFP as a full-time staff member where she is primarily managing our 7 water systems, container shipments and medical clinics along with assisting with the organization and coordination of mission trips. She is pictured with her husband Nelson, daughter Jades and son Samuel.
Julian Musa
Administrator
)
Julian is a Youth pastor for the Shekinah Christian church, near to the FFP property in Santo Domingo. He has a BA in Business Administration, is finishing a degree in Theology and is also a University Professor of both Business Administration and Theology. In his free time he is a preacher and teacher of the Word of God.
He began serving as the Administrator for the Foundation for Peace in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in February of 2009.
Key US Volunteers working in the US
Wendy Patchin
Associate Director
)
Wendy currently teaches math to 6th, 7th and 8th graders in New Jersey. For nearly 30 years, she has enjoyed working with students with special needs and those in regular education, ranging in age from the very young to college students.
During the summer of 2004, she went on her first mission trip with the Foundation for Peace. She has attended and led trips each summer since to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Kenya, often with her daughter, son, and other family members. After that first trip she began volunteering with others to create the Foundation for Peace Education Division. Under her leadership, the Education Division has grown to include the Dominikids, Haitikids, Kenyakids and Advance Education programs.
Due to her dedication and excellent work accross many FFP activites around the world, she is now an Associate Director in addition to here on-going eduction program leadership. For more information and how you can help with education programs, please visit the Education section of this site.
Part-time Staff in the Dominican Republic/Haiti
Isidro Yan
)
He assists with mission trips and projects as needed. His contributions to the Foundation for Peace has been very valuable over the years. His understanding of the Dominican Republic and Haiti has helped the Foundation to strengthen its bonds with its partners and his engaging personality and caring for others has facilitated its growth in the number of people returning each year from the United States.
Besides working with the Foundation for Peace, Isidro is studying at the National University, majoring in communications.