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Joy Lee
Program Administrator and Associate Fellow
Joy Lee is the program administrator for the M.A. in Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership program, supports a growing alumni community, and fosters partnerships. She cares deeply about faith-based humanitarian education, art as psychosocial care, gender-based violence issues, racial justice, and creating space for peace work. As an HDI Associate Fellow, she also has an interest in writing and speaking on these issues. She has worked on projects in different mediums such as: Torn Memories of Nanking by Tamaki Matsuoka (a collection of testimonies); In Sundry Languages, a play by Toronto Lab Theatre; Make Food, Not War, a short documentary, by Siobhan Productions Inc.; and Everything will Live Where the River Goes a mural, University of Dubuque. Joy has her M.A in Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership from Wheaton College and has B.A. degrees in Theatre and Semiotics, and Urban Education from the University of Toronto/OISE.
Rose Mumma-Dickson
Office and Operations Coordinator
As Office Coordinator, Rose provides administrative support to both the M.A. in Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership and the Humanitarian Disaster Institute. Rose previously worked with HDI from 2016-2017 and is excited to be back at Wheaton College and supporting the HDI team. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, and in her free time enjoys exploring creative projects and spending time with her husband and daughter.
Kiki Schleiff Cherry
Outreach and Project Manager
As Outreach and Project Manager, Kiki is responsible for oversight and coordination of community-oriented programs at the Humanitarian Disaster Institute. She also engages and supports facilitators in their efforts to launch and lead Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course groups. Kiki's previous experience includes serving as Co-Director of New Life Campus Ministries at Carnegie Mellon University, working as a Relationship Manager for a volunteer management software company in Dallas, and serving on the New Channels and Partnerships team at World Vision. She holds a B.A. degree in Communications from Ouachita Baptist University. Kiki volunteers on the content review team for YouVersion and works with preschoolers and college students at her church. She is married to Doug. They have a daughter and son-in-law, a son, three grand cats and one very spoiled grand dog.