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Rev. Dr. Robin Stoops
Board Chairman
Rev. Dr. Robin Stoops
Board Chairman
Rev. Dr. Robin Stoops is currently serving as the Transitional Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church of Topeka, KS. He is also working part-time with ABCUSA as the Mission Resource Coordinator, and the Coordinator of the Burma Refugee Commission. The Rev. Dr. Robin D. Stoops has been a pastor for thirty-nine years. He served as Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of Nebraska for twelve years. During his ministry he has pastored churches in South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Stoops is a graduate of Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kan., with a bachelor’s degree in education, North American Baptist Seminary (now Sioux Falls Seminary, Karios University) with a Master of Divinity degree, and completed a doctoral degree in Missional Leadership/Contextual Theology at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Ill. He also completed a professional certificate in Negotiation and Mediation from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas and received a certificate in Religious Fundraising from the Lake Institute at Indiana University. He was awarded the Pastor of the Year award in 2008 by the American Baptist Men of Nebraska. His work with the American Baptist Churches has included preaching, pastoral searches, leadership training, conflict transformation, and consultation with churches in mission giving and development. He has also led multiple Mission Study Trips in South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa with pastors from ABC of Nebraska to visit missionaries and partners. Stoops has been a Special Assistant to Theological Education for Burma with International Ministries. He has also served as the Treasurer for the Regional Executive Ministers Council, one of three officer positions in the REMC. He is the founder and director of ChurchHelp.net, a ministry working with unaffiliated churches to provide pastoral searches, leadership training and conflict transformation on a fee basis. Stoops and his wife Kathy Stoops will celebrate 50 years of marriage in July of 2025. They have three grown children, eight grandchildren and two miniature dachshunds.
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Zo Tum Hmung
President & CEO
Zo Tum Hmung
President & CEO
Zo Tum Hmung is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Burma Research Institute. He previously co-founded and served as the Executive Director of the Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center-Union of Burma (ENAC), a research center that supports the peace process and development of democratic institutions in Burma. Mr. Hmung completed his master’s in public administration (MPA) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School, concentrating on foreign policy and negotiations. He earned another master’s degree with a concentration in Christian Faith and Public Policy from Eastern University’s Palmer Seminary. He also graduated with a bachelor’s degree in theology (Christianity) in Burma.
A long-time advocate for democracy and human rights in Burma, he advocates for freedom of religion or belief, including by testifying before the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. He was born in Chin State, Burma, and currently lives with his family in Ellicott City, Maryland. -
Dr. Jenny Siegel
Manager of Research
Dr. Jenny Siegel
Manager of Research
Dr. Siegel is Assistant Professor, BSW and MSW Practicum Director in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Rev. Tim Siemens
Advisory Member
Rev. Tim Siemens
Advisory Member
Rev. Siemens graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1985 and has spent the last 34 years on staff with Grace Community Church in a variety of roles. Before his retirement in May of 2019 he was an elder.
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Rev. Dr. Robin Stoops
Board Chairman
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Zo Tum Hmung
President & CEO
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Dr. Jenny Siegel
Manager of Research
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Rev. Tim Siemens
Advisory Member