MARTHA HOLLEY NEWSOME currently serves with Compassion International as Vice President of Program Development. In this role, she leads the global team responsible for program design, development, and technical support for Compassion’s holistic child development programming. Her team also develops strategic alliances, develops new funding streams, and helps to strengthen partner capacity while providing program design support for Compassion’s marketing and development groups. Martha also provides strategic advice to a digital start-up company, Servant, and is the co-owner of Envision Golf, an indoor golf simulation business in Tualatin, Oregon. She is the former President & CEO of Medical Teams International, a global health and humanitarian organization. She has spent the last 30 years of her life dedicated to serving the health needs of others. During her tenure at Medical Teams, the organization grew from $26 to $60 million, enabling three million people in crisis to be reached with urgent and lifesaving medical care. She holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College. Prior to joining Medical Teams International in 2016, she worked with World Vision International for 20 years, with 15 of those years spent in Mozambique and South Africa. She and her husband live in Portland, Oregon and have two grown children, a son-in-law, and a goldendoodle named Nugget.