Our Board of Directors

Dr. Ron Ferris
PRESIDENT

A co-founder of Holy Family Medical Associates, which was created on August 15, 2000, he ​is also a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and carries certification as a FertilityCare Medical Consultant. Dr. Ferris is a veteran and retired major in the United States Army Reserves. He has been published as a co-author of the book, Physicians Healed.  He is married to his wife Patty and has four children. ​

Austin Powers
Vice-President

 A native of Wichita, Kansas, and financial advisor in the Wichita community since 2006, he joined the Board of Directors in 2019.  Mr. Powers is passionate about spreading the truth and spends much of his time mentoring the youth of Wichita. His ability to maximize resources and relationships to solve problems is at the center of everything he does. ​He and his wife April have four beautiful children and are members of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.

Eric Doerneman
Treasurer

A native of Wichita, Kansas, and graduate of Kansas State University in Engineering, he specializes in the preventative and reactive anti-pornography realms, as well as forming spiritual identity. Mr. Doerneman is a co-founder of The Parenting Dare with his mother, Lori, and a co-creator of Finding the Flame, an organization dedicated to helping people recover from pornography addiction.
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Linda Arensdorf

Co- Secretary

A retired congressional office staffer, she earned a degree in Medical Technology from Pittsburg State University where she also met her husband Norman.  Mrs. Arensdorf has been active in pro-life issues for more than 25 years and also serves as the volunteer music director for her parish.  She and her husband have four children and fifteen grandchildren.

Dr. Diana Crook

Co-Secretary

​A native of Wichita, Kansas, and physician at Lakepoint Family Practice since 1993, she also carries certification as a FertilityCare Medical Consultant.
Dr. Crook's interests are in educating everyone, especially our youth, about healthy lifestyles so we can all live well.  She is a mother of 5 children with her husband, Randy.  She still has passion for playing volleyball and loves traveling all over the world.
But, most of all, Dr. Crook wants to be a difference maker in the world today and inspire others to do the same.

Dr. Stephen Arnold

board member

A retired dentist with 41 years of practice, Dr. Arnold and his wife, Therese, are parents of eight children, grandparents of thirty-one, and great-grandparents of four.

Bryan Burkemper

Board member

A retired Boeing Military Aircraft Business Manager and Financial Planner after 33 years, he has worked on life issues for many years.  This includes serving on the Board of Directors for A Better Choice Crisis Pregnancy Center for the past fifteen years, as well as the Kansas Coalition for Life.  Mr. Burkemper is a graduate of Newman University, and has four children and five grandchildren with his wife Cindy. ​

Lauren Fontarum
​BOARD MEMBER

Lauren is an event planner at Wichita State University with degrees in strategic communication, education, and organizational development. She has taught Theology of the Body for Teens and Theology of the Body for Teens: Middle School Edition, as well as served as a Project Freedom facilitator for the Catholic Diocese of Wichita. Currently, she cantors at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church and enjoys spending time with her husband, Arvin, and daughters, Aveline and Eleanor.  

Jill George
BOARD MEMBER

A graduate of Newman University with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy and a minor in psychology. Jill developed a passion for teaching chastity while serving as a missionary for Totus Tuus in the Diocese of Wichita. Jill and her husband, Greg, just celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. She has been homeschooling their six children for the past 15 years.  Jill was first introduced to Pure and Simple when her kids attended a Truth for Youth conference and is excited to help promote chastity.

​Mary Ellen Wilhelm
BOARD MEMBER

Married to Paul Wilhelm, M.D., and a mother of four children, Mrs. Wilhelm's goal in life is to model the virtues of joy, moderation, fortitude and peace both in her talents and vocation as wife, mother and disciple.