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Sherri Crawford
Ministry President
Sherri Crawford is the president of Project Light.  She has always had a heart for the poor and underprivileged.  Before becoming a lawyer, Sherri loved volunteering by teaching English as a Second Language to El Salvadorian refugees seeking U. S. citizenship.

In 1996, Sherri started her career as a corporate intellectual property lawyer for software companies in Silicon Valley, and it was during this time that she intensified her volunteer involvement with under-privileged children and became a reading tutor for homeless children.  Simultaneously, Sherri began seeking God as to how she could use her skill-set as a software lawyer to serve Him. 

In 2000, Sherri took an opportunity to volunteer her time at the International Justice Mission  and worked as a lawyer in Kenya, Africa. While visiting a school in the slums of Nairobi, she saw impoverished children: an image that she could not forget upon her return to the U.S., and one that would change her life forever.

Shortly after this experience, in 2001, Sherri reunited with her father Jim Crawford.  Unbeknownst to Sherri, her father had founded Project Light a non-profit organization that partners with Faith-Based and Community based organizations to the Project Light Tutoring Program and Software that meets literacy, ESL and GED needs world-wide.  She knew at once that she wanted to be a part of this and was asked by her father to join the Board of Directors in 2002 as the Interim Chairman of the Board, which she gladly accepted.

In 2004, Sherri relocated to Virginia to volunteer her time at Project Light as the acting Director of Operations and later as the President of the Ministry.  Today Sherri is still actively practicing corporate law which gives her the opportunity to continue volunteering as the President of Project Light. 

Sherri earned her B.A. from the University of Virginia and her J.D., from Santa Clara University School of Law.  At Santa Clara University she served as the president of the Public Interest Law Foundation, was involved in the Christian Law Society, and was a comments editor for the schoolÙs Computer & High Technology Law Journal. Sherri also attended Oxford University, where she studied Jurisprudence. 


Jim & Barbara Gray
National Training
Learning Center Directors
Barbara Gray is the National Training Coordinator for Project Light and the Director and Tutor of the Learning by Faith ESL Learning Center. Learning by Faith LC is also our first model Regional Training and Support Center. Jim Gray, Barbara's husband, also assists Project Light through many outreach and development projects.

Jim and Barbara attend Faith Presbyterian Church where they have attended for many years. Faith Presbyterian also sponsors their Learning Center. Several years ago Jim and Barbara felt the call to International missions and have been actively working in partnership with Project Light and other ministries to establish Learning Centers and outreach to countries in need world-wide.


Richard Layman
IT & Software Development Director
Rick Layman first became a part of Project Light around 1985. He helped with some of the early concepts of putting the literacy program onto Laser Disk. He then went as a missionary to Taiwan for 12 years. In 1998 Rick returned to Project Light as a Multimedia Developer and then as Executive Director for several years. In 2004 Rick and his family returned to Taiwan for two years and upon his return in late 2005, Rick joined the Project Light Board of Directors.

Today, Rick continues to serve on the Board of Directors and works several days a week as the Director of Software and Development for Project Light. He is also an IT Director for a prominent Christian school and an active member of Kempsville Presbyterian Church, where he and his family have attended for more than 20 years.


Jim Harrison
Director of Outreach
Jim Harrison joined Project Light as Director of Outreach in 2006 and has worked collaboratively with the Project Light team to increase Accountability, Sustainability and Excellence in our Learning Centers and new Outreach initiatives. Jim is also involved in the testing and improvement of our up-coming Internet Version of the Project Light Software.

Jim has worked for many years in the transportation and financial services industry and has a Masters in Zoology. Jim is an Area Pastor at Wave Church where he and his family have attended for more than 20 years. He has a heart to see every child and adult have the opportunity to learn to read and to hear and understand the good news.


Rosean Lindsey
Lead Graphic Artist
Rosean Lindsey joined Project Light as our Lead Graphic Artist in December 2007. He recently graduated from ECPI with a degree in Graphic Arts.

He is also the Founder of Godz Youngstaz, a non-profit committed to helping teens work through life issues with integrity and bringing them to back to Christ. He is also the author and artist for Godz Youngstaz comics. Rosean is also an active member of Transforming Christian Center in Norfolk, VA.


Keon Mann
Graphic Artist
Keon joined Project Light as a Graphic Artist in January 2008. He recently graduated from Tidewater Community College with a degree in Graphic Arts.

Keon currently works for the Newport News Shipyards, while he continues to develop his skills. He is very excited to work at Project Light as he begins his chosen career in Graphic Arts.

Keon is an active member of United Full Gospel Revival Center in Suffolk, VA where he and his family have attended for more than 7 years.


Fernando & Leonor Del Castillo
International Training
Learning Center Directors
Fernando and Leonor Del Castillo are the International Training Team for Project Light and the Directors of Riverchase Learning Center. Additionally, Leonor is a tutor for the Riverchase Learning Center on a daily basis. In 1998 they came to Alabama as missionaries from Ecuador to the United States, specifically to the Hispanic people in Alabama and Georgia.

Fernando serves as an Associate Pastor of outreach to the Hispanic Community at Riverchase United Methodist in Hoover, Alabama, where he and Leonor have attended for several years.


Franklin Griffin, III
Programmer
Franklin Griffin is the lead programmer for Project Light's Zero-To-Five literacy software.
 
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