BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LAUDES, Victoria Ordiz
Founder, President
Victoria Ordiz Laudes is now 78 years old, a retired school principal who became a widow at the age of 39 with six children ages 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15, two years after becoming a believer in Jesus Christ in 1982. From that day onward, she is serving His master. The arduous challenges in life she passed through as she managed her family to survive built her faith stronger and more dependent upon God’s mercy and grace. She and her children were able to cross the bridge, though the youngest among the siblings was called home by the Lord after practicing a little while as a pediatrician. All these situations motivated her to continuously love God and others, serving them even more, both in the church and community. Driven by the organization’s mission and vision, together with some friends and relatives, she founded the Shepherd’s Blessed Hands Foundation (SBHF), which was established on June 6, 2023, in McKinney, Texas, USA.
WILKINSON, Marites Padagas
Vice President
Marites Padagas Wilkinson currently serves as Genuine Faith Community Church (GFCC) President and Vice President of Shepherd’s Blessed Hands Foundation. She worked in the Middle East for 16 years in logistics for KBR and CSA Ltd. She went back to the United States in 2014 and started volunteer work for GFCC. As a volunteer, she began to care more about the things she was involved with and understood that serving is loving and caring. Being the president of GFCC, she actively cares for the whole church, both its inside and outside environments. And as vice president of SBHF, she demonstrates full support for reaching the goal of helping the less privileged classes in a community. As a devoted Christian, she believes that the first step to be taken is to surrender oneself to the Lord.
HERNANDEZ, Josephine Laudes
Treasurer
Josephine Laudes Hernandez was 13 years old when she was made an orphan by her father. She experienced the hardships of life at a young age. By God’s grace, she graduated as a nutritionist and became a nurse here in Texas. She worked in different fields of professions before she landed on managing her own restaurant family business, the Inihaw Avenue Filipino Kitchen in Irving, Texas. Along her journey in life, helping the less privileged classes of people remains in her heart; she was one of them when she was young. She is currently the treasurer of SBHF.
LAUDES-CARNELIO, Rovile
Secretary
Rovile Laudes Carnelio was also an orphan by 11 years of age, two years younger than her sister, Joy. Similarly, she also experienced the challenges of life with very limited resources for survival and education. With her course in business administration, she left the Philippines to work in the Middle East and other parts of the world before she came to the United States. Serving the Lord by sharing His blessings for her with others remains in her being. Giving is a vital part of her lifestyle. Being a digital business owner, it is always her prayer to be blessed so she can be a blessing to others. She performs her duties for the foundation as its secretary.
CLARK, Erlinda
Event Coordinator
She was born in Manila, Philippines. After attending Centro Escolar University she went to Karilagan Finishing School and studied in Secretarial and Modeling. Married to her wonderful husband, Mike, for 43 years they have 3 children and 9 grandchildren. Throughout her professional career, she worked in several banks as an Account Representative and retired from the City of Garland after 21 years as a Customer Service Representative. She was the President of GFCC and President of the Women's Auxiliary for the last two years. By reading and studying about the Bible, John 3:16 is the first verse she learned and to this day remains one of her favorites. Now, she is the SBHF Event Coordinator, excitedly looking forward to the coming new challenges in her life.
PADAGAS, Anne Kimberly
Social Media Director
Anne Kimberly Padagas currently serves as the Social Media Director of SBHF. She has worked as an Technical Event Coordinator, Multimedia Freelancer, Web Designer, Music Producer, Sound Editor and Vocal Producer. She is currently working as a Multimedia Virtual Assitant. She is in charge of SBHF’s official website and social media.