IT REALLY DOES TAKE A VILLAGE
Horizon was formed in 2004, with a passion to rescue children in need, restore their identity and hope, and empower them to a thriving, healthy, self-sustaining future.
GRETCHEN VILLEGAS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Gretchen is passionate about empowering children, families, and their respective communities to self-sustainability. Her expertise in community-led development in rural, vulnerable communities and vision for impact scaling through enterprise development comes from a 15+ year career of living and working in Latin America and East and Southern Africa.
As an experienced Executive-level leader, Gretchen specializes in designing programs based on data and analytics to intentionally optimize impacts for vulnerable children, at-risk youth and their families. She is dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to break the cycles of poverty which enables families and their communities to reach a thriving, dignified life. She is a systems thinker who disrupts the status quo to ensure those who are most vulnerable are included within the ecosystem that supports them.
Gretchen received her Master of Arts in Intercultural Management from The School for International Training. After serving in the Peace Corps as a volunteer, and many years of raising three daughters overseas, her family has settled in central Arkansas, where they enjoy spending time with extended family.
MEET THE TEAM
GLOBAL OFFICE
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REGIONAL LEADERSHIP
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IMPACT INVESTING AND ANALYTICS
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ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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DARYL HELLER
CO-FOUNDER & BOARD MEMBER
Chair of Heller Capital Group
JIM PESCE
CO-FOUNDER & BOARD MEMBER
CEO of Hallehluya Food Company
FOUNDERS STORY
As investors, entrepreneurs and philanthropists with a goal of investing for good, the business-minded lens through which they envisioned effective, lasting change helped to shape the model and values to what they are today.
AUSTIN HALLER
BOARD CHAIR
PowerCoin CEO
MATTHEW BURKHOLDER
BOARD MEMBER
CEO of Dutch Valley Food Distributors
RICK HALLER
BOARD MEMBER
Founder and Chairman of Haller Enterprises
LARRY KREIDER
SPIRITUAL ADVISOR
Founder and International Director of DOVE International
RON MYER
SPIRITUAL ADVISOR
Dove Christian Fellowship International Apostolic Council
STEVE PEROFF
BOARD MEMBER
Realtor and Business Leader
BILL POOLE
BOARD MEMBER
Entrepreneur and Business Leader
GENE STRITE
BOARD MEMBER
Entrepreneur and Business Leader
JERRY WEAVER
BOARD MEMBER
Co-Owner, President and CEO of Quality Custom Cabinetry, Inc.