Who

Board of Directors

Dr. Helene Friedberg | Founder

Doctor Helene Friedberg holds a medical degree from Paris, France, and has been in private practice in Fort Lauderdale since 1992. Soon after she gave her life to Jesus Christ in 1999, severe medical problems forced her into a one year sabbatical. It is during that time that she felt called to the mission field as she was attending Calvary Chapel Ft Lauderdale. Within a few months, doors opened for her to do short-term medical work in a Haitian orphanage. Since then she has going to Haiti 2 to 3 times a year (Central and mostly NW Haiti). Burdened by the desperate need of isolated, hard-to-reach Northwest Haiti, she founded Haiti’s Hope in May 2005 with the collaboration of mission teammates, most of which attend Calvary Sawgrass.

Haiti’s Hope is a ministry of relief and development whose mission is to bring the Hope of Christ along with Food, Health care, Education and sustainable Economic development.

Pastor Jonathan Scutt | President

Jonathan “J” Scutt is earning a Master’s degree in History and Religion at the University of Maryland. After moving to Florida, he enrolled in seminary and served as the Pastor for both the Junior High and Worship Ministries at West Lauderdale Baptist Church. Presently, Jonathan continues his calling as one of the teaching pastors and as the youth pastor at Calvary Chapel Sawgrass. For over ten years, Pastor Jay has worked with overseas missions in such countries as Jamaica and Africa. After a recent trip to Haiti following the devastating earthquake, God inspired him to do all that he could do for the people of Haiti and was recently elected President of Haiti’s Hope. Through this ministry and the close partnership with Calvary Chapel Sawgrass, the prayer is to build self-sustaining projects for the poorest of the poor in Haiti.

Liony Batista | V.P, Executive Director

Formerly a project manager for one of South Florida’s largest non-profit organizations for almost ten years, Mr. Batista has extensive experience in community development and self-sustainable projects. He has collaborated on or supervised more than 300 projects in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Guyana, Dominican Republic and Haiti. Mr. Batista has traveled extensively throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Batista is also the founder of Friends of Hope International, an international disaster/relief organization based in South Florida. Mr. Batista attended Columbia University’s School of General Studies, has poems published in several US journals, and is the author of The Journey: Daily Devotionals for Practical Living (Xulon Press).

Doug Allen | Director

Doug Allen studied biology and sociology at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. In 1989, he enlisted in the US Army and is a veteran of the First Persian Gulf War serving with the 101st, Airborne Division. He married Janet DeWorken in 1992. He received a Minister of Religion degree from New Testament Christian Seminary in western Washington in the spring of 1994. He pioneered and pastored a church in Fairbanks, Alaska for 7 years and primarily ministered to military soldiers and their families. Doug Allen is one of the founding members of Haiti’s Hope.

Bob Fairbanks | Director

Bob Fairbank’s association with Haiti’s Hope began in 2008. After completing two mission trips in 2008, he felt his heart directed towards loving and assisting the Haitian people.

Bob has a B.S. degree in Professional Management from Nova Southeastern University and has been employed for the past 21 years at UPS. While at UPS, Bob has worked in the areas of Package Operations, Internal Technology Services, Customer Service and eCommerce. Prior to working for UPS, Bob worked at a nursery for 2 years learning the basics of horticulture, including irrigation and growing methods.

Billy Sauls | Director

Billy Sauls is schooled in Architecture and Civil Engineering and is a Certified General Contractor, licensed by the State of Florida. He was a Field Engineer and Construction Advisor on large Hi-rise projects and has 25 years in property management. Billy presently owns a construction contracting business.

After seeing the huge needs in Haiti, Billy was compelled to become more involved with Haiti’s Hope. Billy’s goal as a board member for Haiti’s Hope is to show the love of Christ by establishing water and infrastructure projects and continuing educational and business development outreach. He is one of its founding members.