Meet Our Team

Kristy joined the Children of Hope team in April of 2023. She has always had a heart for Africa and loves to encourage the overlooked. Her 20+ years in leadership at Community Bible Study, her ability to build relationships, and her reliance on the LORD has helped prepare her for this role. She is excited to be a part of this ministry that invests in and changes lives, all to the glory of God.

Marcy Decker joined the Children of Hope team in October of 2018. Marcy has a BA in Business Management from Greenville University and has worked for many other ministries and non-profits over the past 20 years. Marcy’s passion for bookkeeping, event planning and administration have been a blessing to our team. Aside from spending time with her husband and three children, Marcy enjoys drinking coffee, going to rodeos, sewing and traveling.

Abraham has been with Children of Hope since 2009 when he became an accountant for us. He now serves as our Director of Finance and Business Operations and oversees the financial and business affairs for both of our homes. Abraham received his Masters of Business Administration, Accounting, and Finance from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in 2013. He is married and has three children. In addition to handling our financial affairs he is a positive male role model for our children and is an attentive and loving person in their lives.

Over the past fifty years, Dr. John Coors, now retired, has served in leadership roles across various Coors-family businesses and has been instrumental in starting many ministries, Children of Hope being one of them. While visiting rural Kenya, he and his wife, Sharna, were moved with compassion by the needs they discovered among the children. They founded Children of Hope in 2007 with the vision of building a home where the orphaned and abandoned children of Kenya would grow up surrounded by love and opportunity. He has recently stepped into the position of Chairman of the Board and is now using his experience to support Children of Hope in fulfilling that vision.

Rebecca Coors lives in Northern Colorado with her husband, Shane, and 6 kids. She is blessed with one adopted daughter from Ethiopia and a heart to care for other orphans in their native lands.

Mark Sunderhuse is the Founder and Managing Director of Red Rocks Capital. Mr. Sunderhuse has over 25 years of professional investment experience. He was previously a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Berger Financial Group. Prior to Berger, Mr. Sunderhuse co-founded Crestone Capital, where he managed $750 million in institutional small cap growth equity products and headed the investment committee at United Banks of Colorado (now Wells Fargo). Mr. Sunderhuse is also a governing board member of the Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado and sits on the board for Energy Outreach Colorado.

In 2008, Heidi participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for our home in Kitale, Kenya and has been part of the team ever since. She is passionate in her belief that all children should be advocated for as if they are one’s own. Heidi has a Master’s Degree in Developmental Psychology and devotes her time to raising her eight children, four of whom are adopted. Her greatest hope is that all will know Jesus and have His eyes for the world.

Sarah Ritz has been involved with Children of Hope since 2006 and has traveled to Kenya many times to visit our children. Her big heart and love of the Lord have been great assets to the Children of Hope Board. She and her husband Bryan live in Highlands Ranch, CO and stay very busy with their seven children, four biological and three adopted.

Jonathan Cipiti is an Emmy Award-winning documentary director who believes story has the power to change the world. He is passionate about making pieces that create conversation and impact. Molly Cipiti is a strategic connector in business consulting and community spaces. She loves to design creative solutions and develop flourishing for all areas of life. Together, with their two dogs, they love to explore, create beauty, and run after Jesus to bring His Kingdom on Earth.