Fuller Center of NWLA

The Fuller Center NWLA is a
501 (c)(3) charitable organization

"Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Luke 12:33-34

Board of Directors and Committees


Executive Committee

  • Becky Cooksey Co-Chair
  • Katie Weir Co-Chair
  • Mike Leonard Vice President
  • Arthur R. Carmody, IV Treasurer
  • Marie Kalmbach Secretary

Finance Resource Development

  • Becky Cooksey Co-Chair
  • Katie Weir Co-Chair
  • Mike Leonard Vice President
  • Arthur R. Carmody, IV Treasurer
  • Marie Kalmbach Secretary

Public Relations/Marketing

  • David Westerfield Media Chair
  • Doug Yoder Public Relations/Marketing Chair
  • Crystal Dallas-Allen
  • Becky Berry

Advisory Board

  • Herschel Richard Atty
  • Tucker Smathers CPA


Site Selection/Construction

  • Peter Moncrief Chair
  • Jason Cram
  • William Lange

Church Relations & Development/Volunteers

  • Steve Thibeaux Co-Chair
  • Marie Kalmbach
  • Beth (Odonnell) Hedgcock
  • Jerry Rowe
  • Jacqueline Scott
  • Jane Snyder
  • Louis Taylor, Sr.
  • Ronney Joe Webb

Family Selection

  • Jerry Paige Chair
  • Norma Belton
  • Sangbahn Scere
  • Felicia Sewell


If you are interested in joining any of these committees, please contact us.

Building

To coordinate labor, plans, materials and family interests to build the finished product, “a simple, decent house in a decent community for God’s people in need.”

Church Relations

To cultivate Fuller Center for Housing of NWLA’s relationship with local churches, seek Covenant Churches, and maintain ties to currently involved churches.

Family Selection

The committee organizes and carries out application, interview, and selection processes. We find the families who fit the criteria of need for shelter, ability to make no-interest loan payments, and ability to partner with The Fuller Center for Housing.

Family Support

Works with families through sweat equity, home ownership education, home purchase process, adjustment to new responsibilities and continued partnership with the organization. The committee is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating this aspect of the program.

Fund Raising

To raise sufficient money as determined by the Board of Directors to fund the needs of the organization in order that simple, decent housing can be built with Partner Families.

Legal

To provide a liaison with Fuller Center for Housing of NWLA’s attorney and monitor the legal needs and requirements of the organization, including insurances.

Office Support

This group staffs the office, which provides coordination and support for the organization.

Public Relations

Mission: To continually improve the community’s awareness of our work, recognize our participants, and encourage new donations of time and materials so more people have simple, affordable housing.

Site Selection

Identify potential sites, evaluate sites’ availability and appropriateness, evaluate sites suitability for affiliate’s basic house plans, develop a site acquisitions criteria policy for board approval, implement the board-approved site acquisition policy and maintain acquired sites.

Volunteer

Recruits, interviews, trains and coordinates volunteers to carry out Fuller Center for Housing of NWLA’s mission in NW Louisiana area.

Millard and Linda Fuller, Founders

Millard and Linda Fuller co-founded Fuller Center for Housing in 2005 after starting and leading Habitat for Humanity for 29 years.

Former President Bill Clinton said Millard “revolutionized the concept of philanthropy” with HFHI, which built 200,000 homes in 100 countries under Millard’s leadership.

In 1996, Millard was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Clinton, the highest award for an American civilian.

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