Lynn Floyd
Executive Director
Lynn has 11 years of service as lead pastor, interim pastor, bi-vocational pastor of several churches in Texas, and is a certified Church Revitalization consultant. He is a certified Maxwell leadership coach, trainer, speaker and facilitator, and ran his own leadership development and coaching practice for several years. Most recently, Lynn led the Leadership and Professional Development Unit for all of the Texas Department of Public Safety. His calling to law enforcement allowed him to see, firsthand, the need for people to engage with families and children in crisis. He and his wife Amanda have six kids, including one from adoption, and they actively serve as foster parents. Lynn holds a Bachelor of Arts from Howard Payne, and a Master of Divinity from Hardin Simmons.
Jordan Hope is a Texas Christian University Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Practitioner in the Austin area. She officially began her professional journey in the foster care system through direct care positions at an emergency shelter and residential treatment center (RTC). After over 5 years, she completed her time as a houseparent with the intention to carry her trauma informed care into other social services spheres of influence in the Austin area. She has implemented trauma informed care into her work with aged out foster care youth who are court involved, experiencing homelessness, and/or are survivors of trafficking. In early 2020, Jordan completed the single parent adoption of her 17 year old daughter, Lizzy. Jordan Hope has been a fan and advocate for the mission of Fostering Hope as a foster to adopt parent, church member and professional.
Margo Stefka
Operations Manager
Margo is an outgoing professional with over 20 years of experience in Non- Profit, Operations Management, Customer Service and Human Resources. Her goal is to advocate for diversity, inclusivity, forward thinking, and to be a part of the bigger picture.
Grace Loftin
Chief Storyteller & Communications Coordinator
Grace has worked in communications, marketing and graphic design since 2011 to help non-profits grow by developing brilliant content and an optimal web presence. Experienced with kinship placement, reunified families and the special education field, Grace has a passion for Fostering Hope’s mission to equip caretakers with compassion-based training to bring hope and resilience to families.
Kim Holtzclaw
Regional Consultant
Kim’s wide variety of experiences that add to her role as a Trainer for Fostering Hope. Throughout college, she worked as a Youth Pastor and mentored a teen in the foster care system. After gaining her Bachelor’s in Human Sciences from Tarleton State University, she became a High School Family and Community Sciences teacher. After struggling with infertility, she and her husband, Brian, adopted a 2 ½-year-old and a newborn within 6 months of each other. Walking through that process alone without much support gave Kim the motivation to begin working with a newly formed foster care ministry at her church. During those 9 years serving families on their foster care, adoption, and kinship journeys, she and Brian fostered twice. She has also served as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in the Highland Lakes area for the last three years. Kim strongly believes her work in foster care and adoption is a calling to help others find their place as God has called us all to care for children from hard places.
Joshua Owen
Director of Ministry Development and Programs
Josh has a passion for equipping and empowering local churches to meet the needs in and around foster care. He was adopted from foster care, and he has served as a foster parent since 2017. He and his wife have five children ages 7 to 19. Josh has over ten years of church leadership experience and most recently worked as a special education teacher and middle school coach. Outside of work, you can find Josh fly fishing, hiking, enjoying cold brew coffee, and rooting for Austin FC.
Board of Directors
Dr. Brooke Wagen
Brooke Wagen is an internal medicine physician who specializes in older adult primary care and palliative/hospice care. Her career in medicine was preceded by two decades of volunteering in the church, her neighborhood, and as a volunteer medical interpreter. She has three children, the youngest of whom was adopted from Ethiopia as an infant. She lives with her family in East Austin and is committed to her local church; she loves helping families work through major changes and transitions, including adoption, new and hard medical diagnoses, and aging.
Danny Cook
Danny is the founding and Lead Pastor for Legacy Church Ministries and has been active in foster and adoption care for the past ten years. He and his wife, Rachel, have welcomed 17 precious children into their homes through foster care along with their biological children, Elizabeth (17), Hannah (15), Emma (15). In 2015, they welcomed their forever son, Samuel (10) into their home through foster care. In 2015, Danny and Rachel began Unshaken, which is a support network for foster and adoptive parents in central Texas. Danny was introduced to the Fostering Hope team years ago through one of our pastor’s gatherings. He is now enjoying being a part of encouraging and equipping families and churches to say “yes” to kids from hard places and their network of advocates through Fostering Hope.
Lisa Ho
Lisa Ho is a single, foster/adoptive mom whose “foster only” plan was interrupted when the reunification for her two foster sons did not come to fruition. Lisa adopted her sons in March 2019, works as a Business Analyst at a large technology company, and is passionate about foster care awareness. She attends Mosaic Church Austin where she has contributed to building a Christ-minded singles community and helped create support for foster/adoptive parents. In her rare free-time, she loves to write for her blog, Kingdom Love Stories, which has encouraging, real-life stories about Jesus, foster care, and singleness. Visit mamalisafosters.com to find out more.
Will Franke
Will is a father of four (three boys and one girl), and adopted his oldest son through foster care. After attending the A Future and A Hope conference, Will and his wife were exposes to the need in the community, understood the tangible actions they could take to help, and knew where to get the resources needed to make it a reality. This eye-opening experience was the spark they needed to fall in love with foster and adoption. With a Masters in Accounting, Will serves on the board of directors for Fostering Hope to assist with accounting needs.
David Harrison
David Harrison is a seasoned Business Analyst, former foster youth, and entrepreneur who is passionate about bringing awareness and help to those who need it most. David is one of five siblings and has a twin brother as well as twin sisters. He lives in Pflugerville with his wife Julie, and 2 daughters, and spends his free time playing guitar and relaxing with his family.
Fiona McInally (Emeritus)
