Our Board
Jon is President and CEO of Gbarnga Mission. He is formerly co-founder of Product Insight, Inc. — a Boston area product development firm — and currently owns and operates Details Carpentry — a residential remodeling company in Chelmsford, MA. He has planned and participated in numerous short-term mission trips both domestically and internationally including building projects in Central Appalachia, the Gulf Coast, Mexico, Haiti, and Nicaragua. Since his first trip to West Africa in 2014 he has spent nearly 12 months living in Liberia overseeing all aspects of the mission. He and his wife, Kathy, enjoy hiking, traveling, and ethnic foods. They have three children, one grandchild, and a 13-year old Bichon poodle named BJ. Follow his blog about Liberia: www.gbarngablog.org
Jon Rossman, President/CEO
Kelly serves as Secretary of Gbarnga Mission. She studied English/Writing and worked as a technical writer for a medical software company as a young professional. She returned to school later to become a Registered Nurse and particularly enjoyed patient advocacy and patient education. Her volunteer projects include work on the Gbarnga Mission publicity team, Amigos for Christ in Nicaragua, Community Supper (Acton, MA), and Habitat for Humanity in Guatemala. She has also worked on a variety of local volunteer projects in the school system while raising her family.
Kelly Larson, Secretary
Timothy is a Financial Analyst and serves as Treasurer of Gbarnga Mission. He supports Gbarnga Mission through bookkeeping, expense management, and financial modelling. Growing up, he served on mission projects locally in Massachusetts, the Appalachia region, and Nicaragua. Recently married, Timothy enjoys spending time with his wife Christie and competing together in their local corn hole league.
Timothy Larson, Treasurer
Michelle serves our mission as Grant Writer. As a child, she attended St. Paul's in Providence, RI where Gbarnga Mission had its origins. She first heard a presentation about a future school in Liberia at her church in Fitchburg, MA back in 2014. As then president of her Rotary Club, she connected the needs of the mission project with the Areas of Focus that Rotary International uses for grants guidelines. She was instrumental in writing grants for $80,000 and $48,000 that provided clean drinking water, sanitation facilities, an adult course for block making, solar power for evening adult literacy courses and support for a poultry program that would provide nourishment to the people of Gbarnga and income to support the school. A retired family nurse practitioner, Michelle and her husband, Tony, live in New Hampshire.
Michelle Gasbarro, Grants
Doug is a civil engineer with a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT who has worked on the cleanup of hazardous waste sites throughout the United States since 1985. Doug is a Senior Principal at Geosyntec Consultants in Acton, MA and is responsible for managing Geosyntec's Northeast Region, which has a combined staff of over 300 engineers and scientists in approximately 20 offices. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and is currently an instructor for the Princeton Groundwater Remediation and Hydrology Courses. Doug has been involved in a number of volunteer projects that incorporate his civil engineering and construction management skills. These have included water supply and school construction projects in Nicaragua and Liberia, and home construction projects with Habitat for Humanity and Appalachia Service Project.
Doug Larson, Development
Pastor Bill Meyer retired from parish ministry in 2002 after having served congregations in Columbia, SC, Patchogue, NY and Garden City, NY. He then served as Director of Church Relations at Concordia College-New York until June 2006 when he was elected as a Regent to the College. In 2007, he began serving as Assistant to the New England District President for Revitalization and Missions and Chaired the NED Mission Board until 2015. Following his retirement, he and his wife, Marie, moved to Bethel, CT. They have four children, a foster son, eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Bill is the coordinator of Gbarnga Mission's child sponsorship program.
William J. Meyer, Sponsorships
Katie is the editor of Gbarnga Mission's quarterly newsletter and also joined the board to help support the organization’s communications strategy. Katie is a Senior Corporate Communications Specialist at a medical device manufacturer and has over 7 years of experience in healthcare communications. Katie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Valparaiso University. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and German Shepherd dog, Bear.
Katie Schur, Publicity
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Marsha works with the education aspects of the mission and as a photographer. She is an epidemiologist working in pharmaceutical research and development, primarily in neuropsychiatric conditions. She has taught grade school through graduate school. Her education includes 2 doctorates (epidemiology and education), and 5 master’s degrees (education, epidemiology, and others), in addition to a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy. Marsha has been involved with short-term missions in several countries and participated in church and campus missions groups. She visited GLTC campus in February of 2020. Marsha enjoys music, photography, and spending time with her golden retrievers.
Marsha Wilcox, Education