Philip Smith
Co-founder and CEO
Philip’s passion for outcast children started while watching the ministry of his parents in Ethiopia. In 1991, he co-founded Hope Unlimited for Children. He is an internationally-recognized expert on residential programming for high-risk orphans and vulnerable children. Philip lives with his wife, Corenne, and their two children in Vitória, Brazil.
Board Of Directors
Marc Isabelle
Chairman
Marc is a former United Airlines pilot who has been to the campuses more times that can be counted over the last 30 years. After hearing about us on Focus on the Family in December of 1993, within 3 days he was at our facility seeing what God was doing. It was very convenient that his flight schedule included traveling to Brazil. He has been on the IBA with Hope since 1998. He resides in New Jersey with his wife Deborah.
Stan Pierson
Vice Chairman
Stan is a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLC and leader of Pillsbury’s Emerging Growth & Venture Capital Group. The son of missionaries, Stan spent much of his childhood in Brazil. He brings significant managerial expertise to the board of Hope Unlimited.
Donna Rollins
Chair of Corporate Governance
Donna has supported Hope Unlimited since 1995. Donna continued to support Hope Unlimited financially and through prayer while she obtained her masters degree at Vanderbilt University. She now works as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She rejoined the board of directors in 2020. Donna and her husband, Stephen, of 38 years live where God’s glory is on display, Homer Alaska.
Paul Attia
Treasurer & Chair finance/audit
Paul Attia has had a lifetime passion for serving children, especially those most vulnerable. Lives in Falls Church, VA with his bride Julie of one year and has worked at Google in Various business capacities for the past 10 years.
David Nowell
Board Member
David Nowell is an author, speaker, and advocate for high-risk orphans and children. He is executive director of Hope Institute. David and his wife, Susan, live in Jefferson City, TN.
Sean Rutter
Board Member
Sean is a senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. His connection with orphans and vulnerable children began along a dirt road in Honduras in 2002. Since then, he seeks to use his strong business and leadership experiences to bring excellence to the life transformation of orphans.
Eduardo Steibel
Board Member
Born in Porto Alegre, south Brazil, to an immigrant family from Germany, Italy,and Latvia. Under the influence of a Christian mother and grandparents came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior in early teens, and later received theological training both in Brazil and the US. Pastored churches in Rio de Janeiro and Campinas, where he was introduced to the Hope Unlimited ministry, under Jack Smith, who he had met in Singapore years earlier. Currently owns a business and enjoys serving as a Deacon and a Sunday School teacher at FBC in Shelby, NC.
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Hope Unlimited for Children is a registered 501(c)3 charitable organization EIN: 33-0480141.
We are independently audited and are a member of the ECFA where we meet the highest standards of responsible stewardship.
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