Marriage and Relationship Education Center Announces New Board Members

As the Marriage and Relationship Education Center (MREC) celebrates its 12th year as a nonprofit, Executive Director Amy Gilford joins board members Patrick McCarthy and Glenn and Christine Wright in welcoming seven new members to their board of directors.

MREC is a faith-based nonprofit, established in 2004 and located in the Carroll Nonprofit Center in Westminster. Their mission is to serve the community with relationship education, helping marriages and families thrive. Frequently, MREC partners with nonprofits, schools, churches, businesses to provide awareness through programs like Date Nights and Family Walks. Curriculum materials are rooted in biblical principles, research-based and offered in both faith-based and nonsectarian settings.

Back row, left to Right: Co-Treasurer, Ed Williar - a math resource instructor and coach for Carroll County Public Schools and a member of the Union Bridge Planning Commission; Chairman, Bill Barton - president of William C. Barton & Association and a deacon at Crossroads Community Church; Craig Volgel, bringing 20 years of background in consumer and industrial banking, consumer real estate banking and small business banking and development, as well as strategic planning, financial analysis, marketing and supervision; Glenn Wright (continuing board member); and Patrick McCarthy (continuing board member).

Front Row, left to right: Executive Director, Amy Gilford; Co-Treasurer, Coleen Kramer Beal - a senior registered private client assistant for the Velnoskey Wealth Management Group of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC; Christine Wright (continuing board member); and Secretary, Roni Lynn McCarthy - a retired physical therapist and bookkeeper for Atmospheric Products and Services.

Not pictured: New Vice Chairman, Andy Whitfeld- Vice President of LeFaivre Construction Company, an elder at Uniontown Bible Church, and a Carroll County Public School volunteer.