Section Title

National Staff

Daniel Carter Walker

Executive Director

  • Spouse: Leslea
  • Children: Tim, Hannah, Doug
  • High School: St. George's
  • College: B.A., Amherst College
  • Graduate Degree: M.S.W., Columbia University
  • Hometown: New Canaan, CT (5-10); New Haven, CT (10-18)
  • Interests: I love to run, hike the Appalachian trails of New Hampshire and Maine, and play a mean competitive game of basketball. I enjoy raising Tim, Hannah and Doug and am learning to let go of them, which is not so easy. Loving my best friend, Leslea.
  • Unusual Fact: I'm just picking up the banjo after putting it down 30 years ago.
  • Been on staff since: 1996

Woody Bowman (The Rev. Charles W. Bowman)

Director of Faculty Ministry andDirector of the Study Center

  • Spouse: Susie
  • Children: David
  • High School: Lawrenceville School 1970
  • College: Trinity College, B.A., 1974
  • Graduate Degree: M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1979
  • Hometown: New Canaan, CT
  • Interests: sailing, outdoor recreation, current affairs, reading & used bookstores. A big fan of NPR.
  • Unusual Fact: First FOCUS person to sleep a night at the Study Center - after FOCUS was given the property in 1973; I slept on the floor of the Lodge living room one night in June before the rest of the crew arrived.
  • Been on staff since: 1979

Pam Klein

Assistant to the Executive Director

  • Spouse: George
  • Hometown: Esher, Surrey, England
  • Interests: People, travel, calligraphy, cross-country skiing, short term missions, teaching Love & Logic parenting courses, premarital counseling
  • Unusual Fact: Under the auspices of Eastern European Bible Mission, Pam, her husband George and two young sons traveled to Romania and Hungary for six consecutive summers on short-term missions trips to teach and encourage Christians living under Communism.
  • Been on staff since: 2001

Frederick S. Freer IV (Rick)

Director of Facilities

  • Spouse: Tammy
  • Children: Frederick V (Jack), Auden
  • High School: University School (Cleveland)
  • Colleges: B.A., Miami University (Ohio); M.A., John Carroll University
  • Hometown: Cleveland
  • Interests: Wine, human geography, military history & weapons, languages
  • Unusual Fact: Lived as an exchange student overseas for one year in Switzerland.
  • Been on staff since: 2002

Connie Flannagan

Accounting and Finances

  • Spouse: Rick
  • Children: Sean, Jim, Linae
  • High School: Lincoln Northeast High School
  • Hometown: Lincoln, NE
  • Currently living in: Lake Monticello, VA
  • Interests: Grandkids
  • Unusual Fact: I have lived in Casablanca
  • Been on staff since: 2005

Lauren Burket

Director of National Programs

  • Spouse: Jeff
  • High School: Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA
  • College: the College of William & Mary
  • Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
  • Interests: Drinking coffee, answering the phone, editing my database, and cooking dinner
  • Unusual Fact: I am having a baby this Fall!
  • Been on staff since: 2006

Ann Lefeve

Communications and Alumni Relations

  • High School: St. Stephens and St. Agnes School
  • College: William and Mary
  • Hometown: Alexandria, VA
  • Interests: reading, music, writing, skiing, horseback riding, dinner parties, enjoying time with friends
  • Unusual Fact: I once ate an M&M worth a million dollars: true story.
  • Been on staff since: 2007

Meredith Hotchkiss

Registrar of National Programs

  • College: University of Michigan
  • Hometown: Lapeer, Michigan
  • Interests: photography, tennis, traveling, live music, exercise, learning to cook, Michigan football!
  • Unusual Fact: I lived in Africa for 6 months after college, oh... and I have twin toes.
  • Been on staff since: 2008

Tom Gregorio

Assistant Director of Operations

  • Spouse: Heather
  • High School: New Canaan High School, New Canaan, CT
  • College: University of Richmond
  • Hometown: New Canaan, CT
  • Interests: Guitar, singing, drinking LOTS of coffee, collecting (books, CD's, records, wine, guitars), cycling
  • Unusual Fact: I unknowingly left Lehman Brothers to come work for FOCUS six weeks before they declared bankruptcy!
  • Been on staff since: 2008

Maria Morck

Donor Relations Coordinator

  • High School: Staples High School Westport, CT
  • College: The Pennsylvania State University
  • B.S. Human Development and Family Studies
  • Hometown: Westport, CT
  • Interests: traveling, cultural awareness, dancing (ballroom, latin), speaking Spanish, the promotion of healthy development in children and families, my family and friends, reading, LOST, my cat Missy.
  • Unusual Fact: I am a proficient salsa dancer
  • Been on staff since: January 2009

Bo Harris

Chief Operating Officer

  • Spouse: Amy
  • Children: Elizabeth
  • High School: Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia
  • College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Hometown: Durham, North Carolina
  • Interests: Hiking with my daughter Elizabeth and our two Labradors Buddy and Tuki, reading by the fire with a good cup of coffee, talking over tea with my wife Amy on our kitchen love seats, running, mountain biking, fly fishing, writing, carpentry
  • Unusual Fact: I studied theater and British history at the University of London for two summers during college
  • Been on Staff Since: December, 2009