Michael Monroe
CEO & President
Michael Monroe joined the Orphan Outreach team as President in September 2025.
“Amy and I have been connected to Orphan Outreach since its beginning. For nearly two decades, we have marveled at how God has used this ministry to change lives and transform futures forever. It is a privilege to now join this global team of passionate and committed men and women dedicated to caring for vulnerable children and families in transformative and lasting ways. We are humbled by this opportunity and excited about this new chapter for us and for Orphan Outreach.”
Michael is an experienced leader in both business and ministry with a demonstrated commitment to the care of orphaned and vulnerable children. He and his wife Amy have a long history as voices in the foster care and adoption community. In 2005, they founded Tapestry, a groundbreaking church ministry to provide holistic support, practical resources, and transformative community to adoptive and foster families. What began as a small effort to serve one family soon grew into a vibrant network of volunteers serving thousands of families and equipping church ministries across the U.S. and Canada through conferences, support groups, parent training, and community events.
Their work eventually expanded to include a partnership with Dr. Karyn Purvis and the launch of Empowered to Connect (ETC)—a training and resource initiative designed to make trauma-informed, relationship-focused care accessible and relevant to Christian families. Together with Dr. Purvis, Michael and Amy co-authored Created to Connect: A Christian’s Guide to The Connected Child. They also developed the original Empowered to Connect training curriculum and a national train-the-trainer model that continues to reach parents, caregivers, churches, and professionals worldwide. Michael and Amy were regular speakers alongside Dr. Purvis and others at the Empowered to Connect Conference — hosted by Show Hope—serving thousands in attendance.
Alongside his ministry leadership, Michael also led with excellence in the corporate world. Over the past 23 years, he held various executive positions at Hunt Oil Company, including an extensive leadership role in Hunt Oil’s energy activities in Peru. Most recently Michael also served as President of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., where he led the organization’s worldwide legal, HR, and administrative functions and guided global strategy across the company’s major energy businesses.
Amy Norton
Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Co-Founder
"We pray about everything. We put a lot of thought and prayer into everything we do and the decisions we make. We move fairly slowly because we want to be sure we’re accountable with the funds donors give us, with whatever doors the Lord opens, and to the children that He’s brought to us to serve."
Amy has managed and developed international orphan care and ministry programs since 1995. As a former attorney, Amy understands the challenging roads faced by orphaned and vulnerable children, and while practicing law worked as a Guardian ad Litem for children in Dallas County and was a CASA (court-appointed special advocate for abused children). Amy is one of the founders of Orphan Outreach and is a founding member of the Christian Alliance for Orphans. She and her husband have an adopted child from Russia and two biological children.
- anorton@orphanoutreach.org
Tiffany Taylor Wines
Senior Vice President of Development, Co-Founder
“For me, serving orphans well means understanding the root causes of why children are orphans in the first place. We want to ensure any approach to helping orphaned children involves family preservation and doing what we can do to raise up relatives to care for them. Of course, there will always be children whose family abuses them, and who have no other relatives to take them. For that child, staying with family is not an option, so we need to discern what is the best situation for them."
Tiffany and her husband traveled to Russia for the adoption of their two infant children. That journey caused her to dedicate herself to making a difference in the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children. Tiffany is a founder of both Orphan Outreach and Women for Orphans Worldwide, the volunteer-led auxiliary serving ministry programs in Guatemala and around the world. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Texas Christian University and a Graduate Marketing Certificate from Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. She was a partner of a marketing firm for 12 years before responding to the call to full-time orphan care ministry in 1999.
- ttaylorwines@orphanoutreach.org
Amy Seale
Senior Vice President of Operations
“It’ll be exciting to see where we will be in the years to come. It has been a wonderful journey. It’s been amazing to see how faithful God is and to see Him at work. He’s evolved and grown our programs, our knowledge, and our skills. Only the Lord could bring something like this out of nothing. It is just totally and completely His.”
A co-founder of Orphan Outreach, Amy sees her behind-the-scenes work in orphan care as an answer to prayer, as she’s seen the direct impact of technology and marketing to connect people with ministry opportunities around the world. Amy has a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M in Journalism and Advertising, and has been leading orphan ministry in web design, marketing, and process management since 1999.
- aseale@orphanoutreach.org
Katherine Cheng
Vice President of Programs
“One of the many things I love about working at Orphan Outreach is our ability to take a step back and really consider the work we are doing. We have this ability to adapt based on the current needs of our programs. I love that our focus is child-specific. We try to address each need of every child, uniquely. We don’t have “cookie-cutter” programs."
Katherine’s passion for justice and orphan care began with a high school mission trip to China. The trip became the catalyst in her decision to pursue a career that focused on serving the vulnerable. After receiving her undergraduate degree in child and family studies at Baylor University, Katherine went on to pursue a master’s degree in social work from the University of Texas at Arlington. She joined Orphan Outreach in 2007 in the missions department, and soon moved into the role of missions director. Katherine now oversees global ministry programs, sponsorship, and missions for Orphan Outreach.
- kcheng@orphanoutreach.org
Mortimer Jones
Senior Director of Programs
Mortimer has always had a passion to care for the orphaned and vulnerable. Prior to joining Orphan Outreach, he served as Executive Director for The Salvation Army in Los Angeles. There, he focused on board relations, community development, youth development, financial management, fundraising, and program development. He began his work with The Salvation Army in the Caribbean. As Senior Director of Programs, Mortimer provides servant leadership and oversight to all Orphan Outreach ministry efforts in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
- mjones@orphanoutreach.org
Margo Isbell
Director of Development
"Just as my husband and I felt called to adopt our daughter, I believe we are called to care for orphaned and vulnerable children. I love that Orphan Outreach focuses on orphan care. We become advocates for these children, their voices. Hopefully, we become those angels who walk by their side, helping them in some way, and making life a little bit better for them.”
Margo began her work with Orphan Outreach as a volunteer trip leader and founding member of Women for Orphans Worldwide, but her passion to serve orphaned and vulnerable children began years before, when she and her husband adopted their daughter, Olivia, from Guatemala. She joined the Orphan Outreach staff as Joseph’s DreamCoat adoption grant coordinator before focusing her attention on donor development. Prior to her work in ministry, Margo served as SVP for Fleishman-Hillard Public Relations. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Christian University.
- misbell@orphanoutreach.org
Ronne Rock
Director of Marketing & Special Initiatives
“I want whoever comes alongside us to do so because they see the responsibility we all have to do what is in the best interest of the child. I want them to see the child who is living in destitute poverty receiving nutritious meals and an education, to see a young mama being offered restorative support, to see our special needs kids being provided wraparound care. I want them to see what drives our hearts to serve, and to be moved to join us in the good work.”
Ronne has a passion for telling stories that change stories. A former television and retail marketing executive, she found her place and purpose in serving orphaned and vulnerable children. She is also a writer, speaker, and author of the book, One Woman Can Change the World (featuring the stories of many of Orphan Outreach’s ministry partners). Ronne began her work with Orphan Outreach as a volunteer trip leader and freelance writer, and has served in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, England, and the West Indies. Ronne has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, and has done graduate work in global initiatives at St. Edward’s University.
- rrock@orphanoutreach.org
Jeremy Copeland
Manager of Missions
“I’d love for our mission trip participants to wrestle with the big question of, ‘Why is there evil in the world?’ and ‘How can God be good?’ You need to wrestle with that, you need to challenge yourself with the things that you see on your trip and then see that there are answers to your questions. I believe what we are doing here will bring change into communities, into families, into countries, and ultimately the world.”
Jeremy Copeland's career in orphan care began with an invitation to travel on a short-term mission trip. He traveled to Guatemala to deliver shoes to orphaned and vulnerable children, and discovered his own soul of service in the process. He was recruited to both lead and manage mission trips for Buckner International, where he worked for more than a decade before joining Orphan Outreach. As Missions Manager, Jeremy helps individuals find their unique place in service around the world. The Baylor University graduate loves to travel to all the Orphan Outreach ministry destinations. When he isn't focusing on ways for people to engage in the lives of the orphaned and vulnerable, he's enjoying time with his wife and daughter.
- jcopeland@orphanoutreach.org