Our Staff

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Chris Coats’ resume is quite ‘colorful’. Before working as an community development volunteer in numerous countries around the world, her employment included serving as Administrative Assistant to a Superintendent of Schools, Deputy Clerk of a District Court, Hunting Guide, Orthodontic Assistant, and Office Manager for a Private Investigator.

Chris started her community service related work during high school, volunteering on a reconstruction project in Appalachia, and mission work in Mexico. For a number of years, she served as a youth group leader, Sunday school teacher, and summer camp counselor. During most of the 1980's, Chris was a foster parent for twenty children.  

In 2001, Chris started volunteering on a variety of international projects, in Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, Kosovo, Estonia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Through her experiences, she learned that a grassroots approach empowered the people she was helping, and a hands-on participatory practice was the most effective way to ensure success and sustainability of any project. These experiences led to Chris co-founding Trailblazer Foundation in 2004. Chris resides in Fort Collins, Colorado (USA).

Jeni was a resident of Jackson Hole, Wyoming for more than twenty years. During those two decades, she developed and launched Mike Atkins Teaching Ministry International. Jeni also helped develop and manage the Upward Basketball and Cheerleading program, serving up to 250 participants during her eleven years there. In 2011, She re-joined the staff at First Baptist Church, as administrative assistant and webmaster.

Also, Jeni had the privilege of home schooling her children through high school, and served as the  HOW  Teton County Contact and TEACH Coordinator for 12 years. She continues to encourage home school families, and stays involved in protecting parental rights.

Jeni  joined  Trailblazer Foundation's staff in 2006 and is the anchor to Trailblazer's US operations.   She now resides in Molalla, Oregon (USA) and is the Office Manager for the Molalla Aquatic Center and Recording Secretary for the Molalla Aquatic District.  She is excited to be involved in her new community and helping to develop administrative processes at the newly re-opened public pool in Molalla; as well as, continuing to be apart of the incredible work Trailblazer Foundation is doing in rural Cambodia.