Our Team

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23+

Years of Experience

35

Partners

11k+

Prisoners Assisted

10k+

Yearly Requests

Personnel

Team Members

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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

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Julia Hyde

Web Developer

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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Marla Mitchell-Cichon, J.D.

Former Director, WMU-Cooley Innocence Project

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Eric Wilkins

Social Work Clinical Therapist, LMSW-Clinical

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Sarah Cale, M.Ed., MLIS

Family Counselor, Highfields

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Onesiphorus Burrel

Former Chaplain, MDOC; Founder and Pastor, West Shoreline Community Church

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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

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Mark Hartman

President

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