Board of Directors

Daniel Beckett is a Partner in the Columbia, Missouri law firm of Smith Lewis LLP. He has represented and served on the Boards on NGO’s and served as General Counsel to for-profit business organizations.

He graduated from University of Missouri – Columbia School of Business, Cum Laude, in 2000 with a B.A. in Marketing. Following graduation Mr. Beckett entered into the United States Marine Corps and served two tours in the war in Iraq. After his honorable discharge as a Captain in 2004 he attended the University of Missouri School of Law and received his J.D. degree in 2008.

He began his law career with Smith Lewis LLP and has engaged in the general practice since then. Daniel is married to his wife, Jenny, and they have three young children, all girls.

Donna Beckett is Dr. Adam Beckett’s mother. She is a 1969 graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in Education. She raised 4 sons, all of whom served in the Marine Corps.

She has worked in the airline, travel and clothing sales businesses and in 1992 she founded a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt organization, Assistance League of Mid-Missouri (ALMM). ALMM has grown into a successful philanthropic NGO with 315 members. ALMM is operated entirely by volunteers and has provided millions of dollars in assistance to schools, women and children in central Missouri.

Amy Jordheim has a Master’s in Public Health from Benedictine University and has worked all over the world in public health for 2 decades.  Amy joined GFR because, “sustainability and partnership with local communities is the key to making a difference in our world and this is what GFR does – installing permanent clean water facilities, building community centers, schools, and clinics, and by providing in-depth learning opportunities for medical, nursing, and dental students everywhere GFR goes.”

A published author, Amy has numerous continuing education courses designed to help medical personnel learn more about diseases they don’t see frequently and to provide more culturally balanced education for their patients.  She most recently developed a course designed to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including COVID. This course has been published in more than 10 languages. She has led more than 85 medical and dental teams into the field during disasters, for post-disaster recovery, and to partner to improve the health and health education in many communities around the world.

In her spare time, Amy is a dedicated volunteer with Global First Responder and Team Rubicon, a Nationally Registered Advanced EMT, a photographer, a weaver, and most importantly, with her husband of 49 years, a parent and grandparent to a bunch of above-average children and grandchildren (in their own minds) and a wonderful cat named Fiona.

Suzie Lee is life-long educator and long-time medical team volunteer and team leader.

Suzie joined GFR in 2021 and led the Zambia team in 2022.  She has led medical teams for the last 12 years around the globe and she loves seeing her teams excel and gel while in the field.

Suzie has been a public and charter school educator for more than 25 years, certified in both general and special education. She joined GFR because of our focus on community sustainability.  With her expertise in adult and child education, Suzie focuses her efforts at GFR on building our community health education program.

In joining the board, Suzie stated that having the opportunity to dedicate a GFR water treatment facility in Zambia was one of the most impactful days of her life.  She wants to continue to help GFR move forward in sustainability while serving as a board member.

Suzie lives in in Hawaii with her husband, dog, and cat.  In addition to a career as a full time teacher, she also runs an Air BnB that she literally built from the ground up.  Her husband, Scott, is an acupuncturist and has served on many medical trips, where his work is always in high demand.

Angie Lehman is an IAOM Certified Orofacial Myologist (COM) who has been exclusively practicing Orofacial Myology since 2012 in York, Pennsylvania. She runs one of America’s most successful and well-known private practices, Oral Myofunctional Therapy of York. Angie is a highly sought-after educator for medical, dental and allied health professionals and she is passionate to encourage all health disciplines to work collaboratively and to better understand oral function and craniofacial development and to incorporate therapy into their specific areas of care.

Angie has participated in numerous international and domestic volunteer missions to share her knowledge of orofacial myology and dental hygiene with medical and dental professionals and with patients.  She specializes in working with young children who are often frightened and with teenagers who may be equally scared.

Angie participated on a GFR trip to Senegal in 2022.  She worked very closely with the dental team in Senegal and has continued to work with our local host in Zambia to help severely disabled children receive needed dental care in a surgical environment.  By using an OR suite and anesthesia, these children can receive care they would otherwise be too distraught to receive.  Angie also continues to teach on orofacial myology and multi-disciplinary care in Zambia.

Angie is a networker at heart.  She seeks to bring passion to the Global First Responder board and to bring awareness of the work that GFR does to her network of professionals and beyond.

Jenny Steffens, MS, PA-C, is a surgical physician assistant in Baltimore where she first assists in a variety of surgical subspecialities including general, colorectal, gynecology, obstetrics, vascular, spine and orthopedics. She is responsible for supervising a team of both full-time and per-diem physician assistants, as well as ensuring daily and on-call operating room coverage. Additionally, Jenny oversees student surgical clinical rotations for Maryland-based physician assistant programs and has been a preceptor for more than 20 students. She is frequently invited as a guest lecturer on medical volunteerism and teaches suturing and surgical technique in the classroom.

An avid traveler, Jenny has participated in numerous medical and surgical volunteer experiences all over the world and has served as team leader for GFR’s Brazilian Amazon trip. She is originally from a small town in rural Maine, but believes travel expands our minds, facilitates global understanding, and provides needed human connection.

In 2023, Jenny received the Humanitarian of the Year award from the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants. She is married with two children and an English Bulldog named Winston.