Board Members

President/CEO/Founder

Tonya is a visionary who God planted the seed for Visions of Hope in when she was eight years old. God spoke to her heart at that young age telling her she would be a missionary to help heal the hurting nations. Many years later that vision began to manifest when she embarked on her first mission’s trip to the Dominican Republic.  That trip ignited a fire in her heart. Since that first trip Tonya has been blessed to  help people through doing missions in not only the DR but in Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Greece, Mexico, South Africa, Jamaica, Belize, India, and the United States. Tonya has been able to be a part of freshwater wells being dug, feeding the hungry, providing clothes
and shoes, providing shelter, providing school fees for educating children in Africa and helping to build a church in Uganda.

 Tonya holds degrees in Business, Economics, Justice Administration, and Business Administration Management from Hawaii Pacific University. She has worked in the Medical Laboratory Industry for 30 years and continues to thrive in management at a Fortune 500 Laboratory company.

Tonya is a minister and a member of the Ecclesiastical Council at the Cup of Salvation Deliverance Church and Ministries in Durham NC.

Executive Treasurer/Comptroller

April grew up in the District of Columbia and Maryland. She married her high school sweetheart; they have two sons. While her husband was in the US Army, she obtained her Associates degree in Accounting from Fayetteville Technical Community College.

Her career includes working as a buyer for military installlations for The Department of Defense in Germany, Teller for North Carolina State Employees Credit Union and Accounting Technician at Fayetteville Technical Community College.

April sings with the praise team in her local church in Fayetteville, North Carolina where she currently lives with her husband. She also volunteers as the webmaster for the church’s main website and all of the social media accounts. April enjoys traveling and exploring our beautiful country.

Executive Director of Outreach Community Relations

Brenda is a Registered Nurse who has a heart and passion for helping people to improve their life and renew their minds with the word of God. She has been involved in educating children in Africa, providing food for those in Uganda and Ghana during the very difficult times of famine during the covid pandemic, and providing shoes for hundreds of families in the Dominican Republic.

Brenda holds Bachelor’s in Nursing from Winston Salem State University, a Bachelor of Religion from UNC Chapel Hill, a Master’s of Divinity Pastoral Counseling, and a Master’s ofArts in Religion from Liberty University.

Executive Director of International  Missions

Faith is a lover of Jesus Christ with a passion to share the love of Christ through missions both locally and globally. Faith first started serving within in the local church in Durham, North Carolina by walking in neighborhoods and praying for people in the streets and providing food and clothes to the homeless. This ignited a growing deep passion to share the gospel, pray and meet the needs of others around the world. Faith, went on her very
first international missions' trip to Ranquitte, Haiti in 2017. The experience in Haiti, then ledher to serve in Uganda, Ghana, Dominican Republic and Kenya. Serving in these countries allowed Faith to first pray for the needs of the people, build relationships in the communities, and help meet the needs of the people by providing the Gospel of Jesus Christ,shoes, food and education.

Faith holds a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Mount Olive. Faith has worked in the clinical research industry for over 12 years and has gained a lot of skills in the management of various clients, projects, vendors and teams.

Faith attends Triumphant Church in Durham, NC where she attends worship and loves to lead  both the Outreach Ministry and Intercessory Prayer Team.

 Executive Secretary/Grant Manager

Jeanette H. Bunch is a wife, mother of two adult children, grandmother and lover of God and His people. She graduated from East Carolina University with a BSP in Home Economics majoring in Child Development and Family Relations. Professionally Jeanette supervises a team of 30+ employees for a Fortune Five Hundred Reference Testing Laboratory. She has lived in Eastern North Carolina all her life. Jeanette is actively involved in the Youth Ministry and Women’s Ministry of her local church. She is passionate about seeing people’s lives transform through an ever-growing relationship with Christ.