our staff

Dr. Dan Bouchelle

President

Dan has served as the president of MRN since August 2010. Before taking the lead of this international missions ministry, Dan served in congregational ministry for over two decades with three different churches in Texas and Oklahoma. He also served on the boards of Great Cities Missions and Christian Relief Fund, as well as other community service and para-church boards.

Dan has worked with churches on six continents and congregations throughout the US. He has also spoken at colleges, lectureships, workshops, and seminars around the globe. He has published several articles and has written four books: The Gospel UnleashedThe Gospel Unhindered, When God Seems Absent and We’re on a Mission from God: OK, Now What Do We Do?

In preparation for ministry, Dan acquired a BS in Psychology from the University of Houston—Clear Lake, an MA, MDiv, and DMin from Abilene Christian University.  

Dan married his wife Amy in 1987 and God blessed them with three children, now grown, and two grandchildren.

dan.bouchelle@mrnet.org

 

Initiate Team

Through the Initiate Team, we help you follow God's lead by establishing or extending new movements of disciples among unreached people groups.

Caleb Southerland

Vice President

Caleb has focused on catalyzing Disciple Making Movements since 2013. The first decade of his ministry he spent in traditional church plants and church revitalization. While on staff at a church in Irving, TX, he felt called to plant and pastor a church in the Las Colinas area of Irving, TX reaching a transient and post-churched community.

After a short stint in the corporate world in Mortgage and Wealth Management, he returned to full-time vocational ministry. Caleb has focused on catalyzing Disciple Making Movements through various positions including a Field Missionary with Cityteam, co-founding Contagious Disciple Making, and Vice President of DMM of the Americas for Cityteam.

Caleb graduated with a BBA in Business Administration from Texas Tech University and has a MTh from Dallas Theological Seminary. His passion is to empower, equip, and mobilize believers to step into their God-given calling to transform their community, city, or country!

Caleb and his wife Lindsey live in Hurst, TX with their four boys: Jaxon, Ayden, Grayson, and Hudson.

caleb.southerland@mrnet.org

David Allen

Director of Bengal Initiative

David was born and raised in South Korea where both his parents and grandparents were long-term missionaries. He moved to Georgia at 16 where he developed interests in grilling and math. After graduating from Texas A&M, David worked as a network engineer in Dallas before going back to school to study theology. 

David and his wife, Michelle, were part of a mission team that served in northern Thailand for 25 years. Their primary works among the Buddhist people were evangelism, discipleship and church planting. 

David holds a BA from Texas A&M University and a MA from Abilene Christian University. At MRN, David is a trainer, coach, and mentor helping to build relationships with Asian partners to empower disciple making movements. 

David and Michelle have two wonderful girls, Brianna and Brielle, who are both graduates of Texas A&M. David enjoys cooking, walks with his wife, and college football. 

david.allen@mrnet.org

 

Mark Hooper

Director of Recruiting and Training

 

Mark and his wife Debbie were missionaries in Mumbai (Bombay), India, from 1985-1990, where they were active in church planting, personal evangelism, city-wide evangelistic campaigns, and leadership training. Before coming to MRN, Mark served for 16 years as Assistant Professor of Bible and Missions at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee. During his time there, he directed FHU's Mission Studies Program and coordinated Spring Break and summer campaigns to India, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, Africa, and South America.

Mark received his BA from Harding University and a MTh in Missions from Harding University Graduate School of Religion. While in India, Mark obtained an MA and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Mumbai.

Mark has served as the pulpit minister for congregations in Arkansas and Tennessee. He and his wife have two children, Kyle and Kristen. Both are serving in Asia as missionaries.

mark.hooper@mrnet.org

 
 

Empower Team

Through the Empower Team, we connect and equip you in your existing ministries and churches, in order to expand your impact by providing re-visioning, training, networking, coaching, and care.

Jay Jarboe

Director of Emerging Leadership Initiative

Jay holds a BA from Texas Tech University in History and Speech Communications. He is also a graduate of the Sunset School of Preaching and Sunset School of Missions. Jay and his wife Sherry served on a church-planting team in Mexico City for six years. The church is still active and growing with its own leadership.

Jay has worked in various roles in Sunset's ministry, including Director of the Adventures in Missions (AIM) internship program, the Dean of Missions in Sunset International Bible Institute (SIBI), and as Lead Minister in their church from 2006-2010.

At MRN, Jay equips US and foreign churches in stewarding more effective world missions. His passion is seeking to be transformed into the image of Christ and helping others in the same quest.

Jay and his wife Sherry have been married for more than 25 years and have two children, Meagan and Ryan and two grandchildren. He enjoys reading, playing golf, spending time with his family, and loves Mexican "tacos al pastor."

jay.jarboe@mrnet.org

Alan Howell

Director of Church Relations

Alan Howell and his family served in Mozambique, Africa from 2003 to 2018 as part of a mission team working among the Makua-Metto people. Their work focused on creating and developing church networks, coordinating community development projects, and discipling and training local and regional leaders. After returning to the U.S.A., he was the Visiting Professor of Missions at Harding University for 4 years, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of biblical studies, cultural competency, theology, and strategy.  Alan joined MRN in 2023 and is excited to partner with churches and walk alongside them as they participate in the Mission of God!

Alan has presented at different academic conferences, lectureships, and gatherings over the years.  He has published over 20 articles in a variety of missions related journals and enjoys using field research and appreciative inquiry to develop plans for helping communities grow and change.  Alan has also seen how discipling, mentoring, and coaching conversations can make a huge impact for the Kingdom of God.

Alan graduated from Harding University with undergraduate degrees in Bible and in Business.  He has a M.Div from Harding School of Theology and is in the process of completing a M.A. Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Executive & Workplace Coaching.  

Alan and Rachel live in Arkansas and enjoy hanging out and hiking with their three daughters: Abby, Ellie, and Katie.

alan.howell@mrnet.org

 

Evertt Huffard

Church Equipping Facilitator

Evertt and his wife Ileene began their cross-cultural ministry experience in Israel, where he also spent his teen years among Palestinian Arabs. They served an integrated church in Los Angeles for four years. For the past 25 years, they have enjoyed hosting annual Bible land tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt.

Evertt has an MA in missions and MTh from Harding School of Theology (HST) and a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. For more than 30 years he has taught courses in missions and leadership at HST, where he also served as VP/Dean for 15 years. He has served on mission committees, as an elder for 10 years, as a consultant for church leaders throughout the US, and served as a resource for churches and mission teams in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

After serving on the Board of Trustees for MRN for many years, he began working part-time in 2017 in church equipping. Evertt and his wife live in Memphis, TN. They have three children and eight grandchildren. When he’s not working, Evertt enjoys playing racquetball every week.

evertt.huffard@mrnet.org

 
 

Andy Johnson

Director of Worker Care // Prayer Coordinator

Andy and his family served in Burkina Faso, West Africa, as a part of the team of missionaries that worked alongside the Dagara tribe. While there, they were blessed to see the Lord begin a movement of His people out of darkness and into light—a movement that continues to thrive and expand today!

On their return to the US in 2014, they moved to Montgomery, AL, where Andy served as missions minister for Landmark Church. He joined the team at MRN in 2019, and is serving as of Director Missionary Care and Prayer Coordination. His move to MRN has brought him full circle (at least geographically), as he grew up in north Texas. Between marrying a northern Californian, serving in West Africa, and ministering in central Alabama, Andy is excited to be back "home"—even if both he and the Lone Star state have changed quite a bit in the intervening two decades.

Andy is a graduate of Abilene Christian University and holds both a BA in Greek and an MA in Missions. He and his wife Melissa have three kids—two boys born in Burkina Faso, and a daughter who got there as quickly as she could. Andy delights in languages, cultures, foods, and the people they all represent.

andy.johnson@mrnet.org

Missy Gray

Worker Care Specialist

Missy is so thankful to work with MRN where she can utilize her love for pastoral care, counseling, training, assessment and missions.  Professionally, she spent the early part of her career in undergraduate education, assessment and intervention in impoverished school districts, and social work.  Missy has spent the decade prior to coming to MRN as a therapist in private practice, and partnered with adolescents, adults, and families with children.  Some of her specializations include working with complex trauma and families in crisis.  Missy has a MS in Clinical Psychology from Abilene Christian University, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and a Licensed Psychological Associate.

Missy has felt a pull toward missions since high school.  She partnered with her husband who was in full-time church ministry for 22 years where they worked in youth, marriage and family discipleship ministry.  In 2010, she started traveling as a counselor and prayer director with an organization that provides missionary care. MRN has given her the opportunity to pursue this calling full-time. 

Missy has been married to Adam for 22 years, and they have two young adult children named Adley and Corbin.  The family is full of current and previous band and choir kids. Missy values learning, reading, music, and having meaningful conversations.  She has an unreasonable love for hanging out in airports and subways, and can get excited about just about anything.  

missy.gray@mrnet.org

 

Advancement Team

With the President, the Advancement Team provides you with inspiring missions stories, events, news, and exceptional opportunities to partner in what God is doing around the world.

Marti Van Roy

Director of Communications

Marti became a Texan in 1994 after growing up in Alaska and subsequently living in Nevada, New Hampshire, Virginia (DC suburb), and Tennessee. Her background consists of undergraduate studies at Lipscomb University, and administrative, investigative, travel and sales work with a variety of businesses extending from Alaska to Washington D.C. She became part of the MRN team in 2007, and for many years managed the administration of MRN, often including the work of marketing and communications management. Recently, she has shifted to the role of Communications Director, using her creativity and relational focus to build stronger and deeper partners with all those MRN serves or hopes to serve.

She enjoys exploring other cultures and lands and has participated in short-term mission trips around the states, and to Austria, Zambia, Philippines, Brazil, and Ireland. 

Marti and her husband Richard are “parents again” to two of their grandchildren, Eli and Nova, and also have adult children (twin sons, Chris and Ryan, and daughters, Samantha and Molly) and three other delightful grandchildren.  She is a taekwondo black belt, certified life coach with CoachNet, professional violinist, licensed massage therapist, and loves to read and crochet (although not at the same time).

marti.vanroy@mrnet.org

Alan Wan

Director of Donor Engagement

Alan was born in China. He became a follower of Jesus when he was in college from the influence of his English professors. After graduating with a Master’s degree in English, he came to the U.S and received another Bachelor's degree in Bible and Intercultural Studies from Ozark Christian College.

Before joining MRN, Alan served for 8 years as the Development Officer for GNPI, a global media ministry. He traveled around the country to connect donors with Kingdom-building opportunities and to share how their generosity changed lives for eternity.

He married his beautiful wife Jenny on September 1st, 2018. They enjoy traveling together to visit and serve donors and ministry partners. In their free time, you can find them exploring National Parks, cooking new recipes, and walking their dogs Pumpkin and Lazarus.

Alan is grateful to be part of the MRN family and to connect with people who share the same passion for multiplying healthy leaders to disciple the unreached and under-served people groups of the world.

alan.wan@mrnet.org

 

Administration Team

The Administration Team manages the day-to-day and year-to-year business that empowers us to serve you well.

Amy Cecil

Financial Specialist

Amy joined the MRN administration team in March 2022. Born and raised in Texas, she earned her Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of North Texas. She is excited for the opportunity to use her knowledge and gifts as a member of MRN to help further the mission of sharing Jesus Christ with the world.

From the Godly influence of Christian parents and schools, Amy learned to love the Lord from an early age. She met her husband, David, while participating in Campus Crusade for Christ at UNT. They married in 2001, and Amy worked full-time in accounting while David attended seminary in his endeavor to become a pastor. The arrival of their first child and David's graduation from seminary led to Amy becoming a pastor's wife and stay-at-home mom, a role that grew with the addition of two more children and then choosing to homeschool. As their children grew older, Amy began working in accounting on a part-time basis. In her free time, Amy enjoys reading fiction and non-fiction books,spending time with friends, taking long walks, eating out (i.e. not cooking), and experiencing new places. She and her family serve their church and home community in the Eagle Mountain/Saginaw area of Fort Worth.

amy.cecil@mrnet.org

DaShea Lee

Office Manager

DaShea is a seasoned professional with a diverse background which includes hotels and hospitality, banking, and administration. Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, she now calls Dallas, Texas, home, where she resides with her seven-year-old son. Passionate about cooking and exploring new destinations, DaShea brings her enthusiasm for life into her role as an office assistant at Mission Resource Network. With her wealth of experience and dedication to excellence, she excels in supporting the organization's mission and operations.

dashea.lee@mrnet.org