Our Board

Barbara Retelny, President

A member of First Presbyterian Church, Glen Ellyn, IL, Barbara has served as Chair of the Missions Council and currently sits on the Council. Barbara is a veteran of many mission trips to Uganda and has worked closely with Rev. John Mulindabigwi to advance the principles of Partners in Mission – Africa.

She has served on the board of directors for Koinonia House National Ministries, as member of the Leadership Team for Mission Leadership Network (Chicago metro), as a member of the Congo Mission Network (PCUSA), and on the Board of Deacons and the Session for First Presbyterian Church, Glen Ellyn, IL.

Barbara founded Partners in Mission – USA in 2006 to help build and support Kamwenge Secondary and Vocational School (KSVS) in response to having visited Kamwenge, Uganda in May of that year. She is inspired by KSVS as it helps to change the trajectory of young lives in Kamwenge and become a beacon for community development in the community. She believes KSVS is successfully fulfilling its mission because it is Ugandan inspired and led.

Bob Duncan, VICE PRESIDENT

Bob is a long-time member of First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn having served as a Deacon and as Youth Elder and Missions Elder. Bob first led a mission team to Uganda and Partners in Mission in 2007. He has returned several times in his role as a PIM Board member focused on the technology implementation on the campus. Bob is retired after a career in Business Development, Consulting and Business Management. He is currently living in Wheaton Illinois, married to Kathryn with children in Brentwood MO and Spokane WA.

JeffREY waters, Treasurer and SECRETARY

Jeff is a CPA and the treasurer of PIM. He is the owner of Jeff Waters CPA which provides professional accounting, bookkeeping and tax consulting. Jeff is an active member of the Glen Ellyn IL Rotary and attends the First Presbyterian Church in Elmhurst IL.

Gary Alcock, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

The owner of Alcock Development Co., Inc. which owns and operates commercial properties throughout the Midwest, Gary is husband to wife Kathryn and father to Lauren and Allison. The Alcocks have lived in Glen Ellyn, Illinois since 2002. Gary is a long time resident of the western suburbs of Chicago, a member First Presbyterian Church Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and Past Board Member of the United Way of Dupage County. Gary graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a B.S. in Business Administration, majoring in Finance.

Barbara Rundell, Education Committee

Barb is a retired Professor of Biology who taught at College of DuPage for thirty years. She worships at First Presbyterian Church, Glen Ellyn, IL, where she has served as a Deacon and Elder. In addition to working with Partners in Mission, Barb volunteers for Outreach Community Center, Glen Ellyn Walk-In Ministry, and PADS. She has participated in many mission trips to serve the Lakota Nation in Montana.

Michael Trout, Education Committee

For the past 30 years, Michael has lived, worked and worshipped in the North Lawndale community on Chicago's West Side where he has been the Founder and Executive Director of the Young Men's Educational Network. Since his first trip to Uganda in 2008, he has traveled back "home" almost annually taking some of his urban youth with him. "There are few things as impactful as international travel." Michael has been embraced by the Ugandan people and he has been given the name of MUTAHE, meaning "neighbor." The Trout family loves traveling to Uganda together, especially hiking up Mt. Kabuga, seeing the chimps at Kabale National Park, eating tilapia with Rev. John, but most of all, hanging out with the kids at KSVS.

Kathryn Hill, Education Committee

Kathryn joined the P.I.M. Board in 2020 after retiring from her career as a Woman’s Health Nurse Practitioner.

Her first trip to KSVS was in 2015 as part of a mission trip with her church, First Presbyterian Church in Portland, Oregon where she has served as a Stephen Minister, Elder and Deacon as well as served on several committees. She has made additional trips to KSVS with her church’s mission teams as well as on her own. Much of her time in Kamwenge has been focused on working with the nurse at the school to provide health education for the students as well as the Kamwenge community. This has included topics such as safe food handling, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition. She also works with the school’s Health Club. Kathryn lives in Portland, OR with her husband Dan and now that she is retired, enjoys daily walks, yoga classes, more time for playing the flute, spending time with their cat Annie, and working in her garden.

Rev. Spencer Parks, Development Committee

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Richard Lee, Development Committee