Bernard M. Goode Jr., known to many as “BGOODE,” is married to Tammie S. Goode (wife of 15+ years) and has three beautiful young adult daughters. Bernard joined the United States Army right out of High School and faithfully served his country for 10 years. During the first Gulf War, he earned three distinguishing service medals: the Kuwait Liberation Medal, National Defense Medal, and the Southwest Asia Service Medal. He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1996 with a host of other awards and achievements. Bernard is currently the Vice President of Warehouse Operations & Fleet for a thriving company called Wittenbach Business Systems. Throughout this 20-year tenure, he has helped the multi-million dollar company reach major milestones. As a result of hard work and tenacity, he was named Employee of the Year in 2018, and given the highest award called the "Roy M. Norris Jr." award.Bernard attended the Baltimore School of the Bible in 2015 through 2018 to develop a deeper understanding of the word of God. During this training program, he was presented with the "High Achievement Award" for having the highest average at the end of each school year. Upon graduating from BSOTB in 2018 he was awarded the highest school award called the Thomas E. Harrison award, which is presented to the student who has demonstrated, throughout the course of their studies at the Baltimore School of the Bible, a commitment to the core values of the school and unselfishly gave of their time and talents to the benefit of the school and its community.Bernard has been impacting lives of Baltimore inner city youth for more than 15 years. He started the Sons of Abraham Mentoring Ministry for boys ages 13 to 19 until that particular assignment concluded. He later started the Xcelerate Teen Ministry for both boys and girls until the leadership he sat under relocated to Texas. Through both of these ministries Bernard developed upstanding young men and women who may not have had any opportunity to succeed in life. His loving, fatherly guidance gave them the basic skills, along with the word of God, required to transform their lives in a major way. They went from being great liabilities to valued assets in their community. Bernard's life verse for the young people is: "For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, they are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. " (Jeremiah 29:11 NLT).Bernard’s super charged personality and warm smile is very contagious, to young and old alike. His ability to meet people where they are and change the temperature of any conversation, is one of his greatest attributes. This powerful, God-given gift helps to save lives, one person at a time.
Tammie Goode has been a faithful employee of the Department of Defense for over 30 years. She took advantage of internal training opportunities and successfully completed certification programs, which helped her to become a valuable asset to the United States as a whole. Over the past three decades, she received numerous promotions, monetary awards, and letters of appreciation; and continues to position herself for future recognition through hard work and dedication.Tammie is also committed to doing kingdom work within the church as well as outside in the community. She is part of Life Source West (LSW) Church located at Easterwood Recreation Center. LSW started as a small outreach ministry--reaching the West Baltimore Community for Christ--but has grown into its very own church in such a short period of time. Tammie supports the ministry by singing on the Praise & Worship Team, going on prayer-walks in designated areas of the inner city, and preaching the Word of God on a rotational basis. Finally, Tammie has trademarked her own Corporate Identity called GeneSIS Restoring Women, which is a healing and deliverance ministry for women of all nationalities and diverse backgrounds. This ministry meets once a month with the goal of helping women heal from early childhood and/or adulthood emotional trauma. These "sister circles" are really making a difference in the lives of everyone in attendance.
Bill Williams is a retired Partner with the accounting firm of Stegman and Company. He brings over 40 years of experience in financial reporting and income taxes.Bill is a life-long resident of the Baltimore area and currently lives in Towson, Maryland. He attended Baltimore City public schools and went onto graduate from Towson University in 1979. Upon graduation from college, he joined a local public accounting firm, Stegman and Company and became a partner in 1988. During his career he served numerous Baltimore area companies, focusing manly on financial institutions. He retired from a succeeding firm, DHG in 2021.Bill has been active in the Baltimore community and has served on various nonprofit boards and committees.He has been married to his wife, Donna for 35 years and has 2 sons, Christopher and Matthew.
Loir McDaniel is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Maryland. He has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida. He has been an employee in the Facilities Management department at The John Hopkins Health System for 20 years. He held the position of Mechanical Professional Engineer until his most recent Promotion in February of 2019 to Design Manager with a team of 6 employees that report to him. Loir is responsible for team management, monitoring, reporting, scheduling of projects and timely project execution. He is certainly no stranger to handling several projects at the same time. He also makes himself available to fully help the organization with overall growth objectives by utilizing his skills and years of experience to support any and all new projects brought to the team. In 2018, he was presented with two awards: Employee of the Year & Most Valuable Team Player in the Engineering Design Department.Loir is also an Ordained Bishop with the Church of God (Cleveland, TN). He, along with his wife, Andrea, were the founding pastors of Life Source West Church in West Baltimore where services were held every Sunday at 3:00pm to reach the community. He is passionate about reaching the lost and connecting them with Jesus. The Vision of the Life Source West Church was to Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose and Make a Difference. The goal was simply to help people get connected and live L.I.F.E. (Live In Freedom Everyday). Bishop Loir and his wife, Andrea have also directed Small Groups at Life Source Church White Marsh & Life Source West. He also held the office of Evangelist for Life Source International Church. He helped lead the evangelism and prayer teams in Baltimore City from 2013 - 2018. He has participated in several short-term missions trips to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He and his wife founded and directed a successful Sidewalk Sunday School for Children in at-risk, under-served communities in Baltimore City from 2013-2018. Loir led the Life Source West Five-Fold Ministry Team and was on the rotation to preach the word of God on select Sundays. With all of this on his plate, he still found the time to plan community events to bridge the gap between the church and the community. Most recently, his ministry team conducted two community nights where the community was invited to come fellowship with the Life Source West Church to have fun, food, games and fellowship so that the church could hear the voice of the people to see what we as a church could do to help!
Roger is married to wife, Jan (45 years) and has three children and five grandchildren. He resides in Marco Island, Florida and Lutherville, Maryland. Roger graduated from Central Michigan University. He is a member of the Hunt’s Memorial United Memorial Methodist Church and the United Church of Marco Island.Roger is the Chairman, Owner and Founder of Wittenbach Business Systems. The company, headquartered in Sparks, Maryland, was established in 1974 and provides money processing and security systems to the financial industry in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the U. S. Wittenbach Business Systems employs 250 people.Roger has been an active community volunteer for many years. He has previously served leadership positions on the boards of: The Baltimore Station, the Baltimore Museum of Industry and Sports Legends/ Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum. For five years, he co-chaired the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation annual golf tournament and helped to raise over $1 million for at-risk youth.Roger has a passion for helping youth. Every day that something is not happening, he feels is a missed opportunity to make a difference. He is committed to supporting organizations which work to positively impact and empower young people.
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