Our Team

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24+

Years of Experience

15k+

Prisoners Assisted

6k+

Yearly Requests

30+

Partners

Personnel

Team Members

Our staff works hard to ensure every person in prison knows they matter.

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Doug Tjapkes

Founder

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Mark Hartman

Executive Director

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Sarah Ebidon

Volunteer Manager

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Carmen Fluit

Client Services Specialist

Brad Warner

Intake & Communications Specialist

Jen Szenay

Jen Szenay

Digital Communications Lead

Leadership

Board of Directors

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Doug Tjapkes

Founder

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James Niewenhuis, M.D.

Board Chair, Pathologist, Lamont Pathology

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Sarah Cale, M.Ed., MLIS

Family Counselor, Highfields

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Jennifer Juhasz

Training Center Manager, Fresh Coast Alliance

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Bill Zeilstra

Corporate Controller, Kamps Pallets

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Ronald Bultje, J.D.

Attorney, Dickenson Wright

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Joe Whalen

Business and Fundraising Manager, Reach the Forgotten Jail Ministry

Jessa Webber

Staff Attorney, Cooley Innocence Project

Tiesha Hogue-Shankin, MS

Manager of Contract and Risk Management at Grand Valley State University

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Mark Hartman

President

Regan Visker

Attorney at Cooley Law School's Innocence Project

Nate Rohls

Owner & Producer | Second Mile Video

Niquole Caringi

Staff Attorney at Cooley Law School

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