Leadership Team
Keith Moore, Senior Partner
Husband to Patty for 46 years, father to 4 and grandfather to 15. After 30 years as a small-business entrepreneur, Keith felt called to put his business knowledge and experience to work for nonprofits and churches. 5 years ago that call shifted from consulting to developing and managing comprehensive, cloud-based back-office solutions so that pastors & non-profit leaders could focus on their call to take the gospel in word & deed to their communities.
Kara Callaghan, Partner
When she’s not at a Nationals baseball game, traveling to international destinations, or learning to sail, Kara loves sharing a meal and laughter with family and friends. Before joining the Auxilio team, Kara was the Chief of Staff for Grace Downtown in Washington, DC and Director of Operations for Radstock Ministries. She has 18+ years of experience managing non-profits. Kara brings a broad range of experience and a heart to serve new churches and those wanting to grow their mission.
Tim Chambers, CTO
Tim has been designing, building, testing, and integrating software and technology for 25 years. He likes to make sure that technology serves the mission of the organization—and the people who are carrying out that mission—instead of the other way around. His experience, combined with his background in photography and design, has allowed him to work on projects all over the world, with new and established churches, non-profits, NGOs, startups, and major corporations. But his favorite work these days is helping his wife raise their two young daughters in Washington, DC.
Jim tanious, COO
Jim has over 30 years of experience in the public and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining the Auxilio team as our COO, he spent over 18 years doing operations for DC Public Schools, followed by 12 years as the COO of a thriving multi-site church in the DC Metro area. Jim has served and is serving on the boards of churches and other non-profits. Jim loves all things Maryland, having grown up there, including Maryland beaches, crabs, and teams (go Terps, Ravens, and Orioles!). Jim lives in the Northern Virginia area with his wife and daughter.
Partner Strategists
Aaron Angstrom
Aaron lives in Orlando, FL with his wife of 20 years, Kathleen, and his four children. He enjoys family dinners, fishing with his kids, and snowboarding. His career in ministry began as a Worship Director while attending The University of Florida. In addition to his role with Auxilio, he serves as the Executive Director for NewCity Presbyterian Church in downtown Orlando and has 20+ years of experience serving in finance and operations for the church. Aaron has served NewCity from its inception as a church plant to a thriving congregation - giving him a broad experience of administrating the business needs of the church. Aaron is excited to continue use his experience to serve growing churches and non-profits.
Bob Sawyer
Bob has served as Director of the Christ the King Boston Church Planting Center for the past 10 years, helping to facilitate a multisite movement of church planting throughout greater Boston. Much of his work has been focused on developing operational structures for the church, and coming alongside pastors and church planters to help support their missions. Bob also brings over 10 years of campus ministry experience in New England, both on campus and as a regional director for operations.
Bryan Newman
Bryan brings to Auxilio 10 years of HR experience, most recently supporting deployment of human capital management software with a focus on payroll, benefits, and employee life cycle management. Prior to his time in the HR space, Bryan was a youth minister at his church in Dallas, where he, his wife, and two little girls still attend. When he’s not chasing down toddlers at home or pastors at work, Bryan enjoys date nights with his wife, golf, football, and movies his wife thinks are weird.
CHRISSY WEEKS
Chrissy is a big fan of breaking out in song, spending time with neighbors and family, and trying different restaurants around D.C. She comes to Auxilio with 17+ years of working in and with nonprofits. Chrissy provides operational structure combined with her program development and fundraising experience in order to see organizations thrive. Although her work has taken her all over the world, she lives with her husband, two children, and dog in Washington, D.C. Chrissy is thrilled to be working with Auxilio as they support the mission of growing churches and nonprofits.
Dana Staley
Dana has been working in the nonprofit sector for 12+ years, dedicating her skills to social service organizations by strengthening programs and creating sustainable internal structures. Dana has worked with various nonprofits that focus on foster care, homelessness, and at-risk youth, first in Boston and later in Washington DC, where she now calls home. Dana is thrilled to use her passion for problem solving and organizational skills at Auxilio to strengthen nonprofits so that they can best serve their clients. Married to Jamie and mom to Kai, Dana loves nothing more than traveling, spending time outdoors, and sharing a meal with friends and family.
Taylor Wallace
Bio coming soon.
Operations Specialists
Allison Darnell
Allison has a degree in Finance from UCF. Prior to Auxilio, Allison was the lead HR and Accounting Administrator for a software consulting company. She brings over 18 years of experience with bookkeeping and HR to the Auxilio team. She was born and raised in Orlando, FL and has been married to her husband, Zach, since 2001 and they have two boys. When not working, she enjoys playing board games and watching TV with friends, reading and running.
Amy Copeland
As the wife of a military doctor, Amy has lived in many different places, including South Carolina, Chicago, DC, Hawaii, and beautiful Kenya, and has been an active part of 3 different young church plants. She's spent time as a bookkeeper for 2 different organizations, has had 2 self-owned businesses (as a photographer and children's book consultant) and has volunteered with several non-profit organizations, especially during her time in Kenya. She currently lives in Hawaii with her husband, two kids, and Rhodesian Ridgeback. When she's not working on books, she's either at the beach with kids, hiking, being a part of the church worship team, or challenging someone to the next board game. Amy loves supporting ministries from behind-the-scenes, shouldering some of the operational tasks so ministries can be free to focus on their main calling.
Amy Twele
Amy has more than 10 years of experience in the finance and accounting industries. In addition to her role with Auxilio, she serves as the Associate Area Director with Young Life in Warren County, Virginia. As both a CPA and a missionary, she is very familiar with many of the joys and challenges encountered by churches and other nonprofits. She has found great purpose and enjoyment in coming alongside these organizations to provide structure and support so they can focus on their mission. She has a strong affinity towards all things coffee and loves exploring the Shenandoah National Park and Shenandoah River with her husband Brandon and their two young children.
Carla Kooistra
Bio coming soon.
Dani Wigle
With her background in marketing and communications, Dani has worked in a variety of industries including healthcare and the performing arts. Before that, she served on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) at the University of Florida (Go Gators!) where she discovered her love for mentoring others. Dani is passionate about building strong relationships with her clients and helping them further their missions. On a personal side, Dani most enjoys being on outdoor adventures with her husband, Graham, of over 10 years and her two young children.
Jenny Caldwell
Jenny and her husband Mac own a Christmas tree farm in South Carolina, where they live with their three kids. When she's not caring for trees, Jenny loves growing flowers and reading with her children. After doing non-profit real estate development in Boston for several years, Jenny has spent the past decade keeping the books for various churches. She loves getting to be a small, behind-the-scenes part of how God is growing his kingdom through the church.
Keleigh Caldwell
Bio coming soon.
Kim Phalen
Kim is a lover of all things nature. Hiking, beaching, skiing, and roadtripping are all her favorite things. Kim loves spending time with her son Alex, friends and family. Before joining the Auxilio team, Kim worked in accounting for a company in the Mass Save Energy Program. During the pandemic, Kim and some friends formed a small business with the mission to pick up trash and clean up the world one step at a time. To date they have collected over 200 bags of trash from beaches, parks and neighborhoods. Kim brings a can-do attitude to all she does.
Laraine Irvin
Bio coming soon.
Laura Cheng
After leaving a career teaching high school English in 2012, Laura joined the staff of a church plant taking on administrative and bookkeeping duties. Prior to joining Auxilio, Laura was the bookkeeper of a church with congregations across the Greater Boston area. She brings years of skills and experience managing multiple congregations to the Auxilio team. When not working, she enjoys reading, biking, and finding good eats. Laura lives in Boston with her husband and four children.
Laura Snyder
Bio coming soon.
Liz Cressy
A family of outdoor enthusiasts, Liz and her husband Ben and two children have a goal of visiting all 63 National Parks. If she isn't doing something outdoors, you can find Liz trying out some new recipes, reading a great book or relaxing at the beach. Before joining the team at Auxilio, Liz served as the Director of Finance and Administration at an urban faith-based nonprofit in Boston for 10 years. Liz is passionate about providing the behind-the-scenes support that ministries and churches need to grow and thrive in their mission.
Liz Larson
Liz and her husband, Eric, have their hands full with two little boys, but that does not stop their family from road-tripping, hiking, and biking as much as possible. On more low-key days, Liz also loves cooking and hanging out with her enormous extended family outside Chicago. Liz is currently studying for a Master of Social Work, but also gets pretty intense about making just about anything run efficiently, and loves to help organizations and churches operate at full capacity.
Lydia Carter
After a season running her own small business as a certified Spanish-to-English translator, Lydia transitioned into supporting other small businesses with their finance and organizational needs. As a member of Auxilio’s nonprofit support team she loves learning about her clients’ unique missions and finding creative solutions to their challenges. Based in Boston, Lydia enjoys kayaking, rooting for the Red Sox, and hiking all the trails that New England has to offer.
Mike Juday
Mike has been married to Emma since 2011 and they have three children. Mike was part of a church plant on the pastoral team where he served for 10 years as music director, executive pastor, and Elder. In 2021, Mike and family moved just outside of Pittsburgh, PA to complete his MDiv. Mike is passionate about helping churches operate with integrity and faithfulness as they live out gospel mission. Mike enjoys a good book, a long hike, smoking meats, and is fanatical about the Columbus Crew.
Rebekah Reese
Rebekah has over a decade of ministry related experience with nonprofits and churches. She has a heart to help people connect to learn to follow Jesus together. She is currently also working part-time as a Connections Pastor on staff at a church plant that happens to be one of our clients, Verge Church. You can find Rebekah in her spare time reading a good book, watching British tv shows, listening to a podcast or spending time being the best Auntie in the world!
Stephanie St. Clair
Stephanie has worked for various non-profit healthcare systems and has been actively involved in two church plants in the metro DC area. As the wife of a church planting pastor, she knows first hand the joys and struggles of church planting and is thankful to serve in a way that allows organizations to focus on their mission.
Central Services
Jill Stampe
HR Manager. Bio coming soon.
Christopher McCrea
Technical specialist. Bio coming soon.
Tanisha Webster
New client onboarding & knowledge management. For the past 24 years, Tanisha has been serving the church through discipleship of women and children, overseas missions, and various program and leadership roles. When she’s not crafting or taking care of plants, she’s either working through visiting all 50 states or leaving it all on the skating rink floor. Her love for the church has helped create a beautiful network of community and connections across the world. To support Auxilio, she brings 20 years of experience in client relations and project managment to serve both our new clients and current staff. Tanisha is currently pursuing her Project Management certification while also pursuing a Master’s of Biblical Studies at RTS Atlanta.