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KPMI Foundation Directory

Mike Springer, Chairperson

Mr. Mike Springer has spent over 35 years in the high tech industry starting out in the Boston tech corridor. This experience included Tech Support management, Manufacturing management, Product Management, Product Development, and Corporate Marketing. Currently, Mr. Springer is the Executive Director of MISSIONeering, Inc, a non-profit ministry developing software for Churches to help the Church grow and the pastor return to their calling of guiding persons into deeper waters of faith and discipleship. Mr. Springer has served on a number of non-profit boards, including Kairos Prison Ministry, Central Texas Walk to Emmaus, Kingdom Authority Ministries, and MISSIONeering. Over the years, Mr. Springer has served in almost all local church leadership roles in the United Methodist Church, including Worship, Evangelism, Missions, Personnel, Finance, Trustees, Ministry Council, and Youth. He has served as the Conference Chair of the Council on Ministries, Conference Personnel, and Camps and Conferences. He is a recipient of the Central Texas Conference's Lay Leadership award. Mr. Springer has served in the Kairos Inside ministry for 15 years and has served as a Weekend Leader, Texas State Chapter chairperson, and an Advisory Council chairperson. Mr. Springer developed the ministry's Ezra software for weekend leaders and the Ad Council's KairosDonor software for financial management and volunteer/fund raising. In 2010, he was nominated and elected as a Term Director for the KPMI Foundation and later was asked to serve as the Foundation's Chairman of the Board.

David Farmer, Term Director

Mr. David Farmer previously worked in New York City as a Senior Vice President of a wholesale clothing company for thirteen years, where he traveled extensively to oversee production and sales in many foreign countries and throughout the United Sates. He and his wife, Nancy moved to Greensboro, North Carolina in 1991 when he joined a 350 million dollar division of VF Corporation as Vice President and General Manager. For the past eighteen years they have been the owners of eight retail stores (Once Upon A Child and Plato's Closet). Mr. Farmer is an ordained elder of the Presbyterian Church and Chairman of Outreach Ministry. He has led mission trips to Peru, Belize, Romania and South Africa. He is a Stephen Minister and Stephen Leader. He has participated In Kairos Men's Inside since 2002 and has led the North Carolina Kairos #23. Mr. Farmer was key in bringing Kairos Torch to North Carolina. As the leader of Torch #1 he was instrumental in opening both a boys and a girls facility. Mr. Farmer currently is Vice Moderator of the State Advisory Committee and the Torch National Representative for North Carolina.

Carol Ihrig, Term Director

Ms. Carol Ihrig holds a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications from the University of Southern California. She retired in the fall of 2008 as Chief Operating Officer of the Girl Scout Council headquartered in Tampa, Florida, after 30+ years as a Girl Scout professional. She served as Finance Development Director of the Girl Scout Council in Memphis, Tennessee, and as Executive Director of Memphis Area Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation. Other professional experience includes serving as Director of the YWCA Central Program Center in St. Petersburg, Florida; Radio Show Host for WKNO-FM, Memphis, Tennessee; Bookkeeper for Memphis Flying Service; and Audio Producer-Director for Mattel Toymakers in California. In Florida, Ms. Ihrig currently works with a local theater group as Chair of Volunteers for its annual fund-raising ball and has served as Treasurer of her Homeowners' Association. While living in Memphis, Tennessee, she served as a Board member of the local Girl Scout Council, chairing the Public Relations Committee, and as Vice-President of the Republican Career Women. Ms. Ihrig attends St. John's Episcopal Church in Tampa, Florida, where she has served as a Leader of Stephen Ministry since 2002 and as a Stephen Minister since 1992. She is a member of the Outreach and Evangelism Commission, the Outreach Committee, and is active in two Bible study groups. Ms. Ihrig has been actively involved in Kairos since January of 2008. She has served on three Women's Inside Teams. She has chaired the support team for a men's weekend and has served on four other support teams. She serves as Treasurer of Florida Kairos Area 11 and is a voting member of the State of Florida Kairos Committee.

Jim Capps, Term Director

Reverend Capps was born in Michigan City, Indiana and grew up in Southwestern Michigan. His faith journey began in a little country church when he was nine years old. He graduated from a small high school where he served as the president of his class as well as president of the student council and won letters in four sports. Reverend Capps a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Indiana Central College, Indianapolis and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He has done doctoral studies at LPTS as well as Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. Reverend Capps took interim pastor training at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. In more than 40 years of ministry, Reverend Capps served as a youth director of a church in Indianapolis while attending college and his first year of seminary before becoming the student pastor of a small church in Southern Indiana his last two years of seminary. He served as an assistant, associate, and co-pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church, Belleville, Illinois before serving as the Senior Pastor of the Bonhomme Presbyterian Church, Chesterfield, Missouri and the Southport Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis. Elected to the first national Board of Directors of Presbyterians for Renewal, Reverend Capps served as both vice-president and president during those early years. Reverend Capps has served on the Board of Kairos Prison Ministry International and was a spiritual director on two Kairos events in Maghaberry Prison just outside of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has served as a spiritual director on approximately 80 "Cursillio" type weekends. Reverend Capps has helped give leadership to 13 building campaigns in the churches he has served. Reverend Capps and his wife, Alice, a graduate of Indiana University, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in the summer of 2009. They are the proud parents of Becky, who is a graduate of Wheaton College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and has been an associate pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg, South Carolina for nearly six years. Reverend and Mrs. Capps are also the proud parents of Minnie, a 5 pound Yorkie they inherited last summer from Alice's mother. As an avid sports fan, Reverend Capps served as president of the Board of Directors of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in St. Louis. He did chapel services for the St. Louis Baseball Cardinals and the then St. Louis Football Cardinals. From his boyhood he has been a loyal fan of the University of Michigan Wolverines and has become a die-hard Indianapolis Colts fan. Jim also enjoys reading and movies.

Jim Hankins, Permanent Director

Dr. Hankins has served in the Kairos Ministry for 16 years. He began in the Men's Inside Ministry and then helped establish the Pilot Program of Torch in Arkansas. He presently serves in both ministries and is a member of the Arkansas State Chapter Committee. Three years ago, as a new Board of Directors member, he was asked to serve on the ad hoc Structure Committee which was charged with restructuring the leadership organization. He was elected to the Executive Committee the following winter. At last year's Winter Board Meeting he was elected to the newly formed Board of Directors where he is currently serving on the Human Resources and Strategic Planning Committees. His wife, Beverly, serves as a Torch Trainer and is presently a member of the International Council. Dr. Hankins has practiced Dentistry in Arkadelphia Arkansas for 31 years. He has continually participated in Volunteer Missions in Central and South America.

Greg Moser, Permanent Director

Reverend Greg Moser has been a volunteer in North Carolina for 8 years where he has served at 3 male prisons, one a new start-up. He has served on the Advisory Council in different aspects; North Carolina State Committee as clergy representative, was elected in 2010 to serve the newly formed International Council of Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc., and during the Winter Conference was elected to serve the Board of Directors. Pastor Moser currently serves 2 small rural churches in eastern North Carolina and is employed by Waukesha Electric Systems as a Planner. "I am truly blessed that God has called me to the wonderful ministry called Kairos, it is definitely God's Time and not our own. This is a ministry in which all aspects of God's people can corporately come together and through the power of the Holy Spirit be wielded as instruments of mercy and grace to change lives."

David Garmus, Permanent Director

Mr. David Garmus served in various Council, Area, and Florida State roles, including twice as the Florida State Chair, before serving as an International Council Representative and the Board. He currently serves on the Human Resources, Long Range Planning, and Finance Committees. Mr. Garmus stated: "It was in Kairos that I found my faith strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit; I experienced and witnessed God's love, peace and joy during every correctional institution visit. I have been truly blessed by God in serving Him. I strongly believe in the power of individual and group prayer and rely upon my Faith in God in every thing I do." Mr. Garmus was a Navy Supply Corps Officer and the Development Manager at the CACI Design and Development Center before founding DDB Software and The David Consulting Group. He currently serves as a Past President of the International Function Point Users Group and as a Founding Director of Waste Not Want Not in Orange Park, FL. He received a BS from UCLA; Honor Graduate recognition at Navy Supply Corps School; MBA from Harvard Business School; and a Certificate in Team Leadership Development in Nonprofit Organizations from Rollins College.

Peter Wilson, Permanent Director

Mr. Wilson is a graduate of Iowa State University. After four years as a Naval officer serving at sea, in Saigon, and as an Instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy, Mr. Wilson joined Mobil International working in N.Y., Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Libya, London, Turkey, and Paris. After earning an MBA from Stanford Graduate Business School, he joined Pan Am and became Director of Marketing in the Latin America Division. He was also CFO of a crude oil trading firm. Mr. Wilson has served on numerous church boards and councils and is ordained as a Deacon and an Elder of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is past Council Chair of the American Church in Paris, served on the Council of the Union Church in Tripoli, and is a past Board Member of the American and Foreign Christian Union. Mr. Wilson was introduced to Kairos in the late 1980s and has served in leadership positions at the AC and State level including as Chair after which he was eventually elected to the IC and Kairos Board of Directors where he is in his second term as Treasurer.

Vicki Spurgeon, Permanent Director

Vicki Spurgeon is the mother of one young adult and has made Lawton, Oklahoma her home for 26 years. She has served as managing attorney of the Great Plains Child Support Office since 1985 and continues in that role with Great Plains Improvement Foundation, the local Community Action Agency. St. Paul's United Methodist Church is her church home where she serves as Lay Leader. Vicki has a passion to serve in mission. She has participated in seven Volunteer in Missions (VIM) journeys to locations in Kenya, Rio Bravo Mexico, Alaska, Israel and Haiti and been team leader for five VIM's for groups to Israel, Haiti, and Cookson Hills in Oklahoma. She is a certified lay speaker and has led services, devotions and other worship opportunities upon invitation by churches, UMW, and study groups. She teaches Sunday School and adult bible studies (with emphasis on women's studies) and participates in others for personal spiritual growth. Vicki is a member of the Great Plains Emmaus Community, and has served as Community Lay Director as well as having participated in and spoken at many of the women's weekends and as Lay Director for Great Plains Women's Walk to Emmaus #44. Since 2003 Kairos Prison Ministry has been a huge part of her life. She participates in and mentors at Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Manitou. She has served at all levels of the ministry and chaired the local Advisory Council and the Oklahoma State Chapter Committee. Before being elected to the Board of Directors, she was the Oklahoma International Council Representative where she served as chair of the Ministry Coordination Committee.

Evelyn Lemly, KPMI Executive Director

Evelyn has served in Executive Leadership roles at Bible League and Biblica in areas of resource development, marketing, communications, branding and strategic planning. She also served as the President of the ministry foundation. These global ministries in their own distinctive way placed Bibles to share the gospel with people around the world. In her ministry work she has worked with staff and volunteers, thus realizing the importance of the people and strong communication to fulfill the mission. She has broad experience in corporate business and non profit ministry. Before moving to non profit ministry service, Evelyn worked for BASF and American Cyanamid in various sales, marketing, strategic planning, management and leadership positions. She left the corporate world as she was called to serve full time in ministry work that shares Jesus Christ to impact and change lives. Evelyn has lived in various locations in North Carolina, Tennessee, New Jersey, and Indiana. She has traveled the US extensively and visited numerous countries around the world. She earned her Bachelor of Science degrees from North Carolina State University and her MBA from Columbia Business School at Columbia University in NY. Evelyn was selected as the Executive Director of Kairos Prison Ministry, Inc. in December 2012.