Meet our Ministry Staff
Greg M. Harkins, Executive Director
Greg comes to The Anna's House Foundation with 17 years of experience in marketing & management. His passion for children in foster care has now led him into the full time service of the Lord with AHF. Greg's responsibilities include, but are not limited to communications, recruitment, fundraising, oversight and administration. For more information on Greg, please visit our board of directors page on this website.
Elizabeth Harkins, Family Services Liaison
Elizabeth has worked in volunteer and community service organizations around Oklahoma City for the last 12 years. A homeschool mother of eight, she is committed to seeing the lives of Oklahoma babies and toddlers in the child welfare system receive the best possible care through the ministries of AHF. Elizabeth's responsibilites include family services and support, recruitment, and resource coordinator. For more information, please visit our board of directors page on this website.
Sherry A. Blazi, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, IMH-E, Social Services Supervisor-
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Effective April 2009 we welcome Mrs. Blazi to our growing minsitry staff. We are immeasurably grateful to Sherry for her unwaivering commitment to Anna's House where she volunteers her time and services. She brings with her a heart for children in foster care and a deep desire to see God glorified in both her professional and personal life. We will be updating with more information soon! Welcome Sherry! -- and thank you!
Don Williams, Chaplain
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We first met Don when our foster care journey had just begun. Since that time our paths have crossed many times through children's cases in the foster care system that we have loved in our home. He volunteers his time as our Social Services Liason and Chaplain and we are blessed to have him on our team! Please get to know Don a little better by reading his bio below:
" I am an ordained Southern Baptist Minister. In August 1982, I received the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and have not been the same since. I felt the call of the Lord to preach the gospel early in my walk; after receiving Christ. My personal goals are to make true disciples of Jesus Christ and to build strong Christian families. I feel that I can bring to AHF the ability to deal with personnel and their personal problems by helping them learn and put into practice Biblical truths. I believe that my strongest gift is that of an encourager to those who are lost or hurting. My life verses for ministry are Psalm 71:18 and Matthew 5:16.
I spent 22 years in the military and associated with management operations for over twenty years. I managed Munitions Operations in many aspects of my military career and lastly as the Chief of Munitions Operation which included supervising all areas of operation, safety, and training not only my own work force, but those of organizations all over the base that dealt with munitions in their daily operations within the United States Air Force.
I am currently working for the state of Oklahoma as a Child Welfare Specialist working as a Permanency Expediter. This means that I am a "trouble shooter" helping to solve problems that keep children from being adopted and bring permanency to children who can no longer be cared for by their parents. I am a Volunteer Chaplain for The Department of Human Services. In addition, I have completed all but one class to become a certified Chaplain for the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Team, which I will complete on February 13-14, 2009. I will then request certification from the North American Missions Board to become a nationally recognized Chaplain to help in disasters.