Bob's role as Executive Director is to lead the agency in growing faith based social service in a climate that continues to see human need grow exponentially.

Bob has a history of leadership throughout his professional career. He serves as the President of the National Association of Community Action Ministries, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. This association is made up of faith based agencies around the country and in Puerto Rico whose purpose is to grow intrastate and interstate programming and subsequent funding. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Ohio Governor’s Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives. In this position, Bob helps develop policy and focus for faith based initiatives throughout the state of Ohio. Bob serves on the boards of other local non profits, including in the capacities of President and Vice President. He is a very active leader in the Miami Council Boy Scouts of America and was a recipient of this year’s council Unit Leader Award.

Bob has a Bachelor’s degree from Nyack College in Nyack, NY and a Master of Divinity Degree from the Alliance Theological Seminary. He has four children, including two in college. Bob and his family reside in south Dayton.

BBishop@DaytonChristianCenter.org

Sarah joined the Dayton Christian Center's management team in 2008, bringing with her skills and training related to fundraising, donor development and nonprofit management. Sarah's duties include donor relations, fundraising, special events, marketing (inlcuding the web page), volunteers and operations management for the agency.

Sarah is a Wright State University graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Urban Affairs and a certificate in Nonprofit Management through the American Humanics program. While attending school full time she also worked full time in the nonprofit sector. She has worked for other nonprofit organization such as Girl Scouts of the USA, Boy Scouts of America, and the Tom Geiger Guesthouse.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Wright State University American Humanics Community Council and Wright State University Alumni Association. She is also an active member of the Wright State University American Humanics Alumni Society as President, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and Venture Crew 100 in the Heart of Ohio Council, Boy Scouts of America.

SWilliams@DaytonChristianCenter.org

An Early Childhood professional with more than 8 years of experience working with young children. Shortly after giving birth to her first child she continued her life long love of learning in pursuit of her Associates of Science Degree in Early Childhood Education. While working as a home care provider, she attended classes in the evenings. Prior to working with children Tasha was a French linguist in the Army. She was stationed in Augsburg, Germany for her first tour where she remained for 2 years. Then Tasha transferred to Bad Aibling, Germany to finish her service. During a temporary assignment to Stuttgart, Germany Tasha met her husband Brian Johnson. The next year they were married and continued to live in Stuttgart, Germany where their first daughter Christina was born. Before returning to the United States Tasha completed her AS in ECE with the College of Southern Maryland. Upon being stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and settling in a house in Huber Heights, Ohio, Tasha began to work in the Preschool field.

In 2006, Tasha graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wright State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Organizational Leadership. During her work with the Dayton Christian Center she participated in a Lights On! Afterschool event in collaboration with many other service providers in the Montgomery County area. The event was attended by over 600 children, parents and after school professionals.

During Tasha’s time at the Dayton Christian Center the program has gone from having many areas of non-compliance during state inspections to having no areas of non-compliance. Tasha has organized the staff to be trained in many areas including basic care of children as well as taking it a step beyond. The Dayton Christian Center is looking to be a participant in Ohio’s voluntary quality rating program Step Up to Quality. The desire is to complete the rating process within the next 6 months to year.

TJohnson@DaytonChristianCenter.org