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ABOUT US

LEADERSHIP TEAM

We’re fortunate to have excellent, experienced leaders to mentor, pray over and guide decision-making for all that God has called us to do.

Leadership Team

Staff Member Jimmy Dorrell - Co-Founder & President Emeritus
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Jimmy Dorrell


Co-Founder & President Emeritus

Staff Member John Calaway - President and Executive Director
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John Calaway


President and Executive Director

Staff Member Janet Dorrell - Co-Founder & Mission World Director
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Janet Dorrell


Co-Founder & Mission World Director

Staff Member Kathy Wise - Associate Executive Director of Administration and Mobilization
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Kathy Wise


Associate Executive Director of Administration and Mobilization

Staff Member Carlton Willis - Associate Executive Director of Programs
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Carlton Willis


Associate Executive Director of Programs

Staff Member Taylor Bradley - Finance Director
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Taylor Bradley


Finance Director

Staff Member Jimmy Dorrell - Co-Founder & President Emeritus

Jimmy Dorrell is Co-founder and President Emeritus of Mission Waco Mission World. He grew up in Conroe, Texas and attended Baylor University, where he received a BA in religion in 1972. He earned his M. Div. in 1978 from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He later received an MA in Environmental Studies from Baylor in 1993 and in 2001, a Doctor of Ministry from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.

After graduating from seminary in 1978, he and his wife Janet traveled the world to work among the poor. They then planted roots in North Waco, where they began their call to incarnational ministry: to live among the poor and help bring “good news” through relationships and empowerment opportunities. Dorrell’s passion for the poor and mobilizing the middle-class to become involved in the lives of the poor became the strategy for Mission Waco Mission World that continues today. 

Dorrell has served as pastor of Church Under the Bridge since 1992 while also teaching classes at Baylor University and Truett Seminary in Waco. He has served on several boards, including Texas Christian Community Development Network and helped found three other non-profit organizations. Dorrell has been honored through awards such as the Family of the Year Award from the Waco Conference of Christians & Jews, Whataburger Hometown Hero, Citizen of the Year from the National Association of Social Workers (Waco Unit), Baylor University Alumni’s Abner V. McCall Humanitarian Award, both the Wacoan Magazine and Waco Tribune-Herald “Person of the Year” and the Baylor Distinguished Alumni Award (2017).

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Staff Member John Calaway - President and Executive Director

John Calaway is our President and Executive Director. He graduated from Hardin-Simmons University in 2006 and promptly moved to Nepal to live and work among the Sherpa people and start a business, plant churches, train pastors and host medical clinics in remote villages. It was in Nepal that God began to develop his heart for the local church and those living in poverty. 

Upon his return to the U.S., John attended Baylor University’s Truett Seminary where he received his M. Div. with a concentration in Missions and World Christianity in 2011. While in graduate school he became actively engaged with Church Under the Bridge and Mission Waco. It was here that he learned about Christian community development and how to consider addressing systemic issues surrounding poverty. After graduating, he moved to Austin and was a Missions Pastor for six years before returning to Waco to join our staff in early 2017.

John has led multiple workshops for the No Need Among You Conference, served as a speaker for the Texas Christian Community Development Network and is active in the Christian Community Development Association. He has sat on different boards for nonprofit organizations and traveled all over the world leading hundreds of people to serve the poor.

He loves to go mountain biking in Cameron Park, competing in triathlons, mountain climbing and backpacking all over the U.S. and traveling around the world. His wife, Sarah, is a pediatric physical therapist and is passionate about advocating for children with special needs. They both love having fun with their two young kids, Cohen and Cora.

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Staff Member Janet Dorrell - Co-Founder & Mission World Director

Janet Dorrell serves as Mission World director, Poverty Simulation trainer and Exposure Trip leader for Mission Waco Mission World. She grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Baylor University where she received her Bachelors of Science and Education degree. For 15 years she homeschooled her four children. Traveling the world, she later embarked on her anthropological thesis research in Punjab, India among nomadic peoples and received her Masters of Science in 2002 from Baylor.

Janet currently teaches at Baylor University while leading exposure trips to India, Haiti and Mexico City. Ten weekends each year, she leads participants in Mission Waco Mission World’s poverty simulation to help mobilize middle-class people in becoming compassionately invested in the lives of the poor.

For fun, Janet celebrates life with her husband, Jimmy, considering it a gift and privilege to be on a mission together. Her four children and their spouses, Seth and Sarah, Josh and Danielle, Zach and Jackie, and Christy and Angelo bring her immense joy as well as her 11 grandchildren, Zoe, Finley, Zane, Nielah, Zeke, Angelo, Ziah, Miley, Katherine Ivy, Evelyn, and Andrés Seth. She loves training Magic, her miniature horse and playing with her dog, Samwise.

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Staff Member Kathy Wise - Associate Executive Director of Administration and Mobilization

Kathy Wise is Associate Executive Director of Mission Waco Mission World. She grew up in Gatesville, Texas, graduated from Baylor with a BBA degree and moved to Alexandria, Virginia where she worked in business for 10 years followed by five years on staff at First Baptist Alexandria (community ministries, single adult ministry). She returned to Waco to attend Baylor’s Truett Seminary where she earned her M. Div. in Theology, including a mentorship semester in Clinical Pastoral Education/chaplaincy at Hillcrest Hospital. 

Kathy began volunteering with Mission Waco in 1998 to learn more about cross-cultural relationships, completed Mission Waco’s Urban Ministry Institute in 2000 (including a 2-month “urban placement” with the Jesus People in Chicago that opened her eyes to community living), and then joined Mission Waco staff in May 2000. She oversees much of the operational side of Mission Waco, managing the workgroup and intern programs as well as acting as a staff liaison with The Ark Apartments.

Kathy enjoys being part of Church Under the Bridge, hiking, biking, participating in entrepreneurship and redevelopment in Waco and introducing people to Waco.

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Staff Member Carlton Willis - Associate Executive Director of Programs

Carlton Willis is our Associate Executive Director of Programs, overseeing Children, Youth and Adult Programs. Carlton is a native of Abbeville, SC and attended Anderson College where he received a BA Degree in music with a concentration in business. After graduation, Carlton became Evening Director of Student Activities and worked in Admissions and Residence Life. After a year, he joined Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee where he was Assistant Director of Admissions and Coordinator of Minority Recruitment for seven and a half years. He also served as Director of Music at Oak Valley Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, TN for two years. Carlton joined Mission Waco as Director of the MPowerment Program in December of 2000.

Carlton enjoys singing, traveling, meeting people and hanging out with family and friends. He attends Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church where he serves as Co-Choir Director, Praise Team Leader and Trustee.

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Staff Member Taylor Bradley - Finance Director

Taylor Bradley is the Finance Director of Mission Waco Mission World. She grew up throughout Texas but considers Lometa her hometown. She attended the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor where she received a BBA degree in Accounting and Management. After graduation, Taylor moved to Waco to work as an Auditor with Pattillo, Brown & Hill accounting firm and later with the Accounting Services department of Baylor Scott & White Health. During this time, Taylor began studying for the CPA exam and received her CPA license in 2016. 

Thanks to her involvement with her church and the local chapter of Texas Society of CPAs, Taylor was introduced to Mission Waco in 2013 through service opportunities with Mission Waco’s Toy and School Supply Stores and began serving regularly. She joined Mission Waco staff in 2020.

Taylor attends Harris Creek Baptist Church where she serves as a volunteer teacher in the preschool ministry. She enjoys hiking in the great outdoors, traveling to new places, trying new foods and live music.

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Mission Waco Mission World Team

Staff Member Joyce Brammer - Director of Development

Joyce Brammer


Director of Development

Staff Member Shannon Williams - Director of Fair Trade, World Cup Administrator, Webmaster

Shannon Williams


Director of Fair Trade, World Cup Administrator, Webmaster

Staff Member Sarah Lockett - Co-Director of Health Clinic

Sarah Lockett


Co-Director of Health Clinic

Staff Member Jerrod Clark -  Director of Meyer Center & Social Services

Jerrod Clark


Director of Meyer Center & Social Services

Staff Member Mckenzie Lacy - Director of Children and Youth Programs

Mckenzie Lacy


Director of Children and Youth Programs

Staff Member Brooke Landry - World Cup Cafe General Manager

Brooke Landry


World Cup Cafe General Manager

Staff Member Vince Hartsfield - Director of Manna House

Vince Hartsfield


Director of Manna House

Staff Member Sam Doyle - Director of My Brother’s Keeper & MPowerment Staff

Sam Doyle


Director of My Brother’s Keeper & MPowerment Staff

Staff Member Emily Hills - Director of Urban REAP (Renewable Energy & Agriculture Project)

Emily Hills


Director of Urban REAP (Renewable Energy & Agriculture Project)

Staff Member Carolina Meza Clark - Mission World Assistant Director & Poverty Sim Director

Carolina Meza Clark


Mission World Assistant Director & Poverty Sim Director

Staff Member Shay Evans - Youth Program Director

Shay Evans


Youth Program Director

Staff Member Shelley Martinez - Clothesline & Voucher Center Manager

Shelley Martinez


Clothesline & Voucher Center Manager

Staff Member Ruthie Duncan - Finance Administrative Assistant

Ruthie Duncan


Finance Administrative Assistant

Staff Member Mayme Williams - Finance Administrative Assistant

Mayme Williams


Finance Administrative Assistant

Staff Member Granville Crayton - MBK Night Monitor

Granville Crayton


MBK Night Monitor

Staff Member Felicia Clayborn - World Cup Cafe Kitchen Manager

Felicia Clayborn


World Cup Cafe Kitchen Manager

Staff Member Ryan Harrington - Street Sweep Director

Ryan Harrington


Street Sweep Director

Staff Member Gala Gerber - Maintenance Director

Gala Gerber


Maintenance Director

Staff Member Ben Randall - Meyer Center Assistant

Ben Randall


Meyer Center Assistant

Staff Member Bobbi Rhoden - Social Services Walk-In Center Director

Bobbi Rhoden


Social Services Walk-In Center Director

Staff Member Arlanders Estelle - MPowerment Director & Social Worker

Arlanders Estelle


MPowerment Director & Social Worker

Staff Member David Daniels - Jubilee Food Market Store Lead

David Daniels


Jubilee Food Market Store Lead

Staff Member Shelley Bryant - Finance Administrative Assistant

Shelley Bryant


Finance Administrative Assistant

Staff Member Justus Lindsey - Legal Clinic Director

Justus Lindsey


Legal Clinic Director

Staff Member Bailie Rouse - Director of Volunteers

Bailie Rouse


Director of Volunteers

Staff Member Libby Barnhill - Director of Groups

Libby Barnhill


Director of Groups

Staff Member Dr. Vivian Chuckwuedozie - Co-Director of Health Clinic

Dr. Vivian Chuckwuedozie


Co-Director of Health Clinic

Staff Member Tyson Shelton - Jubilee Food Market General Manager

Tyson Shelton


Jubilee Food Market General Manager

Staff Member Bradyn Braziel - Theater Director

Bradyn Braziel


Theater Director

Staff Member Marisela Cruz Arredondo - Urban REAP Program Coordinator

Marisela Cruz Arredondo


Urban REAP Program Coordinator

Staff Member Nicole Moreno - Jubilee Food Market Inventory Lead

Nicole Moreno


Jubilee Food Market Inventory Lead

Board of Directors

Kristen Thompson, Chairwoman

Autumn Outlaw, Vice-Chairwoman

Steve Fell

Bronscha Harris

Lory Latimer

Dr. Ronda McCarthy

Sue Parrigin

Megan Snipes

Kathryn Thompson

Lila Chapa

Jason Lee

Emily Embry

Dr. Dwayne Simmons

Angela Julian

Leticia “Kiki” Lopez Negrete

Amy Gaston

Corporate Officers

John Calaway, President

Kristen Thompson, Vice President

Megan Snipes, Secretary

Sue Parrigin, Treasurer

John Calaway, Executive Director

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