Our Team

 

Our team has over 50 years of combined experience working across the globe on For-Profit, Non-Profit and Social Enterprise projects. We have a deep heart for service and love to challenge the status quo whenever possible.

 

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Ryan Mehaffey

CEO / Founder

Ryan has spent his career navigating the tension where mission and profit collide. Before declaring a specific major in college, he was fully committed to an international business focus and has never lost his heart for a global impact. Ryan earned his degree in International Business & Marketing from Marquette University. During his time at Marquette, he soaked up the Jesuit heart for service & social justice. A Social Enterprise consulting trip to northwest India during his junior year was the inspiration for what would become Feast Over Famine.

Ryan spent the first part of his career with large, international brands like Red Bull, Harley-Davidson, Northwestern Mutual, and several others. His work ranged from Operations Management to Financial Management to National Level Sales and Marketing. The wide scope of projects and expertise that Ryan was able to work on in this season set him up to serve organizations in a holistic way.

In 2015, Ryan stepped away from the corporate world and began the journey of bringing his experience and expertise to servant hearted organizations around the globe.

Ryan lives in the Colorado mountains outside Denver with his wife Kyra, their two sons and their Siberian Husky, Nika. They have served in multiple church plants together as a family. In his free time he races mountain bikes, coaches and plays Ultimate Frisbee, rock climbs, hikes, snowshoes, and enjoys pretty much anything that piques his adrenaline a bit higher than it probably should be.


Eileen Lam

Director of Outreach

Born and raised in Colorado, she first developed a passion for social justice & international development during her time studying Nutrition at Colorado State University. After college she moved to East Africa where she gained an appreciation for the Business as Mission model and a heart to see NGO's grow and thrive in ways most suited to their unique communities. Eileen has also spent several years working with entrepreneurial businesses and her experience includes all kinds of admin and do-what-needs-done-type skills.

Now back in the Denver area with her husband and two children, Eileen can be found hanging with friends & family, exploring a new brewery, or investing in the foster care community.

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Becca Turner

Podcast Engineer

With a background in Education and a degree in Business Administration and Psychology, Becca is passionate about supporting the healthy growth and flourishing of individuals, communities, and businesses alike.

She is now married to her high school sweetheart and they live happily in the Greater Denver area. During her free time you can find her working on DIY home remodelling projects, enjoying the outdoors with her Dutch Shepherd dog, Suki, road biking, coaching and playing volleyball, or reading a good book. 


Kyra Mehaffey

Special Projects Strategist

Kyra has spent her entire career focusing on serving others and teaching others how a high level of emotional intelligence can help teams be more effective. Kyra has her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and a Masters in Organization Leadership from Colorado Christian University. She has spent the majority of her career working in Higher Education and Global Missions and has held several leadership roles throughout that time. With her skillset, Kyra adds a unique value to our team to help specific clients with cohesive strategies blending mission, education, and leadership development. She spends a significant amount of time with our team brainstorming creative avenues for our clients to overcome strategic obstacles. Kyra is an avid runner, loves hiking and snowshoeing, and is most happy galavanting around the Colorado Rockies with her family.

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Erica Myeni

Special Projects Strategist

A Colorado native, Erica now spends her time back & forth between Colorado & Africa. With a background of 20+ years in church & non-profit ministry and an MDiv from Denver Seminary, Erica brings a wide spectrum of experience with a varied skillset.  While serving in church ministry and working with non-profits in the US & Africa, Erica has spent her career helping churches & organizations to strategically & efficiently serve the people they are seeking to reach.  Erica’s skills include project management, writing, teaching, bookkeeping, strategic administration & she can often be found just doing what needs to be done to make things happen (cooking meals, leading teams, building websites, fundraising, building community gardens, etc).

Erica loves to be outside with her husband & three young kids - whether in Africa or Colorado & you can often find them gardening, hiking, camping or hanging out with friends & family.