GFM Board of Directors

The GFM Board of Directors are highly experienced and compassionate leaders from diverse backgrounds who play a pivotal role in guiding GFM’s vision, strategy, and mission. Their collective insight and leadership enables GFM to continuously innovate our strategies for continued growth and success. In partnership with the Executive Director and Global Leadership Team (GLT), the Board provides strategic leadership, responsible governance, and financial stewardship.


Together, we remain dedicated to training laborers to reach the unreached in our neighborhoods and in the nations. 

Board Members

Grant Haynes


Grant Haynes founded Global Frontier Missions in 2000 while church planting among indigenous groups in southern Mexico. He spent 14 years serving in Oaxaca, Mexico with his wife and three children church planting, hosting short-term mission groups, running an indigenous Bible school, and starting a missionary training school for North Americans. Grant now serves in Clarkston, GA, known as the most diverse square mile in America, reaching Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim refugees from around the world.

Brock Beisel, Chair


Brock found out about GFM through a life-changing Perspectives class in Athens, GA in 2014. Brock Beisel has sat on the GFM Board of Directors since October 2017 and has served as the Board Chair since April 2019. Brock, Jenna Leigh, Evie Jean, and their chocolate lab, Yonah, live in Peachtree Corners, GA and attend Peachtree Corners Baptist Church. Brock works remotely as a Director of Treasury Consulting at Clearsulting. Brock loves to play tennis, hike, and read.

Craig Haynie


Craig is the Founder and CEO of CablesAndKits and EscapeTheHOA. He is an entrepreneur, mentor, and "business as missions" ambassador. Craig lives near Athens, Georgia with his wife and two children.

Valerie Dorsey


Valerie Dorsey is honored to join the Global Frontier Missions board sharing her Human Resources experience gained over a 35+ year career serving global, national, and local organizations. Her various roles include Employee Relations Advisor, Accommodations Specialist, Senior Human Resources Business Partner, and Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Manager. Valerie holds a Masters of Science in Management, Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness and has a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification.


Valerie is married, with two children and three grandchildren and is blessed to attend the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where she is involved in the Church Choir and social justice initiatives. She enjoys traveling abroad and has visited several countries in Africa.

Matthew Judd


Matt and his wife, Suzie, pastor Good News Church in Augusta, Georgia – the church they pioneered in 1995. They are committed to inspiring and equipping believers to share the Gospel, do the works of Christ, and make disciples who make disciples. Through God’s grace more than 20,000 people have given their lives to Christ through the people of Good News. In this season, they are leading the church through a time of transition with the aim of sparking a disciple-making movement in Augusta and beyond.


He got his undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University and a Masters in Business from Augusta University. Before serving in ministry he was a controller for International Paper. In addition to serving on the GFM board, he is the current board chairman for International Gospel Outreach in Semmes, Alabama. Matt and Suzie are blessed to be the parents of four adult children who are married and following Jesus.

James Key


Jim Key joined the Global Frontier Mission Board in 2019 after taking the Perspectives class. He has worked in finance, supply chain and strategy roles for Fortune 500 companies for 27 years. Jim has been active in short term missions with his wife and two children and is blessed to work with a team so dedicated to sharing the gospel around the world.

Serving with Global Frontier Missions Board of Directors is an extraordinary opportunity for individuals who believe in GFM's vision for the unreached people groups of the world and are qualified, willing, and ready to meet the commitments outlined in our Board of Directors' Information Packet.

In a recent self-evaluation, 100% of GFM Board Members:

  • Report that serving at GFM is a satisfying and rewarding experience.
  • Would recommend service on the GFM board to someone of whom they think highly.

Board of Directors Application Process

  1. Submit an online application.
  2. Participate in an interview with a board member or the Executive Director.
  3. Attend one board meeting as an observer to see if it is a good fit.
  4. Receive approval for the board of directors.
  5. Accept an invitation to join GFM's Board of Directors.
  6. Go through a brief onboarding process.

Advisory Board

Additionally, Global Frontier Missions is led by the Advisory Board, partnering with the Executive Director and Board of Directors to provide a specific skill set and prayerful support through strategic decisions. This is an extraordinary opportunity for individuals who want to see the gospel taken to the remaining unreached people groups of the earth, but are not yet ready or are not currently in a position to dedicate enough time or fundraising effort that comes with a board position and a three-year term.

APPLY FOR THE GFM ADVISORY BOARD

Thank you for considering this opportunity to use your gifts, talents, and resources to come alongside Global Frontier Missions as we mobilize, train, and multiply laborers among the unreached!

We want your leadership and expertise

to bless the nations!

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