Meet Our Staff
Morgan Funke
CEO & Board Chair
AKA - Our Intrepid Pilot
| 20+ years of church and nonprofit leadership | Organization builder | Has led over 30 missions trips | World Race original A Squad in 2007 | Organizational structure nerd | Best team builder around | Helps people find their place in the Kingdom | Building a mini farm and sustainability ministry with her love Nathan | New resident of Nashville, TN | Hates doing Yoga and is terrible at Pinterest projects | Already knows what she and God want to do in ten years and how you’ll be part of it |
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Will Miller
Chief Relationship Officer & Board Director
AKA - Our Chaplain Co-Pilot
| Nonprofit leadership for over 15 years | Founded three ministries still excelling today | World Race I Squad 2009 | Strategy that brings the aha moments | All the overseas experience | An expert at building ministries | Married to the love of his life Tara, who leads On The Walk | Three awesome children | Resides wherever God calls them | Thinks everyone should live out of a backpack | He’s the coach you never knew you needed and can’t live without! |
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Leticia Tschetter
Chief Operating Officer
AKA - Our Nuts and Bolts Co-Pilot
| Ministry, missions, and leadership for 15+ years | Traveled to over 20 countries, desperately wants to experience each one | World Race E Squad 2016 and alumni squad leader for R Squad 2019 | Cultivates culture like breathing, brings new systems to life, makes everything fun | Married to the love of her life, residing in Denver, CO | Believes chickens are the worst (scary and dirty) animal on the planet | She makes every dream a reality before you even have a chance to share the full vision! |
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Jenna VanderHaar
Administrative Assistant
AKA - Detailed Dispatcher
Working overseas with nonprofits and ministries since 2017 | World Race V Squad 2017; G42 Alumni | A supporter of others’ dreams and will go to great lengths to see it come to fruition | Thrives with the satisfaction of checking a task of the to-do list | Heart to see healing and transformation come through holistic modalities | Leads others to experience the Father’s love on and off the yoga mat | Logistics queen | She will always be first to the party and help set up | Nourisher of the body, mind and soul | Jenna’s creativity comes out in the kitchen, don’t ask her to draw or sing | A connector and your biggest fan | Has failed at being late to anything
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Elizabeth Friend
Strategic Initiative Developer
AKA - Our Runway Architect
| Working with nonprofits that advocate for people that have been marginalized since 2017 | Ability to see the big picture and all the details that get you there | If you run into Elizabeth in the wild, she is probably exploring deep in the mountains, climbing rocks, or cruising down hills on her bike - all while surrounded by her sweetest friends | Believes everyone wants to be challenged as much as she does (never let her choose the hike duration!) | A people-loving, strategic ninja, who loves wordsmithing - you will always know exactly what she’s talking about |
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Meet Our Consulting Team
Jenn Rodenberg
Operations Excellence Manager & Board Secretary
AKA - Our Far Sighted Air Traffic Controller
| Over 25 years in Executive Management and Administration, can build administrative structures from thin air | Has traveld to 42 states and lived in Mexico and Costa Rica | Knows how to execute any idea you have | Lives on 115 acres in MO with the Chas, the love of her life | Believes all products should be natural, homemade, and chemical free | The idea you just thought of? She already has it researched and wrote a document with annotations, citations, and next best steps for you |
Nathan Funke
Chief Technology Officer
AKA - Our Aviation Engineer
| Tech industry since 2011, studied graphic design, worked in software development and product management | Figures out systems that make life easier | Married to our CEO (and keeps her sane!) | Building a mini farm and sustainability ministry | New resident of Nashville, TN |Believes all food needs to be produced off the grid | Sees the big picture and every single tiny detail that will get you there |
Meet Our Board of Directors
Dr. Randal P. Schober
Vice-Chair
Randal Schober is a Professor of Management at Point Loma Nazarene University in the School of Business where he teaches and mentors the concept of an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’ and the importance of creating value personally and professionally.
Schober holds a Doctorate in Education and recently completed a Post-Doctoral degree in Entrepreneurship and International Business. He is committed to his Christian faith and in his free time enjoys being outdoors surfing or snowboarding. An avid traveler, he loves exploring new places and experiencing unique cultures around the world.
Randal is an asset to the The Cause board in energy and support for our partners.
Dan Vahalla
Treasurer
Dan is an active member of his church, and has been helping with missions trips and events for much of his Christian life. His passion is getting involved with projects that eventually lead to self-sustainment.
Dan has worked in high-tech marketing and sales since 1977. He has been married to Mary Vahalla since 1978 and they love to travel together. They have three adult children and one grandchild. Dan envoys sports of all kinds, including golf, basketball, fly fishing, and an occasional triathlon. He has also participated for many years on the United States Senior Basketball Team, competing in tournaments in the U.S. and around the world.
Donna Barton
Acting Secretary
Donna graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2002 with a Masters of Divinity degree and is currently in the ordination processes. She began her ministry as a volunteer youth advisor and after serving as a volunteer she felt God calling her into full-time ministry. Since that time she has served on staff at several churches, primarily working with youth, but also participating in adult ministries.
Donna has enjoyed speaking at numerous camps and retreats. She also works with engaged couples, preparing them for marriage and officiating over their wedding ceremonies. In recent years, the Lord has called Donna to serve in new ways, officiating over Celebration of Life services and unplanned baptisms, and using the gift of encouragement to come alongside the brokenhearted.
Donna also enjoys life as a retired Flight Attendant, mother of a teenager, and wife to a great man.
Daniel Haverkos
Director
Daniel has been an entrepreneur and real estate investor since 1999. He sold his retirement consulting company in 2017 and hit the road with his wife Bex and their 3 young sons (Matthew, Josiah and Tobias), traveling the US and Canada in an Airstream. His family has been volunteering, caring for those in need and trying to do relationship in a different, more intentional way.
Daniel and Bex participated in the World Race in 2009, founded a non profit called beLOVE in 2011 and have more recently been serving at a leadership academy in Mijas, Spain called G42.
At his core, Daniel is a father. And a son of the Father. In his regular time he loves traveling, playing any sport that has a ball (especially the little white one), and implementing creative solutions in the business, personal finance and missionary arenas.
RJ Taylor
Director
RJ is a professional evangelist who believes deeply in the power of people together. He currently serves as Vice President of Phired Up & TechniPhi. Since 2012, RJ has helped start more than 23 fraternity chapters across the country, developed numerous University and inter/national organization marketing strategies, and trained thousands of students in the art and science of gathering people behind a cause.
He previously worked as the Director of Growth for Alpha Tau Omega National Fraternity (ATO), led operations and development for the retail start-up company Wanderlust Outfitters, and led an 11-month,11 country trip around the world with his wife, Kayla. RJ is a proud alumnus of Austin Peay State University (Let's Go Peay!) and even prouder #girldad to his 2-year-old daughter, Ada Wren. Their family is on a mission to visit every country in the world. They have currently visited 36 of 196.
RJ is passionate about helping Cause partners grow their support network and share their stories of God's love and goodness.