Meet the Staff

As we celebrate 36 journeys, one mission, we rejoice in how God has led volunteers to become CHF staff, uniting their hearts around Christ-centered service to children in need and faithful donor care worldwide. Each story—from Poverty Encounter facilitators to ministry development directors and operations coordinators—shows how a simple step of volunteering at Children’s Hunger Fund has grown into a long-term ministry calling, as volunteers-turned-staff now help local churches deliver hope to suffering children through practical mercy and the message of the gospel.

Meet Administrative Assistant Charlene Webster, whose 15-year ministry at Children’s Hunger Fund in San Antonio reflects joyful donor care, strong relationships, and Christ-centered service to children in need.

Meet the Staff: Discover how Becky Schulte’s journey from teen volunteer to grant writer helps Children’s Hunger Fund deliver hope and equip churches to serve kids in need.

Harold Doryumu’s journey to Children’s Hunger Fund is a story of quiet obedience, patient providence, and unexpected joy in ministry. From his early church experiences in Ghana to his move to the United States, God was steadily drawing Harold from tradition to a personal faith rooted in Scripture and surrender to Christ. Today, as Ministry Development Coordinator for the Eurasia region, he travels to places like Mongolia, Nepal, and Armenia, encouraging pastors who labor with few resources yet steadfast faith, a perspective he describes as deeply humbling and eye-opening. What began as his wife Chelsea’s simple love for filling a Project Food Pak box—and even her five-dollar fedora purchase in downtown LA—became part of a larger tapestry, leading Harold into what he now calls the best job he’s ever had: serving local churches as they bring hope to children and families in need.

Roger Bayramian serves as Controller at Children’s Hunger Fund, where “numbers tell a story” of God’s work, His “faithfulness to provide resources,” and the “impact” made through cash grants, food, clothing, and other resources sent to partners. He integrates his faith with his vocation, viewing his role not just as a job but as a “vocation” where his “heart gets to connect” with the mission of delivering hope to suffering children through “gospel-centered mercy ministry.”

Savannah Nix serves as Senior Executive Assistant in the Office of the President at Children’s Hunger Fund, where each day of administrative support—from scheduling meetings and serving callers to coordinating special projects—helps deliver hope to suffering children through gospel-centered mercy ministry. After joining the Los Angeles office staff in 2018 as receptionist, Savannah has faithfully grown into a role that allows her to support CHF’s founder and president, partner with donors and church leaders, and even travel internationally to see firsthand how local churches are being equipped to care for families in need—work she describes as meaningful because it is “so much bigger than myself.”

Steve Huerta, Director of Gifts-in-Kind at Children’s Hunger Fund, shares how growing up in poverty and coming to faith in Christ shaped his calling to serve children in need through gospel-centered mercy ministry. In this “Meet the Staff: Steve Huerta” story, a powerful home visit in San Antonio—and a simple moment sharing crackers and the gospel with a little girl—continues to motivate his ministry 14 years later as he equips local churches to deliver hope through food and the message of Jesus.

In Meet the Staff: Stacey Hong, Children’s Hunger Fund introduces Stacey, a former stay-at-home mom and homeschooler whose journey from loss to serving as a Poverty Encounter Facilitator and Experience Coordinator in Sylmar, California, displays God’s mind-blowingly generous goodness in her life. After leaving the Mormon church and later being convicted by her mother’s late-in-life repentance, Stacey now shares heartfelt passion for the gospel and global poverty, impacting the next generation of visitors as they learn how to deliver hope to suffering children through CHF’s award-winning Poverty Encounter exhibit.

Wilfredo Mejia’s story with Children’s Hunger Fund is a testimony of God’s protection, transformed life, and a heart to serve through gospel-centered mercy ministry. Growing up in El Salvador in a family import/export business, surviving civil war and deep personal loss, Wil eventually came to the United States, where the Lord used a missionary and a loving American family to model what it means to live as a Christian in everyday life. Now a longtime staff member at Children’s Hunger Fund, Wil has done far more than drive a semitruck—he builds relationships with church partners, joins ministry development efforts, participates in prison ministry, and helps deliver hope to suffering children by equipping local churches to share the hope of Jesus. As Wil describes, God changed his past, restored his life, and gave him a new heart to serve Christ, His church, and those in need for the glory of God.