Gordana is married with three children and lives in Belgrade, Serbia. Her heart is for women’s ministry and her passion is to empower women through coaching and mentoring.

Bharathy lives in Maharashtra, India. She is the founder of the Managing Trustee of Kshamata. Kshamata works with women who are vulnerable victims of gender based violence including human trafficking.

Racheal Nteeba lives in Tanzania. She is a Tirzah mentor in the Emerging Leader Program. Racheal is a manager of a fertility clinic and serves in women’s ministry.

Team Tirzah is the support team for this network of Global Leaders. Each member brings their gifts and talents to serve their Sisters around the world. Thank you for joining this team in prayer for Tirzah!

Rebecca lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She serves and worships at BEZA International Ministries and is a Program Policy Advisor at the World Food Program. Her greatest joy is serving her family and working to achieve her organization’s vision of zero hunger. She is a mentor in Tirzah’s Emerging Leader initiative.

Isabell is the founder and managing director of Anchor Leather & Crafts. She loves to see women employed through craft as their families’ lives change for the better. She is a Tirzah Sustainability Partner.

She lives in Mombassa, Kenya and is the founder and CEO of Imani Collective. Jenny is Tirzah’s Global Sustainability Director and leads a course called Impact Ignited.

Stella is a recent newlywed who loves to sing and pray. She is from Sudan and works with young ladies and women. Stella helps oversee many leadership development programs and outreaches across the country.

A leadership coach, organizational consultant, and corporate executive, Jennifer Lopez has 20 years of experience with organizational change. Jen is the Lead Facilitator for the first U.S. Cohort of Tirzah’s Emerging Leader Program.

Madeleine is a Tirzah Legacy Leaders for Francophone Africa. She is a widow and has four children. She is the founder of FAM AF, a ministry which serves 15 Francophone countries.

Judy lives in Nairobi, Kenya. She is the founder and CEO of Homecare Spiritual Fellowship (HSF). She serves as a Legacy Leader for Tirzah. Judy is passionate about developing women in ministry.

Tirzah’s Board of Directors is made up of an experienced group of men and women passionate about seeing the world becoming a more equitable place for women and girls. Many are directly involved in bringing about change and seeing women around the world rise to their God-given potential.

Violet lives in Zimbabwe and is a widow with two sons. She is the project manager of an organization called Talitha Cumi that caries for orphaned and vulnerable girls.

Victoria lives in Delhi, India and is the co-director of Kushbu, an organization training local women to develop true artisanal skills while offering them fair wages and providing a safe environment to create premium block-printed, hand-stitched products. Victo also runs a Tirzah microenterprise program for women in her area.

Anita lives in Canada and works remotely with her mother Madeleine Gouentoueu with FAM where she is in charge of external partnership and projects. Anita is Tirzah’s Microenterprise Director and helps with the Emerging Leader Initiative.

During this season of transition, a three-person team consisting of board members Jessica Thompson and Debbie Ardan Christian, and Tirzah’s Leadership Development Director Esme Bowers are stepping up to provide leadership for Tirzah’s staff and Global Leaders.

Dr. Lavanya is a Legacy Leader and the Executive Director of Nireekshana ACET. The organization offers holistic care with basic medical health care, skill development, and training and encouraging leadership development.

Janice lives in Mexico City. Janice and her husband are the founder of El Pozo de Vida, a ministry that fights against human trafficking.

Minah lives with her family in Cape Town where she serves at UBukho Bakhe Church and Beautiful Gate South Africa as the CEO.

Fenny is starting Track Two of the Emerging Leader Program in Singapore. Fenny recently joined the Tirzah International Board of Directors.

Aramatou lives in Cote d’Ivoire and oversees several thriving microenterprise programs throughout the West African region.

Sophie lives in Addis Ababa with her husband where they pastor a thriving church, Beza. Beza’s community outreach program includes one of Tirzah’s most successful microenterprise programs on Entoto Mountain which serves hundreds of marginalized and HIV-impacted women as they launch dozens of small businesses and co-ops!