Board of Directors
US Board Members
Angie Anderson
Angie Anderson
Brian Bittke - Brian Bittke has been involved in Open Arms International for four years and has served on the board for three. He comes from a professional background in the food industry. His home church is Willamette Christian, where he has fellowshipped for ten years. Brian and his wife Cathy have four children, ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
David Gallagher, Founder - David Gallagher has served on the board of Open Arms International since its inception in November, 2003. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Adminstration from Portland State University, an Associate of Arts degree from Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas, and a Bachelor of Theology degree from LIFE Bible College in San Dimas, California. David served with the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association before founding Open Arms International. He and his wife Rachel have many, many children – the orphans that they care for in Africa. 
Rob Humphrey, Chairman - Rob Humphrey has served on the Board of Open Arms International since September 2006 and has been the Board Chairman since January 2007. He was a team member on Open Arms International mission trips in Hoima, Uganda, and also in Burgas, Bulgaria. Mr. Humphrey has been married to his wife, LeAndra, for eighteen years and has three teenage children. He is the owner of Faster Permits, a building permit management firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon since 1998. Mr. Humphrey served in the United States Air Force from 1988-1994.
Rev. Jerry Shonk - Jerry Shonk has been on the Board of Open Arms International since 2003, and he has served on various boards in the Portland area for several years. He was a team member on the first Open Arms International mission trip in Eldoret, Kenya. He pastored the Foursquare Church in Wilsonville, Oregon, for six years and is now an associate pastor at the River Oaks Foursquare Church in Sellwood, Oregon. He looks forward to future trips to Kenya.
Roger Slagel
Dick Woolley, Vice Chair and Treasurer - Dick Woolleyhas been involved with Open Arms International for two and one-half years and has served on the board for one and one-half years. A business and banking background for 30 years preceded starting RGW Advisory Services, Inc., in 1999. He and his wife, Lauri, have a daughter, Alaina, a senior at Oregon State University.