Meet The Team

Ali Rugani

Ali is a SLP and MBC who has a heart for helping people. She is passionate about Jesus and believes that volunteering for Binding Thread allows her to be used as His "hands and feet". She has been involved in the Myanmar orphanage network since 2005.

Amy Kerney

Amy is a teacher at ECS. She is excited about what Jesus is doing in the nations and is especially passionate about Myanmar. Amy has been a part of orphanage work in Myanmar since 1998. She loves to tell success stories of how God loves and changes lives of the children in Myanmar.

Ashley Dye

Ashley is a CPA who enjoys using the talents God gave her to serve and help those around her. Volunteering with Binding Thread has given her the opportunity to bring together her love of God, the Myanmar people, and accounting. She has been involved in the Myanmar orphanage network since 2012.

Beth Tromley

Beth has a heart for non-profits. She and her family started Riding Hope in 2005. She continues to be busy with Riding Hope, while also pouring into Myanmar through Binding Thread. When the opportunity to manage the loom house presented itself, Beth felt called to manage and pour in even more. 

Donna Carr

Donna is a retired Social Service Director. Her first trip to Myanmar was in 2006 and says, “left a large part of her heart there.”  She has returned 14 times since, serving in various leadership capacities. Her passion for serving is just as strong as ever.

Jason Rugani

Jason fell in love with Myanmar on his first mission trip there in 2009. He has been every year since and feels a call to serve the orphans, leaders, and widows there. He feels blessed to be able to work with this ministry and to be a witness to God's works there.

Jody Smith

Jody is an MBA, who has worked in sales for over 25 years. During a mission trip to Myanmar with his daughter, he connected a passion for God with a desire to serve in missions. Since 2011 Jody and his family have been supporting orphans, widows and church planters in Myanmar.

Donna Carr

Donna is a retired Social Service Director. Her first trip to Myanmar was in 2006 and says, “left a large part of her heart there.”  She has returned 14 times since, serving in various leadership capacities. Her passion for serving is just as strong as ever.

Jason Rugani

Jason fell in love with Myanmar on his first mission trip there in 2009. He has been every year since and feels a call to serve the orphans, leaders, and widows there. He feels blessed to be able to work with this ministry and to be a witness to God's works there.