MEET THE LEADERSHIP
Barton Chelf
President
Beyond90 Co-Founder and Residential Mortgage Loan Officer at McDonald Mortgage
Barton is a mortgage loan officer and management professional. He has over 25 years of experience in training, management and sales. As a young boy growing up in Colorado, he developed a love for golf. He followed his dream of working in the golf industry becoming golf professional at several different Tournament Players Clubs, golf professional at Sawgrass Country Club and General Manager at Oak Bridge Club at Sawgrass. During his time in golf management, Barton developed multi-million dollar budgets and oversaw a multi-million dollar golf course renovation project. Upon leaving the golf industry to prioritize family, Barton began working in the mortgage industry. In 2014 he was introduced to refugees through his church’s giving program. He and his wife, Lori, became volunteer Friendship Partners with World Relief Jacksonville. It was at the 90 day point, when the refugee agency case files were closed and they experienced the insecurity and struggle that refugees face trying to do things on their own that Barton and Lori knew they needed to do more. Beyond90 was founded based on their experiences working with refugees. Barton has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of Colorado, Boulder and is also a graduate of the Dale Carnegie Leadership Program.
Lori Chelf
Vice President
Beyond90 Co-Founder and Volunteer Director of Operations
Lori was a marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in the development and execution of marketing programs. Her areas of focus were brand management, cultivation of business relationships and project/event management. Lori had predominantly worked 8 years at Winn-Dixie and 3 years at Stein Mart until 2014, when she became a volunteer at World Relief Jacksonville. Lori quickly became enthusiastic about helping newly arriving refugees become acclimated and self-sufficient. So much so that in 2015, Lori quit her job and she and Barton sold their condo and moved into an apartment complex where refugees were living. They have served the refugee community ever since. Beyond90 was founded to help alleviate the challenges refugees face as they work to become self-sufficient. Lori has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Jacksonville University.
Pierre Uwimana
Treasurer
Florida Immigrant Coalition
Pierrre Uwimana was originally born and raised in Rwanda. His various skills in accounting, finance and program management allowed him to work in numerous roles within leadership in the Rwandan government and international non profit organizations in Rwanda, Haiti and United States of America. These roles include Program Expert in Rwanda's Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Deputy Managing Director of Rwanda Development Board, Manager of Kigali City and Director of Programs for World Relief Rwanda. Pierre later moved to Port-au-Prince Haiti to become the Country Director for World Concern. In January of 2014, Pierre and his family moved to Jacksonville so he could be the Finance Director and Case Manager at World Relief. Pierre is currently working as the Refugee Organizer of the Florida Immigrant Coalition. Pierre is a happily married man with three children and has an MBA in finance. In addition to his continued service in the refugee community, he has also obtained his Realtor’s license.
Marjorie Phillips
Secretary
Retired; Volunteer Social Justice Advocate
In 2006, Marjorie launched a “Good Neighbor Team” with World Relief Jacksonville at her church and has since continued to work closely with refugees, supporting families and teens. Marjorie leads a social justice ministry at Orange Park Presbyterian Church to more formally address issues of poverty, homelessness, human trafficking and similar local and global injustices. She has served on the Executive Committee of North East Florida Human Trafficking Coalition. Marjorie has 26+ years of management and internal consulting roles in Public Relations, Operations, Marketing, IT and Human Resources at Florida Blue (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida). Her areas of expertise include change management, leadership coaching, strategic communication and strategy development and execution.
John Rutherford
Director
NAI Hallmark and Principal Owner 904 Consulting
John is a commercial real estate entrepreneur actively working in the commercial real estate sector for the better part of a decade. Over the last 10 years, John has worked in varying roles from co-leading a property management investment firm to an operations and financial analyst, to a regional sales and marketing specialist for industry-leading, national property management companies. Currently John is the SVP of multifamily investment sales for NAI Hallmark. John is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management. He is a licensed Real Estate Associate in the state of Florida with a focus towards multi-family and student housing investment, and an active participant in North Florida philanthropic missions. John also volunteered with World Relief Jacksonville and mentored young refugee men as they learned about American culture.
JaVetta Fleury
Director
CareerSource Northeast Florida
JaVetta Fleury is a Certified Career Development Specialist with many years of experience in workforce and career development. In addition to her workforce and career development experience she has worked in the fields of education, mental health and staffing. She also has experience working with military families in Japan and other parts of the world. In her role at CareerSource Northeast Florida, JaVetta is a regional program manager for the Welfare Transition and SNAP programs, serving a six- county region. She provides policy guidance, oversight and technical assistance to these programs, as well as monitoring case records, performance standards and administers training for program operations and data management. She sits on the Workforce Advisory Council for Catholic Charities of Jacksonville Florida and the ESOL Advisory Board for Florida State College of Jacksonville. JaVetta is a graduate of Southern Illinois University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Workforce Education Development/Education.