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Form: Senior Staff MESSGRF Application

Submitted by joshua.bilhorn

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 12:28

97.87.49.43

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Name of Staff Applicant Kathy Moua

Name of RD/VP Tim Peterson

Region Lakes and Plains

This staff is at least in his/her 5th year Yes

Salary Information

Budgeted Salary Level CSM 2 / Salary Level 6

Actual Salary Level CSM 1 / Salary Level 5

Budgeted Salary in Dollars $45,000

Actual Salary in Dollars 37,080

Local Funding Sources and amounts (list Area, Division, or Regional seed money, matching grants, Chapter Planting start-up grants, Jumpstart, in kind gifts, etc.) Lakes and Plains Region will be giving Kathy a $10,000 grant

Grant Criteria

Ethnic Identity (check all that apply) Southeast Asian

Financial Difficulty (check all that apply)

Limited networks or average gift < $600 annually
Parental objections
Gender issues, e.g. part-time staff due to parenting life stage, woman from a theologically conservative church background, etc.
High cost of living
Challenging ethnic PR issues, e.g. Black church, Native American community, Latino community, unfamiliar with InterVarsity.
Church partnerships have limited capacity (<$3K annually per church)

Please describe their situation including their ending deficit or surplus for the last three years and any present escrow in their account

As a Hmong woman, Kathy fights uphill battles at every turn in her MPD. She comes out of the Hmong Christian Alliance Church - which does not have a high view of women in ministry, and she faces rejection regularly. In the past, she has been responsible for caring for family members - though that seems to have eased some. She does have other family obligations.

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Strategic Role: The Senior Staff worker plays a critical leadership role regionally and/or nationally to help build healthy, ethnically diverse witnessing chapters or staff teams Yes

Please describe as it relates to their present and future involvement

Kathy is a key leader in the Lakes and Plains Region in terms of ministry to non-white students. She directs our HC3 conference - critical in our continued growth of Hmong ministry. Kathy has been part of developing Hmong student leadership for many campuses. She also has been a key voice to our senior Regional Leadership (who welcomes her insights) to continue to develop a regional culture that supports and launches out staff of color. We are considering a role of Regional Coordinator for Hmong Ministries - and Kathy would be an obvious choice.

What role (if any) does this staff play in chapter building or chapter planting? Kathy is now the main chapter builder for UW Milwaukee.

What plan or strategy is being implemented regionally to assist this applicant in addressing their fundraising difficulties?

Kathy receives a $10,000 grant from the region - and this can continue for the foreseeable future. Kathy also has coaching in her MPD from both her ADs and our Regional MPD Coach. Kathy has been working VERY well with this structured support (they have come to understand her challenges and she embraces the direction they give to her).

Additional comments or questions

Kathy's work is pivotal to our ME growth as a region in Lakes and Plains. She is a treasure to us.

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Electronic Signature of Staff Completing This Application (name and zip code) Joshua D. Bilhorn 53563

Email Address joshua.bilhorn@intervarsity.org