Katie serves as the Founder and Chief Visionary of Amazima. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Kisses from Katie, wife to Benji, and mother of fifteen. Though she lives in Nashville, she frequently returns to Uganda—a place that will always hold a piece of her heart.

Jill has over 20 years of experience as an estate planning attorney and CPA assisting clients with their personal planning goals.  Jill received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and her J.D. from Wake Forest University.  She lives in Wilmington, North Carolina with her husband, Jon, and their son, Braxton.  Jill and Jon also have five nieces who were adopted from Jinja, Uganda.  Jill and Jon are active members of Port City Community Church.

John has over 30 years of financial, accounting, and strategy experience helping large public and private equity owned companies create value through a keen focus on people, partnerships and processes. John received a B.B.A in accounting from Sam Houston State University and is a CPA in Texas.  He lives in Colleyville, Texas with his wife, Leslie, and has an older son and daughter and is an active member of his church.  John serves on the Fort Worth Christian Cardinal Education Foundation as their president and has served as Chairman for the Fort Worth Christian Board of Trust.

Holly has 20 years of experience in education. She received her B.S. in Chemistry and her M.A. in Teaching from the University of Memphis. In 2018-2019 Holly worked at The Amazima School in Jinja, Uganda teaching chemistry and other sciences.  She lives in Spring Hill, TN with her husband and five children.

Raised in Nigeria, Daniel has over 14 years of engineering, design, construction, and operations experience across two continents. He received his B.S. from LeTourneau University and M.S. from the University of Texas at Tyler. After living in Uganda for 10 years and serving with Amazima, Daniel, his wife Corinne, and their son now live in Elverson, PA. They are active members of Brick Lane Community Church.

Amanda has over 10 years of human resources experience in the healthcare industry. She earned her B.A. from Grand Valley State University and a Master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University. Amanda lives in Nashville with her husband, David, 4 children, and two fur babies. Amanda and her family were involved in planting the Church at Nolensville and remain actively involved.

David Slover serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at HighGround Advisors. Prior to transitioning to HighGround in 2016, David was the President of Buckner Foundation. In his role at Buckner, he oversaw strategic planning, donor and ministry engagement including humanitarian aid and missions, operations, development, communications and marketing, program expansion and design, international programs and resource development, and government relations

Rachel Weir, a Tennessee native, is the CEO for Amazima Ministries. Having adopted a daughter from Uganda and lived there for many years, Rachel knows firsthand the transformative power of excellent education and discipleship. Her journey began in 2018 after she moved to Jinja to work with Heal Ministries where she was deeply moved by the warmth and resilience of the people. With a professional background with HCA Internal Audit and a profound personal connection to Uganda, her passion for Uganda has only accelerated over time. She is the wife to Trey Weir and mother to three children: Hope, Hudson, and Hunter. She and her family have relocated from Jinja, Uganda back to Franklin, TN.