Board & Committee
Board of Directors
Pastor Emmanuel Sitaki Kayinamura
Founder & President,
Speaker, and Preacher, raising awareness for the survivors orphans and widows of the genocide in Great Lakes Region of Africa.
Emmanuel is a survivor of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. He was born in Ngoma-Butare, Rwanda, Central Africa. In 1992 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Management in Kinshasa Rep. Of Congo. In 1999 Emmanuel married Françoise, they have 3 children, one adopted niece, and are responsible for 9 orphans of the Genocide. Emmanuel was ordained as an evangelist in his local church, president of the management committee of a national church association, and member of a national association that coordinates crusades. He also worked with the United Nations in Rwanda from June 1997 to March 2003. In 2003 God called Emmanuel to be equipped for training other pastors and leaders in Rwanda, and beyond. Emmanuel is currently living in Pullman, Washington, is the Founder and President of Equipping, Restoring , Multiplying (ERM).
Pastor David Stevens
Board Member
David and his family were missionaries in France for 15 years before coming to Central Bible Church, in Portland, Oregon in the year 2000. David’s greatest joy in ministry comes from communicating God’s Word and seeing its impact in individual lives. His favorite language is French and his favorite sport is snow skiing. David and his wife Mary Alice have four children: Justin, Mary Lynne, and Rebecca (married to a previous CBC youth intern!). Their oldest son, Jonathan, entered his heavenly home in 2004. David is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary (1982) with a Masters of Theology. He also holds a Doctorate of Theology from the Faculté Evangélique de Vaux-sur-Seine near Paris, France.
Dan Person
Secretary of the Board
I have been married to Teresa for 14 Years and we have 3 young daughters. We have been involved in Rwanda for a number of years by sponsoring a young girl there. I had come to know ERM through some friends who had been to Rwanda a number of times. I wanted to understand how ERM was impacting Rwanda so I went to Rwanda in September 2008 and found that ERM comes along side of those in need, bringing Hope where there has previously been none. ERM puts orphans and widows together building new families where the family structure had been torn apart. ERM is about supporting this new family and getting them training and skills to support themselves. ERM provides hope and opportunity and that is why we say, “restoring a people… rebuilding a nation”. This is a cause that I could get behind and support.
Jill Maag Tandy
Board Member/Widow Chair
Steve and Krysti Emerson
Board Members
Tim Kimble
Board Member/Technology Expert
Phil Loverage
Board Member
Ron Faris
Board Member
TJ Caldwell
Board Member
Rwandan Committee Members
Our Rwandan team members are our eyes and ears on the grounds in Rwanda. They give effortlessly to the organization and are committed to ERM’s vision. They are responsible for running ongoing ground ministry activities and serving as the face of ERM.
Pastor Sitaki Emmanuel, President and Founder
Pastor Kamanzi Callixte, Vice President
Gakuba Francoise, Counselor
Nkwaya Alfred, Treasurer
Gakuba Orane, Secretary & HR Adviser
George Williams, Rwambari
Pastor Rutagengwa Augustin, Counselor
Rutanga Denis, Counselor