Vince Smith - Executive Director
Vince and his wife, Beth, have 3 biological children and 3 adopted children ages 6 through 24. They have fostered more than 20 children since 2009, been instrumental in starting sponsorship programs for 4 schools in Africa, and founded the Centre County Orphan Care Alliance in 2008. Vince has a degree in Animal Science from Penn State University. After college, he worked as a herdsman for a registered Angus farm in York, PA before going into full-time ministry in 1997. He has served as a pastor for 23 years. Vince has a driving passion to be an advocate for kids from hard places and to bring congregations together to tackle the needs of the Fatherless locally and globally. The Smith family lives in Millheim, PA with their beef cows, sheep, chickens, dogs, cats, and rabbits. |
Hillary Haris - Director of Outreach
Hillary and her husband, Robi, have 4 "original" (biological) children and one "bonus" (adopted) daughter resulting in a 17 year age span. The Haris family has been a foster family since 2008 and has welcomed a variety of ages into their home. After graduating with a degree from Juniata College Hillary received a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Counseling from Radford University in Radford, Virginia. In their spare time they like to hike, play board games and are always up for a road trip. |