Board of Directors

Ruth Weniger, President of Powered By Strategy LLC, provides business development consulting, strategic planning, and executive coaching to businesses and individuals across diverse business sectors. Her focus is on helping high-performance clients achieve business excellence while maintaining their personal balance and perspective. Ruth is committed to helping South Valley Services grow in its ability to serve clients and the community. She has served on other domestic violence boards as well as organizations serving music education and early childhood education.

 A native of Utah, Michael is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a Master's degree in Accounting from the University of Utah. He currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer at GPS Capital Markets. Michael's career at GPS has seen him in various leadership roles across departments such as Accounting, Operations, Finance, Credit, Business Intelligence, and HR. Beyond work, he enjoys family life and is an enthusiastic reader.

A graduate of Western Australia’s Edith Cowan University (ECU) Radio and Television Broadcasting degree, with over 30 years of copywriting and editing experience, Joanne has worked with private and government sectors, including mineral exploration and engineering, corporate and residential real estate, lifestyle publishing, education, recruitment, and retail. A native Aussie with a love of travel – she has lived and worked in Singapore, the Philippines, remote Australia, and various states within the US. Joanne is a self-confessed animal lover, foodie, a keen ‘shutterbug’ (amateur photographer), and is passionate about mental health and well-being.

Andrew earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from BYU and later earned his MBA from CCU, he has since earned professional certification from Henley Business School in the United Kingdom. Andrew has accumulated more than 25 years of professional experience in corporate communications, content marketing, branding, advertising, and event management. Currently, he serves as the senior manager of alumni communications at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business. Prior to this, he directed marketing and communication teams at international companies like FLSmidth and Boart Longyear. In Andrew's free time, he enjoys traveling with his wife, Nicole, and four children.

Romy Humphries is an accomplished marketing leader with extensive experience successfully guiding multinational corporations in healthcare, manufacturing, and finance. She currently directs the Global Marketing of GPS Capital Markets, a corporate foreign exchange firm headquartered in Utah. She holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Utah and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. Born in Argentina and raised in Italy, her multicultural upbringing provided Romy with an enduring appreciation of diverse cultures and a passion for assisting the disadvantaged. Romy is fluent in Spanish and Italian. In her spare time, she enjoys discovering new cultures through travel and engaging in volunteer work with her husband and four children.