More Good Foundation Management Team
Jonathan Johnson, President
Jonathan has participated as a principle in Real Estate Development and corporate consulting since his departure from Merrill Lynch. He has worked to turn companies in difficulty around and has found fulfillment in this.
His greatest professional opportunity has come in his association with the More Good Foundation. Here, Jonathan's love for missionary work and sensitivities to perception and marketing could be utilized.
Jonathan has served as the President of the More Good Foundation since December of 2007. He is grateful to be a part of such a wonderful team, which is doing such a profound work.
Giuseppe Martinengo, Vice President of Operations
Giuseppe obtained his MBA in 2002 and started working as controller at 10xMarketing. In 2004 he went back to school (part-time), to pursue a PhD in Marriage, Family and Human Development, which he obtained in 2007.
In 2005 Giuseppe was invited to become the Content Director of the newly established More Good Foundation. Finally he could go back to be strongly involved with missionary work, but this time on the Internet.
Giuseppe loves being involved with More Good Foundation, working in multiple languages and countries. Once in a while he teaches marriage preparation classes at BYU, to help students to understand and prepare for righteous marriages.
Heather Newell, Vice President of Technology
Heather develops, designs, and manages the majority of our websites, applications, networks, and videos. She began creating LDS websites in 1996 and has owned four web based companies and numerous websites.
Heather loves the gospel, and has taken part in many online discussions with investigators, the first of who was baptized in 1997. LDS.net, which Heather created and manages, has seen nine LDS.net investigators become baptized in 2008.
Heather is married and has two sons. She enjoys board games, video games, and creating DVDs.
Karen Merkley, Director of PR & Marketing
Karen works with the team and President to reach out to the community and potential donors, presenting the focus, mission, and impact of online missionary work in individual lives. She believes that we can facilitate great change in the world with collective and individual effort as we keep our covenants to stand as witnesses--one voice, one blog, one baptism, one life at a time.
Karen has worked previously in various capacities as Media Relations Director and Director of Public Affairs in the Orlando area, Church Curriculum writer, Co-Director in Stake Family History and counselor in Stake Relief Society Presidency, Stake Leadership Trainer, Stake Welfare Leader, and in Ward Relief Society Presidency, Spiritual Living Instructor, and most of all, she loves to visit teach. She continues in her extra hours as conservative political activist. Karen is a former freelance columnist for Meridian Magazine, and previously served with the Arbinger Institute family as a volunteer facilitator, relishing the work of C. Terry Warner, Duane Boyce and Jim Ferrell.