FOCUS Board of Directors

“FOCUS” stands for Family Outreach Community United Services. Local church leaders who were concerned about the growing poverty they were seeing in their community created FOCUS in 1982. The church leaders knew that they could be more effective if they collaborated on a project rather than providing services in isolation. FOCUS incorporated as a non-profit in 1984.

Today, local area churches still play a vital role as board members for FOCUS.

Executive Committee

Lindsay Potts, President
(St. Mark’s Episcopal Church)

Heather Rohrs,  Vice President
(Masterpiece FS) At-Large

Colleen Friel – Treasurer
(Buckenmeyer & King)

Janet Fehlen – Secretary
(Collingwood Presbyterian)

Kyle Grefe – Executive Director

Members

Jennifer Atkins
(Mercy Health Partners) At-Large

Joan Canning
(Savage & Associates) At-Large

Deborah Ernsthausen
(PNC Bank) At-Large

Joel Hansen
(Glenwood  Lutheran Church)

Linda Julian
(Buckeye Community Health Plan) At-Large

Vivian Lewis
(KeyBank) At-Large

Drew Masse
(GTBS) At-Large

Nicole Muir
(First Solar) At-Large

Serena Rayford
(First Church of God)

Carolyn Russell
(Client Representative)

Reverend Peg Sammons
(St. Michaels in the Hills)

Mary Sobecki
(First Unitarian)

Keith Sparrow
(Attorney) At-Large

Valerie Garforth  
Emeritus (Trinity Episcopal)

Mildred Guy  
Emeritus (First Church of God)

Doris Hedler 
Emeritus (Ashland Church)