Our Board Members
Rev. Eric Casteel
(Executive Director) Eric and his wife Amy live with their family in Leuven, Belgium. Together they have served in ministry for over 20 years in 30+ countries combined. They have a passion for ministry leadership particularly in globalized, multicultural urban settings. They are co-founders of LEAP International non-profit focused on developing healthy communities through cultivating deep, diverse, and generous relationships. They are both ordained ministers in the Free Methodist Church. Eric currently serves as the pastor of a multicultural university church in Leuven and as Regional Director of Northern Europe for the Free Methodist Church. Amy is pursuing her PHD at KU Leuven in Migration Theology.
Peter D. Clark, Ph.D.
(Member) Peter Clark is a globally experienced, entrepreneurial, international development leader, manager, consultant, researcher, educator, and producer/director with an extensive practitioner and academic background in international development and adult and non-formal education. He has held senior director posts and managed complex consultancies managing large teams of people to achieve ambitious objectives in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. He regularly leads teams around the world that conceptualize and implement dynamic international development, education, and communications solutions to address significant challenges, deftly integrating traditional and new media. Peter has a Ph.D. in social science from Cornell University with a special concentration in adult and non-formal education and international development. He has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Political Science from Wheaton College.
Rev. Josue Fajardo
(Chairman) Josué (Josh) Fajardo was born in the Dominican Republic. He spent his early childhood growing up in the Northeast, New York (city) and Rochester (NY). As a teenager moved to Tampa, Florida. Education: B.S. at Tampa Technology Institute; Degree in architecture, with minors in structural and mechanical design. He is an ordained elder and has served as a missionary for the Free Methodist Church Since 2003. He currently serves as the Europe Area Director for the denomination. Based in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, a suburb of Madrid, Spain. Josh also oversees a non-governmental organization (NGO,) New Light and Life International, that encompasses the Mosaico Cultural Center. The Mosaico Cultural Center includes after-school programs and compassion ministries. Also, Josh is a founding member of Impact Europe.. He is married to Susy (Cruz) and together they have two daughters, Gabriela and Isabella.
Roberto Mateu
(Secretary) Roberto Mateu has a long career in sales and marketing in commercial and industrial companies. He has held senior management positions and opened markets for the pharmaceutical industry in the USA, Mexico, Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic. Roberto is the founder of Mateu Marketing, a market research and consulting firm. He was previously the assistant to the director for Latin America of CRU based in Mexico and has been on their board of directors in El Salvador. His passion for marketing has led him to teach and train thousands of others, via the Business Foundation for Educational Development (FEPADE) in El Salvador, and he has been a longstanding adjunct professor of marketing at various Salvadoran universities. Roberto is an avid cyclist and skilled musician. He and his family recently moved to Catalunya, Spain.