Board & Finances
Meet the Board
Empowering Education International is governed by a board of directors who all joyfully submit to the authority of the Bible. Committed to Christian values and principles, each board member pledges to run this ministry with integrity, honesty, and excellence.
DAVE BREAM (PRESIDENT)
Dave Bream, a graduate from Liberty University, has been a pastor at Hillside Community Church of Keller, TX since 2001. He has helped to begin and grow missions and ministries in Honduras and many other parts of the world. He has been married to his wife Jill since 1989 and has three daughters.
SEAN WARNER (TREASURER) &
WHITNEY WARNER (SECRETARY)
Sean and Whitney Warner, both graduates from the University of Illinois, lived in Honduras from 2013 to 2020. There they worked together with the local church to grow the education sponsorship program in Danlí, Honduras. They have been married since 2010 and now live in the Chicago area with their daughter Lucia and twin boys Abe and Zeke.
TAMMY WATTERS
Tammy Watters has worked in the Finance Department at Hillside Community Church since 2013, and worked in banking for many years before that. She joined the board as Treasurer in 2021. She’s been married to her husband Jeff since 1987 and they have 2 daughters.
ARTURO BLANCO & RUTH TRIMINIO
(GENERAL DIRECTORS)
Arturo and his wife, Ruth, are pastors of the Llamado Eterno church of Danlí, Honduras. With 20 years experience as teachers in Honduran public high schools, they are passionate about the importance of education. They work faithfully to minister to the sponsored children and their families and care for their spiritual, physical, and educational needs. They have been married since 1996 and have two daughters.
ISABEL RUIZ
(GENERAL DIRECTOR)
Isabel, a real-estate agent, has been involved in missions in Honduras since 2010. Isabel helped begin the program after seeing the great need existing in Honduras, and together have worked to connect families in the US to children in need in Honduras. She has two sons.
Managing the Finances
The board of Empowering Education International is committed to operating with full transparency. We have included a downloadable PDF that shows exactly how the $45/month for child sponsorship was used per child. If you would like a copy of our full financial report, that is available upon request by contacting us at the email address below.