Staff & Board
WMU NC Staff
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Amy Boone
Executive Director & Treasurer
Amy and her husband Mike served as missionaries in Mozambique and South Africa for 14 years with the IMB. She has two children, Timothy and Grace and is a certified music and ESL Teacher. Amy’s areas of expertise include international missions, prayer, Focus Week, missions involvement, parenting and Bible studies.

Kimberly Stauffacher
Human Resources Administrator & Office Manager
Kimberly Stauffacher currently serves as the Office Manager/HR Administrator for WMU NC. She began her career in banking and mortgage after college. She left the banking world, to work for a non-profit ministry in the realm of accounting . Her passion for Jesus, missions, and administration came together when the Lord called her to come work for WMU NC. She desires that all would come to know Jesus and be active in the mission He has called us on. She and her husband Wilson have two daughters and live in Durham, NC.

Amanda Martinsen
Leadership Development Catalyst
Amanda is a former social worker with a love for missions and equipping leaders for Kingdom service. Amanda’s areas of experience center around WMU FOCUS week, working with youth, leadership development, women’s retreats, prayer retreats, missions involvement, church-wide and associational leadership, and leading small groups. She and her husband Brian have three daughters and live in Sanford, NC

Sara Lamkin
NC Mission, Ministry and Student Catalyst
Sara Lamkin also serves as the point person for Project HELP. She has a BA in Spanish from Bridgewater College and a Masters of Divinity from The Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. She is married to Stuart, who is pastor at First Baptist Weaverville, and has two boys.

Rebecca Sloan Lindhout
Adult & Children Ministry Catalyst
Rebecca received her Master of Divinity from Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond. She was deeply impacted as a youth by Mission Friends, Girls in Action, and Acteens. She has traveled to Romania, Australia, South Africa, and to many states in the US as a missions volunteer and served as a Children’s Minister for 13 years. She loves to coordinate compassion ministries, such as Prison Retreat, Red Boxes, Mom Camp, and Military Wives Retreat, and to host Children’s Missions Days and Touch and Feel Missions Days for pre-K ages. She is married to Gavin and has two daughters, Jozie and Phoebe.

Allison Markwood
Contract Marketing & Tarheel Talk Editor
Allison Markwood is a product of WMU! Thanks to GAs, Acteens, and Camp Mundo Vista, she looks for opportunities to be a missionary every day as a stay-at-home mom, part-time teacher, and freelance writer. She enjoys telling the story of WMU through marketing materials, social media, and the Tarheel Talk.

Melanie Crawford
Administrative Assistant
Melanie serves as the administrative assistant and she will be helping with events, website updates, and assisting staff as needed. She studied graphics and web design at Wake Tech Community College. Melanie worked with Baptists on Mission prior to coming to WMU. She attends Piney Grove Baptist Church in Fuquay-Varina. She has two children and 3 grandchildren.
WMU NC Board
Officers

Barbara Hill
President

Kimberly Bounds
Vice President

Karen McCraken
Vice President for Development

Hannah Hord
Recording Secretary

Andrea Jackson
Asst. Recording Secretary
Region 1 Board Members

Becky McLawhorn

Myra Northcott
Region 2 Board Members

Melissa Peacock

Kathy Patton
Region 3 Board Members

Beth Futrell

Linda Mercado
Region 4 Board Members

Lori Barbour-Moore

Debra Worley

Laura Rogers
Region 5 Board Members

Tonia Smith

April Chandler
Region 6 Board Members

Vanessa Shields

Beth McDonald

Linda Trevino
Region 7 Board Members

Cornelia Groce

Deborah Long

Shelly Flynn

Regina Draughn
Region 8 Board Members

Beth Beam

Avis Morrow

Kristina Stoker
Region 9 Board Members

Vernie Pace
Region 10 Board Members

Gaye Buchanan

Doris Melton
Ministry Partners

Donna Rodgers
NC BNF President

Jewanta Jamison
Sisters Who Care President
Cara Lynn Vogel
CWJC/CMJC State Coordinator

Duronda Hood
Ministry to Minister's Wives

Raquel Garcia
UFM President