Meet our Advisory Team

Dave is a retired Professor and Head of the Department of Horticulture, Auburn University, Alabama. He met Kioko during a week long class at ECHO in Ft. Myers, Florida. During the training, they spent time together talking about different concerns of life and missions.  Dave has been married to Angie for 34 years.  They have two married daughters, one in Birmingham, Alabama, the other in Delray Beach, Florida.  Dave is a member of First Baptist Church of Opelika where he serves as a deacon and teaches an adult Sunday school class.   

Caralee and her husband Rich attend a Hill City Church in Oneonta, New York. Caralee serves on the missions board at her church and has grown to love their missionaries and be challenged by the needs of the Global Church. Her late mother’s involvement in Pastor Kioko’s vision for the youth at Malooi has become part of her life’s passion and she wants to do whatever she is able to for the demonstration farm. She loves the Malooi community and has several Facebook friends among the youth.

Jack brings over 30 years of development, construction mediation, and project management experience to the Malooi Youth Demonstration Farm team. Jack’s love for farming includes bioremediation of agricultural wastewater, bio-augmentation of soil, and bio-digesters for gardening efforts in Florida. As owner of RD Cisterns, Jack organized design charrettes leading to new ordinances for green building systems. Mr. Burden holds a MS degree in International Development Education from Florida International University. 

Richard is an Ophthalmogist and a Clinical Professor Emeritus at Loyola University Medical Center. He makes several international trips every year to teach in medical schools. Richard loves ministering to international students at Wheaton College.  He leads a Sunday morning jog with several international students. Afterwards they read the Psalm together, pray for one another and enjoy a breakfast meal in his house.

Blake is a farmer in California. He has visited Kioko’s farm in Kenya and understands agriculture. He also visited the proposed demonstration farm and planted an avocado tree. Kioko visited his farm in August 2015. Four years ago, together with his friends, he sent drip irrigation pipes that Kioko has been using in his farm to grow vegetables.

Rebecka holds a Master of Public Health degree in community health promotion from The George Washington University and is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). Her professional background includes implementing health initiatives in underserved populations, chronic and infectious disease data surveillance, and research. Her approach to promoting health includes addressing underlying social determinants that contribute to health inequities, such as poverty and unequal access to care.

Karl is a Chicagoland native & Wheaton College graduate, now living outside Minneapolis with his wife, Allie. He works in technology sales & consulting. Karl was introduced to Kioko through his grandfather, Dr. Richard Gieser, during Kioko’s time in Wheaton. He later spent a month in Kioko’s home in Kenya, learning from the local community, church, & Demonstration Farm. Karl continues to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps, pursuing relationships, investment, & involvement globally.