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Renew Uganda Initiative is dedicated to transforming educational leadership in Uganda, focusing on providing quality education to students. We believe that Christian education is the key to unlocking the potential of Uganda's future leaders. Join us in our mission to create a brighter future for Uganda through education for the glory of God.

US Board of Directors

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Jim Wolfe

Jim Wolfe was born and raised in Greensboro North Carolina. After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, he began his custom home-building company, Wolfe Homes, in 1980. He and his wife Alice now employ 60 people and provide the highest quality home construction in the local region. Jim and Alice have 5 grown children and 14 grandchildren. Their desire is to love and glorify the Lord and make him known through their lives.”

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Todd Guthrie

Todd Guthrie serves as CFO of Place Services Inc. (PSI), a national construction company focused primarily on grocery-retail remodeling. An active CPA, his experience spans public accounting and VP and CFO roles with domestic and international manufacturing and services companies. Prior to joining PSI, Todd served as Tangible Products and Services partner of TechCXO LLC, providing executive services to growth companies. Todd has an established track record of value creation in all areas of financial, cost accounting, and operational management in high-growth and high-change environments. Todd leads the accounting, acquisition, treasury, human resources, and information technology teams of PSI. Todd worships at Providence Church in Duluth, Georgia, where he has served as Deacon, Elder, and Bible Study Teacher. He and his wife, Kimberly, also served as sponsors of the College & Career Fellowship and counsel individuals and couples as they take the step into their adult lives. They live in Suwanee, Georgia, and have three sons, one daughter (in-law), and two cats.

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Pearce Landry

Pearce Landry serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Granville Capital, Inc., an alternative asset investment firm. He oversees Granville Capital’s funds of hedge funds, their private equity strategy which he started in 2004, and their investments in energy infrastructure. Mr. Landry attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa earning his BS in Biology (with Highest Distinction) and a Minor in Chemistry in 1995. Pearce has actively served or led in various community organizations including Search Ministries, Hope Academy, and Young Life. Pearce has been married to his loving wife Anne for 27 years and they have three grown sons.

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Tim Wrinkle

Tim Wrinkle is the Sr. Product Manager of Vocational & Medium Duty trucks and represents Mack Trucks at industry and press events. Tim has more than 18 years of commercial vehicle experience, including leadership roles in engineering, aftermarket, product planning, and marketing. He resides on the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) – National Steering Committee Board of Directors. Tim has extensive international travel experience through Volvo and Mack Trucks and with overseas mission trips in the Cooke Islands, Central and South America, Europe, and Africa. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma Christian University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Tim lives with his wife Dana and their four children in NC and is actively involved in his community through Boy Scouts of America and church.

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Debra Proehl Moser

Deborah Proehl-Moser is a 20-year veteran in the real estate industry. Her passion to help people led her to start her business in 2003. She realizes no matter the price of a home, she is serving and guiding her buyers and sellers with their largest investment. Before transitioning to real estate, Deb spent nearly 16 years as a journalist on television. She was a producer, reporter and anchor from 1987-2002. Writing and meeting new people are two of her joys. She interviewed hundreds of people during that time. One of those interviews included the current President, at the time, Bill Clinton. Deborah is originally from the Northeast. She was born in New York City, spent most of her childhood in New Jersey, and graduated from Emerson College in Boston Mass. She is married to Greensboro NC native Stafford Moser for 30 years. They have two children; Ford and Victoria and a sweet English Labrador they call Bronx, named after the place Deb was born.

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Dana Wrinkle

Dana Wrinkle is a nurse anesthetist and adventurer with a heart for Africa and lives in North Carolina with Tim and their four children. She specializes in OB/GYN and outpatient anesthesia at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health. Dana served as team leader for Kenya Relief’s Gynecological/General Surgery Team and was the stateside leader for Kenya Relief’s inaugural Breast Cancer Screening Clinic in Migori, Kenya March 2022. God has sent Dana on four medical missions to Africa and one God-ordained call to a water well. Dana is a contributing writer for www.freedtoflouish.com and is passionate about encouraging others to say yes to God and find life in unexpected places. She continues to share her journey to a water well at churches and women’s events.

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Ted Guthrie

Ted Guthrie serves as SVP, Finance and Accounting, for Mansfield Energy Company in Gainesville, GA. Mansfield provides energy solutions, including fuel management, transportation and natural gas services, to multiple industry verticals in the US. The company is one of the largest privately held companies in the US shipping billions of gallons of fuel to over 8000 customers annually. Ted began his finance career at KPMG in Atlanta, GA and is a licensed CPA. Ted attends Providence Church in Duluth, GA where he leads worship (for over 20 years) and serves as church Elder (for over 15 years). His wife, Jennifer, is the church pianist and leads the women’s ministry and mentorship program. Prior to attending Providence, Ted and Jennifer led the youth ministries for many years at churches in Lilburn, GA and Bonita Valley, CA. Ted and Jennifer both love music and have a heart for encouraging the church to worship God together through songs and hymns.

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Nickole Huffman

Nickole Huffman is wife to Greg (21 years) and mother to Josiah (18) and Samara (13). She currently lives in Greenwood, Indiana. Nickole is a graduate of Purdue University and majored in Child Development and Family Studies, with a specialization in At-Risk Youth and Families. Nickole wears many hats as the wife of an entrepreneur, a volleyball coach, a teacher, an athlete (volleyball and softball), a mentor, a cheerleader to her children and their perspective sports, a consultant, speaker, and as a member of various Boards of Directors (The African Hospitality Institute, Indy Genesis Volleyball, and Johnson County Citizens of Active Disasters). She is a world traveler whose second home is Uganda. Nickole is passionate about her Messiah, health and wellness, athletics, her friends in Uganda, and helping others feel seen, heard, and understood. Her life experiences have given her opportunities to see the brokenness of the world and yet the redemption of a King who promises to make all things new.

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Mark Guthrie

Executive Director

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Grace Turyakira

Director of ACSI Uganda

RUI Board

Our team is a diverse group of individuals with unique skills and knowledge united by a passion for transformational Christian education.

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Ruth Ssebgala-Senyonjo

Director of Ed, Watoto Schools

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Mukasa Solomon

Head, Watoto Secondary Schools

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Tezira Wabuyaka

Curriculum Coordinator, WOLIS

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Rev. Paulson Tumutegyereize

Pastor, Anglican Church of Uganda

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Sylvia  Kaweela

Coming Soon!

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Joseph Kitende

General Coordinator, Roots to Fruits

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Innocent Nimusiima

Head - Project & Operation,  WOLIS

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Rhionah Ssemakula

Librarian, Acacia Int'l School

Paul Okoth

Coming Soon!

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US MARKETING
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Lisa Upper

US Marketing Team Head

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Tameshia Bradshaw

Creative & Technical Director

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Grace Clifford

Social Media Liaison

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