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Meet the Team

Dave Wess Sr.

Dave Wess Sr., Co-Founder and Executive Director. Dave is the CEO of DNA Leadership Consulting Group, LLC, Cincinnati, OH; He is an ordained minister through the Church of God based out of Anderson, IN, and formerly served at Dayspring Church of God, Cincinnati, OH. He now serves as Missional Outreach Pastor at Faith United & New Life Ministries. Dave received his Master of Education in Human Resource Development and his BA in Organizational Leadership from Xavier University. He is an Executive Coach, Program Administrator and Workforce Development Trainer at Omnicom Workforce Solutions, Dayton and Middletown, Ohio. He is also a Certified Cost of Poverty Facilitator for Think Tank, INC., an Adjunct Professor at Pre-College University base, Bristol, VA and author of the a self-help book, Don’t Stay Stuck –UNLOCK THE SUCCESS WITHIN –Now’s Your Time. Dave’s mission in life is to share the love of Christ with all of God’s people by meeting people where they are and helping them become what they aspire to be.

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Michael Thompson

Dave Wess Sr.

Mike Thompson, Chief Financial Officer. Mike is the Co-Founder and President of RCA Cleaning Solutions. Mike has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University. Mike passionately believes in helping others. Through Mike’s cleaning business, his plan is to give people that second chance to finding dignity by earning a place of employment at RCA Cleaning Solutions. Mike’s heart’s desire is to see people grow into a loving and healthy relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Mike is married to his best friend Gea and they are the proud parents of three beautiful daughters as well as surrogate parents to several others.

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Ann Marie Babb

Dave Wess Sr.

Ann Marie Babb

Ann Marie Babb is the VP of Business Operations for the WCWT Center, the founder and Executive Director of Springhaven the anti-human trafficking division of the WCWT Center and was awarded the AK Steel Steele Magnolia Award in 2017. She is also the Director of Incarceration Support for Justice Consulting which concentrates on women who have been incarcerated for crimes revolving around their trafficking. Having experienced trafficking, Ann is a survivor, an advocate and an activist. She has dedicated her life to sharing her story, developing her program, and demystifying mental health issues that are associated with trauma.

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Meet the Team

Kelly Cowan

Yolanda Wess

Kelly Cowan

Kelly Cowan, Chief Relationship Officer. Kelly has taught at Miami University since 1993 and was the Middletown Campus dean from 2005-2009. She was interim director at the local campus of Cincinnati State and Technical College for 2015. She is the author of two successful McGraw-Hill microbiology textbooks. Her interest in under-resourced students led her to her now full-time engagement in two arenas: 1) with students and residents in generational poverty; and 2) with institutions - civic and educational - who serve them. For the last year she has been visiting college campuses around the country working with instructors and administrators on the topic of the opportunity gap that leads to an achievement gap between under-resourced and fully resourced students. Kelly grew up in eastern Kentucky and was educated at the University of Louisville, the University of Maryland, and the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands. She founded a large non-profit in Middletown that supports the education of under-resourced families helping them move to self-sufficiency. She is also a certified Hamilton County jail chaplain.

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Amy Matney

Yolanda Wess

Kelly Cowan

Amy Matney, President, Owner and Chief Educational Officer of Omnicom Solutions Group, LLC is dedicating her life and considerable talents to the service of others. Her business, Omnicom Workforce Solutions, helps the unemployed, displaced, and the challenged workers of the area to learn skills and be better equipped for today’s employment marketplace. Her compassion and understanding help drive the curriculum of her company’s workshops given throughout the region to help workers address everything from “soft skills” like appearance and attendance, to basic computer skills needed for nearly every job currently available. In fact, Amy’s efforts have led to the successful employment of possibly hundreds of workers in the region. Truly a testament to Amy’s unique ability to adapt and communicate within all levels of the workforce and working people. Amy launched the “Spread the Love” outreach which involved packaging a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter and jelly, some resource information from agency support organizations and hitting the street to share with families and individuals in need.

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Yolanda Wess

Yolanda Wess is the Lead coordinator for the Helping Hands Pantry, working in collaboration with the Faith United and New Life Ministries staff and volunteers in Middletown, Ohio. She is currently the Research Director for the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and has over 25 years’ experience in leadership, administration and education. She received her Master of Education and Bachelor of Nursing degrees from the University of Cincinnati and is a registered nurse. Yolanda enjoys working in community settings and with individuals to improve systems, address disparities and advocate for positive change. Yolanda has served on various boards, professional organizations, churches and community organizations and loves talking with people and encouraging and helping them to identify their strengths and potential. She is looking forward to working with WCWT to assist with organizing our pantry, increasing the pantry outreach efforts and donor base and to volunteer for other WCWT outreach efforts.

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What we are currently doing

Food Insecurity

WCWT maintains a food pantry for those in need. Also, our special initiative, Spread the Love, delivers bags full of bread, peanut butter, and jelly quarterly, on the spot, to people

who are hungry.

Homelessness

WCWT members create relationships with people in need, and connects them to resources, housing, and a wide variety of assistance.

Human Trafficking

WCWT's Springhaven initiative provides national leadership as well as local assistance to people

who have been affected by human trafficking

Welcome

Covid-19 & Social Justice Response

Our Response

Meet the Team

Dave Wess Sr.

Dave Wess Sr.

Dave Wess Sr.

Michael Thompson

Dave Wess Sr.

Dave Wess Sr.

Ann Marie Babb

Dave Wess Sr.

Ann Marie Babb

Meet the Team

Kelly Cowan

Yolanda Wess

Kelly Cowan

Amy Matney

Yolanda Wess

Kelly Cowan

Yolanda Wess

Yolanda Wess

Yolanda Wess

What we are currently doing

Food Insecurity

Homelessness

Human Trafficking

Annual Reports

Financials / 990's

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