Board Members and Staff

• Stephen E. Sands – Executive Director and Chairperson
  • Helping people has always been Stephen’s passion and making his living as a business coach helps fill that passion. 
  • Stephen has enjoyed writing with inmates for a long time and has developed many long-term relationship with them.  Some of the relationships continue after they have been released and as successful EX- offenders are leading product lives. At any given time he is writing to 4 or 8 inmates.
  • Stephen leads “Walking Your Faith” classes in Perry County Prison as a volunteer with Second Chance Ministries (http://scmpa.com/) and speaks on their behalf at graduation service for inmates who have successfully complete the course.  
  • He is on the Board of Directors of CRESC, Capital Region Ex-offender Support Coalition (http://www.reentrynow.org/) and works on their Housing Committee.
• Ed Stevenson – Board Member and Treasurer
  • Ed Stevenson was a business coach from ActionCOACH for 10 years.  He offers a broad range of services and training designed to help small to medium size business owners.  His expertise is in marketing, sales, team building and profit enhancement.
  • Ed has a B.S. in Economics from Virginia Tech University and earned his MBA from Shippensburg University.  Upon graduating from Virginia Tech, Ed moved to the Harrisburg area for its economic stability and community values.
  • His professional career includes senior management positions in local financial institutions.  He has built numerous sales teams and has an expertise in combining marketplace dynamics with company goals.
  • Ed brings valuable experience from his banking and lending background. 
• Gail Sands  – Board Member and Bookkeeping
• Ed Wintergrass – Board Member
• Joanne Wintergrass – Board Member
• Cary Loyd – Board Member