Emmaus Clinic Board of Directors

  • Pastor Guito Pierre

    Pastor Guito is the pastor of Bellevue Mountain Christian Center. He was born in this area of Haiti, in the mountains south of Port-au-Prince. He eventually moved to Canada and then to the United States, where he completed degrees in social work and community development. He started the Emmaus School, which now has over 300 students grades 1-12. Emmaus Clinic is part of his vision for improving the daily lives of his people, by providing access to basic medical care, and providing work and educational opportunities in the medical field.

  • Craig Weber

    Craig Weber serves as a strategic planning and donor development advisor for the Emmaus Clinic. He also encourages the Clinic's Board of Directors to remain focused on the organization's purpose, vision, and mission. Craig has a heart for persecuted believers worldwide and has supported various persecuted ministries since 2012. From 2013-2015, he was a spokesperson for Voice of the Martyrs in the Philadelphia area. He led the Men's Ministry at Rock Ministries of Philadelphia from 2014-2017. Currently, he serves in various capacities at Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia. He is the Director of Business Development for Prime Retail Services, a construction service company based in Flowery, Georgia.

  • Fred Bahrenburg

    CPA, MBA

    Fred has an extensive background in corporate finance, including with large pharmaceutical firms. He also has experience in mergers and acquisitions and construction, and has served on the board of other not-for-profits.

  • Anthony Velazquez

    MBA

    Anthony Velazquez, MBA in Healthcare Administration, has over a decade of experience managing pharmaceutical programs. He is the Chief Product Officer at PharmaForce, a healthcare technology company for healthcare providers to manage their pharmaceutical purchases and compliance. He lives in Doylestown, PA with his wife Nikki and their four children. 

  • Jude Hassan Charles

    MD, MSHI

    Dr. Charles graduated from Notre-Dame d’Haïti Medical School in Port-au-Prince. He is a neurologist specializing in endovascular neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic.

  • Bruce Leibert MD

    Dr. Bruce Leibert is a board-certified family physician with more than three decades of experience in comprehensive patient care. He previously served as Director of the Rio Grande Valley Family Medicine Residency Program, helping train the next generation of physicians. Dr. Leibert currently practices medicine in San Angelo, Texas, and is honored to serve as a board member of Emmaus Clinic, supporting its mission of Christ-centered care.

  • Pastor Jacques Plante

    Pastor Jacques is the director of Projet Haiti and MAINS, which is a child sponsorship project in Haiti. He is responsible for the construction of the Emmaus School, and the ongoing funding for the school, which includes a daily meal for over 300 students.

  • Michael Howard

    Michael is a chaplain at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons.

  • Marc Pimsleur

    Dr. Pimsleur is a family physician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who began traveling to Haiti for medical mission work following the devastating earthquake in 2010. At the invitation of Pastor Guito, he started serving a remote village near Petionville. He founded Emmaus Clinic as a 501c nonprofit in 2020 to help meet ongoing medical and humanitarian needs.