Donna Skell, President
Successful entrepreneurs with a heart for Christian ministry, Donna Skell and her husband, Anton, created the chain of Cosmopolitan Lady Fitness Clubs and operated it until they sold in 1990. In addition to having run a multi million dollar business, Donna has enjoyed hosting a nationally syndicated radio talk show, consulting with spa resorts and country clubs, speaking to major companies, and building and directing large sales organizations.
Over the last decade she has served as a Marketing/Sales Consultant, helping launch three new companies. Donna especially enjoys speaking to Ladies Groups, Churches, and at Retreats. Her rich Jewish heritage and her study of God's Word enhance her insight into the issues involved in Christian faith and living. Today Donna serves as Director of Programs for Roaring Lambs Ministry, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and equipping Christians to amplify their faith.

Sharon Hill, Vice President
Sharon Hill has spent more than 30 years ministering to women. Her heartfelt presentations and real life experiences empower women of all generations to discover balance, personal maturity, and an effective prayer life. With a passion to invest in the lives of others, she has a successful background as president of an international marketing company and sales and management for a Fortune 500 Company. Sharon now uses her expertise in full time Christian ministry, consulting, and speaking. In year 2000 Sharon established a prayer ministry at Harvest Baptist Church, Ft. Worth, TX to include more than 400 prayer warriors who prayed 24/7. She has served on staff there since 2002 and was Women’s Minister for over 5 years. In 2007, Sharon founded a ministry to speak about OnCall Prayer™. Through her keynote presentations she teaches people how to transform their lives through prayer. Today, Sharon serves on the Boards of Directors for Fellowship of Professional Women, Tom Dooley/MasterMedia Ministries and others and on the leadership/staff team for ProvenWay Ministries. Sharon believes in the power of prayer with a strong belief that every pastor, missionary, and ministry leader needs the covering of a designated Prayer Shield (Ecc. 4:12).  Her husband serves as a deacon and they have four grown children and several grandchildren. Sharon is the author of the OnCall Prayer™ Journal. Her book “Hearing God Through OnCall Prayer” is due for release in 2009.  www.oncallprayer.org

Pat Crowell Hodge, Vice President
After re-locating from Alabama to Texas in 1977 with her late husband, Jim Crowell, Pat began a typing service in her home. In 1978, she opened her first executive suite/secretarial service and added a second location the next year. She sold the business in 1987 in order to assist her husband with his premium audit insurance business, Crowell & Associates, Inc.
When he passed away suddenly, her oldest son became President, the youngest son is VP of Information Technology, and Pat is CFO.  Several years ago other family members joined the business.  In the past, along with her late husband, she served as Co-Director and Small Group Coordinator of their Sunday School Class, and Co-Director and Director of the Women's Ministry.  For many years small group Bible studies for both singles and couples have been held in her home.  In 1995 God bountifully blessed Pat again in her marriage to Al, who is a corporate pilot for a local bank.  Their blended family now includes four sons, three daughters-in-law, and six grandchildren. www.1888crowell.com

Elisabeth Humphries, Secretary
M. Elisabeth Humphries is an outstanding Christian leader with 20+ years of Fortune 500 industry experience in Operations, Quality, Sales, and Strategic Management. In 2004 she left the corporate world and formed Next Level Strategies, www.NLStrategies.com, a consulting team helping small to mid-cap companies move to the next level by working with owners and managers to implement Fortune 500 quality management systems and principles, evaluate talent, build teams, motivate team members, and drive solutions in a timely manner. Elisabeth and her husband Bryan have one young son. Her volunteer and ministry work includes coordinating and teaching HPUMC Sunday School, Stephen Ministry, Hyer Elementary PTA and administering children's sports.

Ophelia Greene, Treasurer
Ophelia formally retired on March 31, 2006 but she is currently serving at home, as administrator for Tyrannus Foundation for Pastoral Development. She previously directed the financial operations of two ministries in the Dallas area. She has served as Comptroller with Park Cities Presbyterian Church for 11 years and Business Administrator with Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship. Prior to serving these ministries, she worked for Arco Oil and Gas Company for 12 years in various accounting capacities, even college recruiting. She retired from ARCO in 1987 and attended seminary part-time while working at OCBF. She graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary 1989 with a Masters in Biblical Studies. Ophelia enjoys using her administrative gifts to serve Christ's church. She truly believes in the principles taught in Isaiah 40:29-31 that emphasize the fact that those who trust in the Lord will be strengthened and Col 3:23, 24b that reads, “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men. . . It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.” Ophelia is a member of New St. Peter's Presbyterian Church and is married to Rev. R. Elliott Greene, who is Asst. Professor of Biblical Languages at Westminster Theological Seminary-Texas Campus, and Asst. Pastor/ Missionary at New St. Peter's Presbyterian Church. They have 3 sons (Richard II, Randall and Ryan). www.thweb.org

Carolyn Stewart, Director
Carolyn Stewart's career in the Personnel Recruiting business began in 1974 and she has been Owner of her own firm, Bundy-Stewart Associates, since 1981. Her former experience was in public education and teaching, and she was with Delta Airlines. Carolyn has been a widow since 1994.
For many years,her volunteer work has been coaching and administering children's sports, to include basketball, baseball, football and soccer for boys and girls. She is presently Football Commissioner and Board member for Spring Valley Athletic Association. She serves on the Soccer Start Committee, a National Committee for USYSA, which promotes soccer for Inner City children all over the nation. Carolyn has a love for children and as a Board member of Neighborhood Service Council, spends a lot of time with Dallas Inner City children. Carolyn has three grown daughters, three grandsons, and one granddaughter. Carolyn is an active member of Northwest Bible Church and the Agape Class.

Juanelle Teague, Director
Beginning her career with an event production company, she represented celebrity speakers such as Dr. Norman Vince Peale and Zig Ziglar, delivering 200 programs in 43 cities, reaching more than 200,000 people. Today, as “the business coach to the speaking industry”, Juanell transforms speakers into “Cutting Edge Experts Who Speak”, developing the message that drives their speaking career.
Juanell's article, “New Breed of Professional Speaker”, appeared in the June 2004 issue of Convene magazine. Her latest book, The Zig Ziglar Difference profiles 18 people whose lives were changed after hearing Zig. Working with the Texas Coalition for Character, she spearheaded passage of HB 946 to provide character education in schools. She is active in the Highland Oaks Church of Christ where her husband, James, is an elder. With James, she created and leads the Witnessing Ministry, helping others learn to give their testimony. She is the mother of three grown sons and five granddaughters. www.juanellteague.com

Raylene Cozort, Director
Raylene and husband Ron own and operate an independent insurance company, Allied Insurance Agency.  Two of their sons are in the business with them, along with a staff of three.  She considers it a blessing and a great joy to be able to work with her husband and sons every day. 
Since 1998 Raylene has served as the volunteer leader of the Women's Ministry at Brookhaven Church in Dallas , where her husband is a deacon and they both teach Bible classes. Both Raylene and Ron are working on their Masters Degree in Christian Leadership at Criswell Bible College . 
Raylene has been married for 41 years and has three grown children (one daughter and two sons) and five grandchildren. Her passion for herself and the women in her church is to learn how to study the Bible.  Her reason for going to Criswell is to better equip herself to teach women and guide them toward a passion for the Word of God.  Her life verses are found in Philippians 4:4-8.

Rita Potter, Director
Rita has been a business professional in the corporate world for the past 21 years. She has worked primarily with database management and in the human resource area. First Baptist Church of Coppell has been Rita's church home, with her late husband, Bob, for the past 14 years. Ministry endeavors include Prayer Chairman of the Women on Mission meetings for 10 years, Secretary of a Sunday School class for women, which she lead and taught for five years, and participation on the Hospitality and Missions Committees, along with regular Church choir attendance and participation.
 Rita is also the facilitator of an FPW Small Group Bible Study and a member of Exceptional Women. Her outreach and ministry includes being an encourager and support network to many friends whom she believes in treasuring and keeping for a lifetime. She regularly keeps in touch with many life-long friends from her elementary school in the Chicago area. Rita's workplace is also her ministry arena and she witnesses to many people as the Lord leads.

Vickie Henry, Director
Known as “America’s Mystery Shopper,” Vickie is a pioneer in the customer service industry. Celebrating its 34th anniversary her mystery shopping company, FEEDBACK Plus, was named Small Business of the Year by the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Vickie was named the “2003 Speaker of the Year” by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International. She has been featured in several national publications to include The Wall Street Journal, “O” Magazine and Good Housekeeping.
Vickie has served on the FPW Board of Directors for many years, President of Executive Women of Dallas, Merrill Lynch Entrepreneur of the Year nominee, and the past President of MSPA, the Mystery Shopping Providers Association. Along with being an author and inspiring energetic speaker, Vickie spreads the love of Christ to all she meets and has a passion to help others in the community. www.feedbackplus.com
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Kathleen Hampton, Director
Kathleen is a top tier real estate agent with Virginia Cook Realtors. She was previously a luxury homebuilder, interior designer and antique specialist.  Listed in Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who of the South and Southwest, she was in the field of law for 30 + years, including law firm management at the partnership level.  A past member of the American & Texas Bar Associations, American Society of Interior Design-allied, a 1990 graduate of Leadership Dallas, Hospers Award Winner and 2-time Life Member and Membership Chairwoman for the Greater Dallas Chamber, founding member of Christian Chamber of Commerce as well as Dallas for Children, a supporter of Save the Children, Promise House and Wednesday’s Child, she now devotes most of her volunteer time to Lovers Lane United Methodist Church where she on the Board of Trustees, member of the LLUMC Foundation, and chairs the sub-committee for the Hospitality Center building committee. A graduate of the 7- year Bible Study Fellowship led her to FPW. Confident of her close relationship with the Lord, her favorite promise comes from Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. www.EllenTerry.com

Nancy Dunning, Director

Nancy Dunning is the newest member of the FPW Board. She has been a Realtor for 30 years and is currently a Vice President at Briggs Freeman Residential Brokerage. About two years ago Nancy felt God calling her into more active service for Him. He has used Nancy's gift of hospitality to bring people to Bible study as well as to FPW. Her specialty is encouraging people how to get connected. If a woman is new to Bible study or an early visitor to FPW, they will want to meet Nancy. She has gone from being a quiet Christian to an encourager of those not sure how ready they are to step out. Nancy believes serving God is really fun!

Nancy also serves as a mentor for TRAC which transitions kids from foster care to independent living. However, she believes the kids mentor her more than she does them. This is a very humbling and rewarding experience for Nancy. She lives with her husband, Wayne, in Greenway Parks and knows all her neighbors! She uses her favorite scripture Josh. 24:15 . . "Choose you this day whom you will serve. As for me and my house we will serve the Lord" . . . to remember to always invite others to choose Jesus. www.briggsfreeman.com.

Sandy Riffe
Past President/Honorary Board Member
In 1996, Sandy Lindsey Riffe retired from 26 years in the business world.  The last 18 years of her career, she was Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of a private trust company.  Sandy says she enjoys the freedom and flexibility that retirement brings which allows her to do the things that matter most and, hopefully, make a difference.  
She is a Past President of the Dallas Chapter of Executive Women International and remains a sustaining member of that organization.  For several years Sandy led a ministry called Widow’s Might.  She is the coordinator of Small Group Bible Studies for FPW and leads one of them in her home. Sandy is married to Pete Riffe, who was formerly on staff at Northwest Bible Church where they now attend and serve as Equipping Leaders.  Together they have four adult children and six precious grandchildren.  Sandy says that God has richly blessed her with this new family.  Her favorite scripture and the guide for her life is Proverbs 3:5-6.

Honorary Council Members