Board of Directors

Randi Cairns, Founder/Executive Director.

Randi has her Masters in Human Services with a specialty in Not-for-Profit Management. She has committed over twenty years of her life to serving vulnerable populations - working in every conceivable capacity in the field. She has provided direct care and case management services, hired and trained staff, prepared individuals for the workforce through supportive employment services, and run a not-for-profit program serving two counties from its initial inception to full operating capacity. Her strengths are community building and advocacy. Randi has spent over 15 years as a military wife and has worked with military family support efforts throughout this time. She is the proud mama of four children - Katie (15), PJ (13), Connor (6) and Sara (5). They and her hero hubby have been the driving force behind Home Front Hearts, Inc.

Elijah Dornstreich, Treasurer.

Elijah Dornstreich was President of NationsFirst Financial from 1999 to 2007. He is an owner of Capital Business Partners, which partners with banks and institutions to offer funding solutions to small businesses. Elijah is also VP of Sales at eMortgage Management in Hainesport, NJ. In 2007 Elijah became President of the Alumni Advisory Board of The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, which is how he met Randi and got involved in Home Front Hearts. Elijah travelled to Israel in July 2006 as a member of ROI-120 (www.roi120.com), an initiative of Birthright Israel, which sends 120 Jewish leaders between age 20 and 35 from around the globe for a 3-day conference in Jerusalem to discuss and strategize on Jewish philanthropy and continuity. In 2007 Elijah helped produce the short film Have You Ever Heard About Vukovar? (www.vukovarthemovie.com) which has won numerous awards and screened at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. Elijah grew up working on his parents organic vegetable and herb farm in Bucks County Pennsylvania. Branch Creek Farm markets baby greens, specialty herbs, vegetables, edible flowers, and more to the highest-quality Philadelphia restaurants and hotels.

Barbara Harbison, Secretary.

Barb is a military Public Affairs specialist and Photojournalist in the New Jersey National Guard. During the week, Barb serves in the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Public Affairs Office, interfacing with civilians, veterans, Army and Air National Guard members and their families, media, and local, state and federal government. Barb also served as a member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in a variety of positions. Barb first joined the military in 1982 and served in the active duty Army for seven years, more than three years were spent in Germany during the Cold War on a NATO base with AWACS airplanes and Pershing missiles. Barb was selected to participate in a military exercise in June 2008 in Croatia that involved the New Jersey Air Guard Civil Engineering Squadron, Army Guardmembers from Vermont and Minnesota and members of the Albanian, Croatian and Macedonian armies. Barb is married to James Harbison who works for HUD, Philadelphia office and is the mother of one daughter, Jennifer, and the grandmother of three great kids, Tanya, Sebastian and Dominque.

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