The HOPE Board of Directors consists of Executive Officers elected at the Annual HOPE Convention and Board Members appointed by member congregations. Members of the Board must belong to a HOPE member congregation.

HOPE 2026 Elected Executive Officers

Co-President: Fr. Mike Smith, Pastor, Nativity Catholic Church

Co-President: Rev. Dr. Anthony White, Pastor, Bible-Based Fellowship Church, Tampa Bay

Vice-President: Rev. Chris Kravitz, Pastor, Waters Avenue Church; & Associate Pastor, Bayshore Baptist Church

Recording Officer: Sherre Henley, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Correspondence Officer: Robert Boileau, Unitarian Universalist Church of Tampa

Treasurer: Arlene Aranha, St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church

At-Large Officer: Bommi Theodore, St. Peter Claver Catholic Church

At-Large Officer: Pastor Georges Fleurimond, Pastor, First University Seventh-Day Adventist Church

At-Large Officer: Rev. Justin LaRosa, Pastor, The Portico

At-Large Officer: Judy Barzelay, St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church

At-Large Officer: Rev. Lolimarta Reiter, Pastor, The Presbyterian Church of Seffner