Founder of Life Enrichment Center

Jeff has been involved in outreach to the underserved for approximately 26 years, serving as a Chaplain at the Montgomery County Jail, ministering at the Lebanon Correctional Institution, Dayton Correctional Institution, M.C. Workhouse, Monday Program, Greene County Jail, Greene Hall Chemical Dependency Unit, Yale Manor, and various soup kitchens and street ministries. He has served as a Youth Pastor, Outreach Pastor and Director of Men’s Ministry. Jeff was born in Dayton, and has lived around the Miami Valley for most of his life. He is married with 3 children and 2 grandchildren and attends Fish Gate Community Church in Kettering.

For Jeff, the Life Enrichment Center is the fulfillment of a dream for a multi-ministry center in the city of Dayton.

Kim, a native of Dayton, is married with three grown children. She serves on the Board of the Life Enrichment Center as Secretary/Treasurer, as well as volunteers on a daily basis as Director of Administration. Kim has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Ohio State University. She has been; a Friendship Bible Coffees Leader, Bible Study Fellowship Treasurer, past president of the Auxiliary to the Dayton Academy Osteopathic Association, MVH Associates Council Member, Five Seasons Sports Club Board Member and has taught Sunday School for over 20 years. Kim recently completed NANC Biblical Counseling Level One and is a MVH NICU Steering Committee Member. Kim and her husband, Marc, attend Apex Community Church and Rediscovering Church Small Group.

Along with serving on the board of LEC, Lori serves on the Junior League of Dayton-Executive Board and Kettering City Schools-Board of Education. She has been a Dayton resident for 23 years and attends Southbrook Community Church. Lori is a homemaker as well as a current student at the University of Dayton.

A resident of Dayton since August of 2005, Dave serves as a Director on the Board of the LEC. He is an associate at the law firm of Thompson-Hine, LLP.

Ellen's role at the LEC consists of coordinating classes that relate to the health and general education of the LEC's clients. That includes networking in the community to invite agencies, which can add value to the programs we offer our clients, to partner with our efforts. Ellen also organizes health related events to benefit our clients as well as making these services more convenient and universally helpful to all involved.

Ellen attends the Dayton Vineyard Church in Beavercreek. However, recently she attended the Vineyard North Campus in Dayton, where clients of the LEC occasionally attend.

Ellen has lived in Dayton most of her life. During the years of her formal education she lived in the "East End" of Dayton, where a high percentage of our clients live. She is a graduate of Wright State University, an English Education major and Journalism minor from U.D., OU, and Eastern Kentucky, Morehead, and Ball State University. She retired after 30 years of teaching English and Journalism. She was also the yearbook advisor at Fairborn High School. Throughout her life, Ellen has served and chaired many committees; a scholarship committee to select students for various scholarships, The Journalism Association of Ohio, English Department Chair, advisor of many clubs including scholastic clubs as well as Students Against Destructive Decisions. Ellen and her husband, Kent, had a nursing home ministry for twenty-five years (once a week at an East End nursing home). They helped pioneer a church in Springboro, Ohio, where she served as the Sunday School Superintendent for ten years.