our People

Jeff began serving People Helping People as a consultant and joined the team as Executive Director in 2018. Jeff has spent his entire career in the nonprofit sector, and is excited to continue serving the friends and neighbors of Pullman. Jeff and his wife, Lisa, have three daughters and one son-in-law. He enjoys vacationing in Florida with his family, spending summer on the water and fall deer hunting in the woods.

Mike Jones joined the People Helping People team as Community Pastor in 2021 after volunteering with us for many years and graduating from the Fearless Family of Churches’ church ministry training program. Mike leads Sunday worship services, outreach initiatives and works with all of our programs to build relationships with the community and show the love of Christ.

Deanna and her husband live in the Hamilton area. They have two sons and a daughter-in-law. She spent several years working in the legal field. The past five years she has spent working in ministry. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family, traveling, reading, and watching movies. She is looking forward to being part of the PHP team and serving the Pullman community.

Diane has lived and worked in Pullman for 26 years. She worked as a paraprofessional at Pullman Elementary for eight years, as head chef at the Marathon delicatessen for seven years, and volunteered at Love INC food pantry for eight years before joining the PHP team in January 2022 as a receptionist. Diane enjoys spending time with her daughter and four grandchildren.

Lisa and her husband Mark live in the Holland area with their three boys. “I’m honored and humbled to serve alongside the PHP team,” says Lisa, “showing the love of Christ to our neighbors in Pullman.”

Charish has been volunteering at PHP in the Linking Center youth program for 4 years. She has lived in Pullman for 7 years and is a junior at Bloomingdale High School where she is part of the National Honor Society and student council. She loves building relationships with the children in the community. Her dream is to become a teacher and she sees her experience at PHP as a great opportunity and experience to help her reach it.

Enedina previously volunteered with our youth programs over the summers and joined our staff as Youth Coordinator in 2020. Enedina is a Pullman native, Bloomingdale High School graduate and previously worked at Pullman Elementary for 20 years. She is the mother of two sons and one daughter and enjoys cheering each of them on in their sports teams.