The board of directors provides organizational and financial accountability, as well as leadership, guidance, and direction in support of our mission, vision, and values.
Charles, a retired CEO, most recently served as CEO of Durcon Inc., the world’s largest epoxy resin countertop manufacturer. He has been married for 54 years and has three sons and seven grandchildren. He was introduced to Lemonade International through his oldest granddaughter, who has taken several trips to Guatemala. Charles is eager to use his abilities to serve God through Lemonade International.
Jenny Schmitt has worked in Next Gen ministries for three decades and currently serves as the Next Gen Development Director for Forest Hill Church in Charlotte, NC. Throughout her adult life, the Lord has taken her on many mission trips to Argentina, Haiti, Burundi, Rwanda, and Guatemala. She has led teams from her church to Guatemala City on multiple occasions. She has a passion for the church and for people to find their place in it. While Jenny has never been married and has no children of her own, she is proud to be an aunt to 13 nieces and nephews and 3 great-nieces and great-nephews, as well as countless kids and students throughout the years. She is excited to be in a place where the church and global missions converge through Lemonade!
Bill Voth is a 1980 Harvard Law School graduate and recently retired litigation partner in the international law firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. His pro bono legal work in New York City has included representing individuals in criminal and immigration matters and representing a nonprofit public charter school network in Harlem and the Bronx. Bill and his wife, Laura, are members of Stanwich Congregational Church in Greenwich and Stamford, Connecticut, where they serve in leadership, lead Bible studies and prayer groups, and organize missional activities. Bill enjoys the opportunity to live out two of Jesus’s most powerful teachings through his service with Lemonade International to our partners in Guatemala City: the commission to go and make disciples of all nations and the parable reminding us that heaven rejoices when one lost sheep is found.
Erik has spent the past 17 years helping nonprofits grow and align more effectively around their vision through clear strategy and strong team unity. He is deeply motivated by a calling to serve “the least of these” and currently helps lead an international nonprofit serving communities in a particularly challenging region of the world.
Erik lives in the Midwest with his wife, Jamie, and their young daughter, Sophie.
Jerry, a retired former executive, has spent the majority of his career as an Operations and Supply Chain professional in the food manufacturing industry. Having been raised as a missionary kid in Latin America, serving in ministry and missions has been an integral part of his life from early childhood. Kingdom work partnering with the local church in a cross-cultural context is his passion and purpose in serving on the Board of Lemonade Int. Jerry is married, the father of three grown children, and lives in Ventura County, California.