Darice Baird joined Hope Within as an administrative assistant in 2022. Darice has previously worked in administration and development in several local ministries, including Hope Within from 2013-2015.
She is married to her college sweetheart, Andy, and the mother of four amazing daughters. They attend Living Water Community Church in Harrisburg, PA, and volunteer together as a family with local organizations to serve refugee and immigrant families. They enjoy spending time together outside camping and hiking. Darice also enjoys baking, sewing, and reading.
Ashley Beachy, DMD joined Hope Within as a part-time dentist in 2023. She graduated from Eastern University with a B.S. degree in Biochemistry and obtained her Doctorate of Dental Medicine degree (DMD) from Nova Southeastern University. After completing a general practice residency program in Asheville, NC, she headed back to her home state of PA to start her dental career. She has practiced in a variety of patient care settings, including private practice and public health before settling into her current position at the Lebanon VA hospital.
As a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of General Dentistry, Dr. Beachy values the importance of continuing education in order to provide high quality dental care. She looks forward to sharing Christ’s love and care by helping many patients with dental treatment through Hope Within. Dr. Beachy & her husband, Jonathan, are recently married and enjoy spending time with family and friends and traveling to new places, especially anywhere tropical. Fun fact, Ashley’s mom, Diane Beck serves as a volunteer nurse at Hope Within.
Julia Beiler joined the Hope Within team in 2024. Her role in social media communications aims to inform the community of how we can serve, acknowledge existing volunteers and supporters, and point to the God we represent.
Julia lives in Middletown with her husband Andrew and their son Isaiah. They worship at Hope Community Church in Mount Joy. She enjoys serving in worship ministry on the tech team and she loves to join others in prayer groups.
Before her work at Hope Within Julia was a middle school English teacher at Central Dauphin School District and a paraprofessional teacher's assistant in Autism Support classrooms at IU13. While that work was rewarding and wonderful, being a stay at home mom now is even better!
Julia desires to make the character of God evident through her communication. She enjoys using the platform Hope Within has built to speak of Jesus Christ and His righteousness, grace, and salvation.
Robin Bush, BSN brings a variety of nursing experience to Hope Within. Robin previously served as Director of Clinical Services at Hope Within from 2012- through early 2019, returning as a volunteer later that year. She also works part time at Susquehanna Family Medicine.
Robin lives with her husband Don, of almost 40 years, in Elizabethtown. They have two adult children and 2 grandchildren. They attend Hope Community Church where Robin is involved in Children’s Ministry and Mission programs. Robin desires to be the hands and feet of Jesus and finds sharing her faith while caring for patients a true joy.
Jo has been the Head Nurse at Hope Within since 2019. Jo earned her BSN from Messiah College. Before her time at Hope Within, she volunteered at Beacon Clinic in Harrisburg. During her time at Beacon she developed a love for the uninsured patient population. Her experience there prepared her to step into her current role at Hope Within.
She is married to Brad and they have seven children, one amazing son-in-law, two daughter-in-laws and four precious grandchildren. They live in Elizabethtown and split their time for worship between Hershey Free Church and LCBC in Manheim. Her goal is to bring glory to God in everything she does. At Hope Within she gets the privilege of caring physically, emotionally and spiritually for the uninsured and immigrant population. Her hope is to walk out her faith daily, while bringing grace, kindness and compassion to everyone at Hope Within.
Carol Geiger is the Site Supervisor for the counseling ministry of Hope Within. Carol is a licensed professional counselor who oversees the Lancaster Bible College graduate students as they provide counseling for Hope Within clients.
Carol has more than 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families in a variety of settings. Carol and her husband, Bob, have four children, and nine grandchildren. Carol speaks fluent Spanish from her years of church and community development work in Bogota, Colombia. Carol and Bob are the pastoral couple at City of Refuge Brethren in Christ Church, a small Christian community dedicated to the wellbeing of men who are re-joining society after prison or substance abuse treatment.
Elena joined Hope Within Ministries as the Dental Director in 2019. Dr. Guk resides in Mechanicsburg with her husband Alex, where together they own and operate her private dental practice. They have been married for over 20 years and have four children, Emily, Timothy, Michael, and Diana.
Dr. Guk speaks fluent Russian, a skill that has been invaluable in communicating with our Ukrainian refugee patients. Her family attends the Slavic Evangelical Church of York. Her family loves the Lord and enjoys glorifying God with talents that God gave them.
David Keller, MD joined Hope Within as the Medical Director in 2019 out of a desire to use his medical skills and experience beyond his daily job as a physician with Lebanon Valley Family Medicine. He enjoys volunteering underserved communities. He has repaired houses in West Virginia, served on the Native American reservation in Oregon, assisted with various projects in central Pennsylvania as well as the amazon jungle communities of Pucallpa, Peru.
Dr. Keller and his wife have lived in Hershey, since 1988. They have three adult children. They attend Grace Point church, where he serves as an elder, usher and medical teal leader. He sees his faith impacting those around him in positive ways, both in spiritual and physical health.
Brenda Martin worked at Hope Within as the Business Manager from 2005 to 2019 and rejoined in 2021. Brenda works full time for High Company, LLC as Manager of Applications and Development Group and is the Bookkeeper for World Without Orphans Global.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Messiah College, a Bachelor of Arts in Bible from Lancaster Bible College and a Masters of Business Administration from The Pennsylvania State University Capital College. Brenda is a founding member of Proclamation Presbyterian Church in Mount Joy, PA where she is actively involved in Youth and Missions. In her free time, Brenda enjoys travel, reading, hiking and time with friends.
Anne Marie McAlester served as Hope Within’s office manager from 2012 to early 2018. In January 2019 Anne Marie returned to HW as COO and later that year she was appointed Executive Director. Anne Marie has served the majority of her adult career in Christian Ministry in a variety of settings; Church staff, Christian Theater and Christian schools and she has extensive experience with overseeing large teams to accomplish big tasks.
Anne Marie worked as a nurse for 10 years prior to leaving the profession to raise her children. Though she has not maintained her nursing license, her experience in the medical field has been a great asset to her as she serves the community via Hope Within. Anne Marie has been married to her husband, Brad, for over 30 years. They have two adult children, Bradley and Brendan, both first responders. The McAlester Family worships together at Grace Point Palmyra Evangelical Free Church.
Tina Nissly joined the Hope Within Ministries team in January 2019, accepting the role of Dental Program Coordinator for Hope Within Dental. She resides in the Mount Joy area.
Tina has two amazing children and two grandchildren who she loves to spend her time with. Tina worships and loves the Lord Jesus Christ and attends the Worship Center in Leola. She is active with Women’s Bible study and is on the Hospitality and Guest team. Tina is a 1992 Dental Hygiene graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology. Tina currently practices full time as a registered dental hygienist at, Cornerstone Dental Health in Lemoyne. Tina has her Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioner license along with her Expanded Function Dental Assistant License. For over seven years she ministered and was employed in a local free dental clinic in Lancaster County as the Dental Director. Her passions are sharing the Lord Jesus Christ with the patients and the volunteers.
Tina also equips the team in prayer and encourages others to trust and watch how God provides for the people He wants to have served through the means of Dentistry. She has served in Peru on a Medical/Dental mission trip. She also enjoys helping to collaborate, develop and operate dental programs for those who are in need of services but more importantly in need of Christ Jesus. It is a beautiful way to see smiles and hearts transformed for His Kingdom.
Kari Rank joined our patient care team as a much needed dental assistant in 2024. Kari resides in Elizabethtown with her husband Slade, and her sweet little boy. She comes to us with experience working as an assistant in 2 local dental offices. She grew up in Elizabethtown and is familiar with the community. She received her certification from YTI in 2015. Most recently she had been working in a dental lab. As Kari assists our dental team, she hopes that God’s love would be evident in all that she does. In her spare time she enjoys crafting, shopping and outdoor activities. Kari and her husband attend Hope Community Church in Mount Joy.
Laurie joined the Hope Within Ministries Team in July, 2024 as Director of Development. She returned to full-time employment after a brief retirement period from a large corporation. Her 35+ years of marketing, sales, branding, and leadership have culminated in this role. She is extremely grateful to be able to use her experience and skill set to advance a cause that is so much greater than oneself.
Laurie holds a MBA in Marketing from Penn State University and a BS in Business Administration from Bloomsburg University. She has served on several boards over the years including: Lower Dauphin School Board, Dauphin County Farm Bureau, CAIU, and East Hanover Township Parks & Recreation Board. She resides in Grantville with her husband, Kirby. They have three grown children, three grandchildren, and one great-grandson. Laurie is a member of and active volunteer at Hanoverdale Church. Laurie enjoys hiking and running with dog, Sophie, home improvement projects, and reading.
God calls us to have hearts of humility, forgiveness, and love towards one another in our communities.
Diane joined Hope Within in August 2023. She comes to us with a lot of life experience! She has worked in several office administrative assistant capacities including church secretary, college and hospital admissions, medical office front desk and pharmacy technician. She has had the opportunity to serve, help and sympathize with others as they face both the good and bad times of life physically, mentally and emotionally. She considers it a privilege and gift to be part of the Hope Within team to learn from and share God’s love and care with the community.
Diane is grateful to God for the gift of her husband, Leonard and the life they share together. They recently moved from Elizabethtown to Middletown and attend Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church. They have seven children, five of them married, and seven grandchildren so far. Time with family is Diane’s most precious thing! She also enjoys traveling with Leonard, kayaking, biking, hiking, hunting, learning to play golf and reading. She is known for feeding the multitudes and can often be found baking or cooking for a group. She loves spending time in scripture and is greatly refreshed and encouraged by her Bible study friend group! Her greatest desire is to share God’s love and the message of Jesus in whatever she does!