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 Denise
Martin-Foley , Executive
Director
A native of Des Moines, Denise Martin-Foley held a career
in the banking industry for more than 20 years in various
positions, employed by Bankers Trust Company for the
past seven years. Denise located to Houston, Tex. for
college and the start of her professional career, returning
to Des Moines in 1998.
Denise was licensed to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ
in June 1999. She serves as an Associate Minister at
the Union Baptist Church under the tutelage of Rev.
Henry I. Thomas. Her ministry there has focused on women-especially
single mothers-as she has herself been raising three
beautiful children (Paris, Allia, and A.J.) as a single
parent since her return from Texas.
Her position at Bankers Trust required Denise to oversee
Community Reinvestment through which products and services
are offered to benefit low- to moderate-income individuals,
families, and neighborhoods. Work responsibilities with
various non-profit organizations in the community allowed
Denise to reach out to individuals seeking a "hand
up in life."
Denise served on Good Samaritan Urban Ministries' Board
of Directors for more than two years. Over the course
of 2004, God had begun putting into her spirit to go
into fulltime ministry. She was actively making plans
to move back to Houston to start a work similar to Good
Samaritan's when the Board of Directors began to earnestly
search for an Executive Director.
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