Washington Area Staff

Jim Wright, Founder & President
Jeff Townsend, Director of Ministry Operations
Melinda Cagle, Ministry Administrator

Board of Directors

Jim Wright, Chairman
Founder & President, Birthmother Ministries, Inc., Vienna, VA

Gwendolyn P. Cobbs, MD
Obstetrician/gynecologist, Virginia Hospital Center and INOVA Loudoun Hospital
Clinical instructor, Georgetown University School of Medicine and Shenandoah University

Kathy Widenhouse
Development writer and consultant, Lake Wylie, SC 

Advisory Council 

Fred Barnes
Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard; former co-host, The Beltway Boys; political commentator
Christopher S. Call, IFA, GAA/RAA  
Owner/appraiser, AREAS Appraisers, Springfield, VA
Kim Cooke, J.D.
Founder, Blue Water Capital, McLean, VA
Lee Corder, Ph.D.
Senior VP, Young Life International North Division; former senior chaplain, The Washington Redskins
Paul Cowan
Campus Crusade for Christ
Corky Eddins
The Navigators
Rev. Dennis Glusko
Chaplain, Youth For Tomorrow, Bristow, VA
Ruth Graham
Author, speaker, and daughter of Billy Graham
Conrad R. "Bud" Harper
Real estate broker, Washington Fine Properties 
Jerry Leachman
Speaker; former chaplain, The Washington Redskins
Jessica O'Connor-Petts
Senior legal research analyst; birth mom
Rich Sewell
Pastor of Senior Ministries, Lake City Community Church, Lakewood, WA
Steven Skancke, Ph.D.
Chief Investment Officer and Client Director, Keel Point Advisors, Vienna, VA 
James Wootton, J.D.
Attorney, Washington, DC
The Rev. Dr. John W. Yates
Rector, The Falls Church, Falls Church, VA