OUR TEAM

Meet Our Founder

Going through an unplanned pregnancy herself, Amy Ford knows what it feels like to experience shame and loneliness with nowhere to turn to for guidance, support and direction. No one had ever told her about the free, life-saving services that Pregnancy Centers provide and local churches didn’t appear to be a safe place to turn to so she found herself at an abortion clinic. Because of fear, she felt as if there were no other options, but God intervened. She passed out in the abortion room before the procedure happened and she walked back out the doors still pregnant.
 
She married her high school sweetheart, Ryan Ford, and they faced their unexpected pregnancy together. Looking back on that season of brokenness fueled their passion and desire to change things for young women with unplanned pregnancies. In 2008, Amy and her friend Salina, started a small group at her local church that met weekly with girls in that same situation providing support, friendship, guidance and love. A few years later in 2012, Embrace Grace was formed, a national non profit to equip churches all around the nation to have a pro-love focus and help women be brave and choose life.  Since then, thousands of women have gone through the Embrace Grace program and were put back on a path towards Jesus.

Amy Ford is the Co-Founder and President of Embrace Grace, a non-profit that inspires and equips the church to love single and pregnant young women and their families. She is also the author of Help Her Be Brave: Discover Your Place in the Pro-Life Movement.  Amy speaks nationally to a varied audience including women’s ministry events, pro-life and adoption conferences, church leadership equipping and pregnancy center benefits.

Amy has been married for 25 years to Ryan. They have 4 kids, and their oldest son Jess is married with a baby on the way!

The Embrace Grace Dream Team

Amy Ford
Founder + President
Amy Ford
Founder + President
Eric Fellman
President, Ascent
Eric Fellman
President, Ascent
Tiffany Wheeless
Owner, Babe's Chicken
Tiffany Wheeless
Owner, Babe's Chicken
Brent Pennington
Entrepreneur
Brent Pennington
Entrepreneur
Chris Capehart
CEO, ChrisCapehart.co
Chris Capehart
CEO, ChrisCapehart.co
Bob Bollinger
Entrepreneur
Bob Bollinger
Entrepreneur
Kellie Bauerle
Group Development Team
Amber Cole
Group Development Team
Amy Ford
Founder + President
Jennifer Bellamy
Director of Groups
Ashley Ziegler
Director of Marketing
Hannah Morris
Director of Donor Relations
Anika Hamann
Executive Assistant
Morgan Butler
System Administrator
Wendi Jenkins
Groups Manager
Erika Porter
Outreach Manager
Melissa Ansley
Marketing Manager
Amanda Grigalis
Digital Marketing Manager
Shelby Winborne
Project Coordinator
Brooklynn West
Graphic Designer
Brooke Gautreaux
Social Media Strategist
Stacie Putman
Fulfillment Coordinator
Juliette Poland
Events Coordinator
Mianda Mulumba
Creative Writer
Madeline Martinez
Groups Administrator
Suzanna Gadberry
Brave Girl Coordinator
Rachel Blanton
Share The Love Coordinator
Kailee Ridenour
Groups Coordinator
Lindsay Pierson
Groups Coordinator
Heather Swartzlander
Groups Coordinator
Camille Belknap
Groups Coordinator
Linda Schankowski
Donor Relations Coordinator
Morgan Westbrook
Office Administrator
Kimberly Stone
Northwest Regional Representative
Emma Basinger
Donor Relations Administrator
Annabell Elizondo
DFW Regional Representative
Kari Jobe Carnes
Grammy Award Winning Artist
Jim Daly
President, Focus on the Family
Jackie Hill Perry
Best-Selling Author and Speaker
Patricia Heaton
Actress
Missy Robertson
Duck Dynasty, Speaker & Author
Lisa Bevere
Co-Founder of Messenger Intl, Author and Speaker
Kirk and Tammy Franklin 
Grammy Award Winning Artist, Author
Bob Goff
Best Selling Author
James Robison
Author, Host of Life Today Show

Want to join the Embrace Grace Dream Team?

We are a growing ministry and employment opportunities are sometimes available. Check out if what we have open is a good fit for you and your passion and experience! 

Come by and say hi!

If you’re ever in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, schedule a tour to see the Embrace Grace headquarters! You can even put together a Love Box! We would love to say hi and give you a hug! 

We are better together!

Want to join us in saving lives? We can get you started!