VMMissions Staff - Virginia Mennonite Missions

VMMissions Staff

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Abe Hartzler

Associate Director of Advancement

Abe works in development and relationship engagement among donors and supporting congregations, coordinates the planning of fundraising campaigns and events, and leads the Advancement Team.

Lizzette coaches our Latino church planters and leads a local chapter of Instituto Bíblico Anabautista (IBA), which provides biblical and theological education for Spanish-speakers in the Harrisonburg area. She also coordinates equipping events for Latino leaders and builds bridges between them and their neighbors of other cultures.

Aaron Kauffman

President

Aaron gives overall leadership to the ministries of Virginia Mennonite Missions. He loves to see people transformed and released into God’s reconciling work through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Jan Liskey

Director of Finance

Jan oversees VMMissions’ finances, carefully accounting for funds entrusted to VMMissions and assuring their proper receipting, reporting and audit.

Lydia Musselman

Human Resources Assistant

Lydia serves VMMissions by working to support and resource staff and mission workers. She is a mission worker herself, working 50% time with VMMissions and continuing in her appointment serving in college ministry at 264 OSH, Harrisonburg, Va. Contact Lydia

Martin Rhodes

Discipleship Ministries Coach

Martin’s role is to facilitate immersive missional experiences for individuals and groups desiring to follow Jesus faithfully in the world. He facilitates shorter-term mission experiences through the tranSend and Partners in Mission programs.

Melanie Sherer

Executive Assistant

Melanie’s role is to provide administrative support to the President, and other administrative responsibilities.

Jason Showalter

Global Ministries Director

Jason gives overall leadership to VMMissions’ international and domestic ministries. He has 15 years of experience as a cross-cultural worker with a sister Anabaptist agency, where his roles included orientation, mentoring, and developing strategic vision with cross-cultural teams.

Carol Tobin

Mission Advocate and Transforming Content Editor

Carol nurtures partnerships, supports MSTs, and casts vision for new ventures. As Mission Advocate, writer and teacher, she also has coordinated the Harrisonburg “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement” course, and serves as the content editor for our quarterly Transforming magazine.