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Founder and President of the board
Renee Arnett has ten years of experience with faith-based recovery through Christian 12 Step Ministry, a jail/prison ministry. She began leading recovery groups in January 2011 and has taught in churches, the Marion County Jail, and Lowell Correctional. She worked as one of Christian 12 Step’s program directors from March 2015 to April 2020. In that time, she branded the ministry, created their social media, revised its study guide, Walking the 12 Steps with Jesus Christ, revised two of their three correspondence courses, developed facilitator training, and built relationships within the community. Renee is also certified in Creation Therapy, an evidence-based, biblical model for Christian Counseling through the Sarasota Academy of Christian Counseling.
Renee is passionate about helping women heal and empowering them to discover and pursue their God-given gifts and purpose. Renee shares, “I am a better wife, mother, sister, friend, and Jesus follower because of the personal healing I pursued.”
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Executive Director
Melissa holds a master’s degree in Leadership and Organizational Business Management and an undergrad degree in Human Services with an emphasis in Sociology and Substance Abuse/Addiction. Melissa has over sixteen years working in case management, addictions, and social services as a child welfare social worker, protective investigator, guardian-ad-litem, and more recently as a Community Director and Case Management Lead in the area of Community Programs for at-risk populations; she is also a free-lance writer with published articles and various blogs.
Melissa desires to see women live a life of passion, purpose, and self-love; a life free from addictions, pains, and wounds. She wants to help women create lives they are passionate about and love.
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Vice President/Treasurer of the board.
Virginia has an MBA in finance and nonprofit administration and over 25 years experience as a Chief Financial Officer, Chief Development Officer, and Executive Director for nonprofit organizations with budgets of $100K to $95M. Virginia started her own consulting firm in 2017 that provides strategic planning, financial management, and nonprofit tax reporting services to nonprofit organizations.
Virginia is passionate about His House for Her because of her volunteer work with Christian 12 Step Ministry. Virginia shares, “It was a revelation for me that the 12 Step program could help people not only with addictions, but with all of the emotional strongholds and dependencies everyone experiences in life. I also came to understand the importance of housing and supporting women as they transition out of a life chained to pain and suffering and learn to live healthier to become strong members of the community.” Virginia’s passion in life is helping nonprofit organizations like His House for Her with a mission to help people and save lives.
