Staff & Board

Victoria D. Asikoye (Vickie), a mother to 3 beautiful daughters. Working as CEO for Awareness Counseling Center (ACC), a non-profit organization has helped drive the passion within by standing up and joining the fight to eradicate hunger, eliminate poverty, and bring the best education to those that need it most. During my tenure at ACC, I established a primary school for less fortunate children and a skillful vocational training programs for women and young adults in Liberia, West Africa. Where 500+ women, children, and young adults were educated and equipped with tools to fight against poverty. I also raised funds to help provide food for the hunger and scholarship to needed students in Liberia. -Mother Teresa, “It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” I am very proud to be a member of the Butterfly PAC, serving in the capacities as Head Governance and Vice Chair to the board. As a member of the BPAC, I intend in continuing my fight against hunger and poverty. it is my philosophy that no child or person should go to sleep hungry or deprive a good education. I am a graduate of Warrant National University, where I majored in Health Administration and a graduate of Bellarmine University, where I also majored in Political Science/Pre-law. I currently live in the state of Kentucky with my daughters. When I’m not keeping busy with work, you can find me volunteering at my daughters’ schools, winning souls for Lord, or just having fun with my family. “Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.” -Proverbs 19:17

Marv Baldwin is a leader committed to compassionate and humble service, with nearly 20 years of diverse executive experience in the corporate, non-profit, church, coalition, and government sectors. In his numerous leadership roles, Marv has leveraged his skills and experience as a spiritual guide, empathic listener, public speaker, relationship builder, multi-disciplined coach, thoughtful strategist, and a proven business development, outreach, and fundraising professional. He is committed to deep and prayerful listening to God and others as the starting point to addressing any opportunity, challenge, or problem. Over the years, he has leveraged listening as a way to build trusting relationships, provide appropriate, Spirit-led guidance to others, and better understand how “we” should act both near and long term in order to align most closely with the will of God. Marv has traveled the world and the U.S. in various leadership and outreach capacities witnessing God’s loving presence in places as diverse as inner city neighborhoods, Capitol Hill hearing rooms, Midwest manufacturing floors, corporate board rooms, church pulpits, small farms in Africa, and many more! Marv founded Soul Journeys in 2018 to begin to formally accompany people on their faith journey. In addition, he has utilized his network and platform to work to support young men at risk and returning citizens in the city of Chicago. With such a variety of roles and experiences, the beatitudes have become a living document for him and a roadmap of sorts, as he supports people in their experience of God’s presence. Recognizing the Spirit-filled lives of some of the materially poorest and most disadvantaged people in our world, has guided Marv to deeply experience how brokenness and wounded-ness is our invitation to lean on God. As President and CEO of Growing Hope Globally (GHG), Marv led and guided the board, staff, volunteers, and overseas program partners through a challenging founder transition to regular revenue increases built on greater diversity of funding. Under his leadership, GHG supported more than 1.5 million people in agriculturally based food security programs in 40+ countries. Key to accelerating the growth of a relatively young organization, Marv recruited, empowered and equipped a strong staff, board, and volunteer leaders. Further he led the development of robust systems and processes to underpin GHG’s growth and success. Marv’s career and breadth of experience began in the for-profit sector with sales and management roles at Nalco Water – an Ecolab company. Through his various roles, he has worked with a multitude of local, national, and international leaders, donors, and organizations: public and private companies in multiple sectors; various associations, co-ops and unions; domestic and international NGO’s; government institutions with a focus on DC; educational organizations; large and small foundations; and international partner organizations. Marv has served in various chair and leadership roles in several NFP boards. He is past Chair of the Alliance to End Hunger in Washington DC as well as current chair of its Membership and Governance Committee. He also has served on the Plymouth Place Senior Living board since 2012 serving as 2nd Vice Chair, CEO Search Committee Chair, Mission and Communications Committee Chair, and Governance Committee chair. In addition, Marv served as Board President of The Well, a spirituality center. Marv believes in the capacity of all people and organizations to address opportunities, challenges, or problems, with the right guidance. His career has allowed him to work with people of varying age, religious, ethnic, economic, and political backgrounds. Marv is committed to helping people and organizations discover their inner growth capacity as he has witnessed the freedom, creativity, and expansion that occurs when difficult internal obstacles are addressed. Marv’s international travels have been formative. He and his wife, Amy have lived in Michigan, California, Tennessee, and Illinois during their 33 years of marriage. He has a degree in Mathematics from Hope College, a Masters in Pastoral Counseling from the Graduate Theological Foundation, and a certification in spiritual direction from the Spiritual Guidance Training Institute. He lives in Western Springs, IL and is especially grateful for his life partner, best friend, and spouse, Amy, their three, wonderful, young-adult, children and their dog.

Shannon is a marketing and communications specialist focused in the world of non-profit organizations. Throughout her career, she has found a calling to work with organizations that better the community as a whole- striving for equity, empowerment and fostering a spirit of growth and wellness. Shannon is a mom to two young kids (with a third on the way!) and she is raising them to be world changers. Each morning, when they get up and ready for the day they repeat these words “do your best! Be a good neighbor! Nobody gets left behind! In a world where you can choose to be anything, be kind. We are Hell Raisers, Heaven Bringers, Justice Seekers and Peace Weavers. Let’s go have a great day!” – when the opportunity to join the ButterflyPAC arose, she couldn’t say no. It was a tangible opportunity to live out that family motto. In her spare time, you can find her teaching a 5:45 AM spin class, or reading a good book. She specialized her MBA in Healthcare Administration with the greater goal of pushing for equitable care for all people- and loves that The ButterflyPAC is also fighting to take care of those experiencing poverty and hunger.

Tony Hall is the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, and was chief of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, which includes the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Ambasador Hall is currently a Director for The Alliance to End Hunger and also serves on the Board of Advisors of Opportunity International, a charity that seeks to end poverty through microcredit lending. Prior to his work with the United Nations, Ambassador Hall served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2003 representing Ohio’s Third District.