Our Team

MOPS New Zealand Inc. is driven by a team of dedicated and passionate volunteers from around New Zealand who believe in the MOPS mission.

sarah_vaz SARAH VAZ, General Manager

Sarah was appointed General Manager in July 2009. She has been involved with MOPS for 6 years, serving on her local MOPS leadership team for 3 years, serving on the NZ Board for the last 3 years and as a field leader for the past year. Sarah has an accounts and logistics background and has recently graduated with a Diploma in Business Studies.  Sarah and husband Rob have three daughtes aged 8, 6 and 2.

sue_edwards SUE EDWARDS, Field Coordinator

Sue has been involved with MOPS for the past 10 years and served as a MOPPETS leader, Field Representative, Board Member, Vice President and currently as a Field Leader. She is a Primary School Teacher and also the Children's Ministry Leader at her local church, Kaiapoi Baptist. She has two children aged 13 and 11.

lisa_julian LISA JULIAN, Publications Coordinator

Lisa has served as Creative Activities Leader, MOPPETS leader, and Coordinator for her local MOPS group for 2 years, and joined the NZ Board in 2007. She worked as a Surgical Nurse for 10 years and has a Diploma in Management. Lisa runs a home business making creative name badges. She has four children aged 5,6,8,10 and is married to David who is training to be a Pastor.

ROSE HINTON, Administrator

Rose works in the MOPS office 2-5pm Monday to Thursday. She also works as the Parish Office Manager for Holy Trinity Anglican Church - Forest Lake, Hamilton.

Our Board

claire_pearce CLAIRE PEARCE, President MOPS NZ

Claire has been involved in setting up the Kumeu MOPS group and served as Auckland Regional Coordinator. She qualified as a General Nurse in 1988 and as a Paediatric Nurse in 1990 in the UK. Claire and her husband, David, emigrated to NZ in 1995 and have three children aged 12, 9 and 18 months.

sue_ogilvie SUE OGILVIE

Sue is one of the Pastors at Windsor Park Baptist Church and oversee's Church care. Sue has been involved in running a MOPS group for the past 8 years and throughout this time has seen many families enriched by the support, nurture and recourse offered through our MOPS. She is married to James and has five adult children and 2 grandsons.

andrew_lalmont ANDREW L'ALMONT

Andrew is married to Shereen, who works at Radio Rhema. They have two boys James (23) and Matt (18) who live in Australia. Andrew has been in the Finance and Banking Industry since 1975, and is a shareholder in one of the largest Mortgage Broking companies in New Zealand. He is Worship Ministry Leader at Kumeu Baptist, and is also on the Board of Baptist Savings & Development Society (BSDS) and Family First NZ.

mike_nelson

MIKE NELSON

Mike is currently a Management Consultant with considerable experience in operational management, technical sales and support, managerial mentoring and productivity training. He is an effective communicator, motivated to realise the highest performance potential in individuals within the team context. Mike is a passionate advocate of the local church and its key importance in God's plan.
margaret_looney MARGARET LOONEY

Margaret has been involved with MOPS since 1992. As a qualified Kindergarten Teacher, Margaret was the leader of the children's (MOPPETS) programme at Holy Trinity in Hamilton for 11 years. She was involved with the process of the Affiliation of MOPS NZ to MOPS International, which was completed in 1997. She has been an integral part of the team organising Training days and Conferences. Margaret has served as Regional Coordinator for the Waikato and Bay of Plenty areas. A former dairy farmer, she has two married daughters and rejoices in being able to share in the lives of four grandchildren.