Leadership
Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young
Redbud member since 2019
President since 2022
Fresno, CA
Dorina is an award-winning author, speaker, mentor, and Bible teacher. She is passionate about helping diverse women discover God’s glory on life’s unexpected paths and flourish in their God-given callings.
Dorina has published more than 20 children’s books, Bible studies, poetry, and devotionals, including Redeemer, Breathing Through Grief, Walk Run Soar and Cora Cooks Pancit. She also hosts the Global Glory Chasers podcast. A remarried widow, Dorina lives in Central California with her hubby Shawn and three courageous daughters. She loves to chase God’s glory on local trails and go on foodie adventures with her friends and family.


Xochitl Dixon
Redbud member since 2024
Board member since 2025
Dixon, CA
Serving Jesus with her beautifully diverse family and service dog, Callie, Xochitl contributed to Tyndale’s NLT Go Bible for Kids and is the author of Waiting for God: Trusting Him for the Answers to Every Prayer, Sacred Strides: Walking in the Power and Presence of the Holy Spirit, What Color is God’s Love?, Wonderfully, Marvelously Brown, and the 2021 ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist, Different Like Me. Connect with Xochitl at www.xedixon.com
Sara Fichtner
Redbud Member since 2023
Board member since 2025
Indianapolis, IN
Sara joined Redbud as part of the inaugural Women of Color mentoring cohort in 2022. She has 15+ years of fundraising/grant writing experience, and volunteers and advocates for causes that foster equity and understanding in her home state of Indiana. Sara and her Argentine husband have two sons and serve as short-term immigrant foster parents with Bethany Christian Services.


Sarah Talbert
Redbud Member since 2024
Board Member since 2025
West Palm Beach, FL
Kim Findlay
Redbud Member since 2015
Board Member since 2025
MA
Kim writes and speaks about the intersection of faith and hope, grief, and finding God’s goodness in disappointment and loss. She is the author of Breathing in Ashes, a memoir about the death of her youngest daughter in a fire that destroyed their home. She has written curricula for Big Idea, Inc., David C. Cook, several churches, and through her website. Her work has been published with Women in Leadership, Facets of Faith, In Touch Ministries, By Design Ministries, the Women’s Devotional Bible in The Message (2025), and others. Connect with her on Instagram @kimdotfindlay and at kimfindlay.com.


Diana Gruver
Redbud member since 2019
Board member since 2023
Greencastle, PA
Diana Gruver writes about discipleship and spiritual formation in the every day. Her passion is encouraging and nurturing disciples of Jesus, giving them a vision for how He speaks to every aspect of the story of their lives. Her work has been featured in Outreach Magazine, Missio Alliance, and Core Christianity. She is the author of Companions in the Darkness: Seven Saints who Struggled with Depression and Doubt. She can often be found singing in her Pennsylvania kitchen with her husband and ever-curious children. You can find more of her writing at dianagruver.com.
Darcy Wiley
Redbud member since 2019
Board member since 2022
Carmel, IN
Pairing insights from nature, art, music, and fresh readings of Scripture, her work empowers others to engage the realities of life in fellowship with a God who brings forth justice and cares for the “tender reed.” Like the peaceful, supportive space of a spiritual direction session, Darcy’s essays, poetry, devotionals, and books invite readers into the healing, beauty, and growth of a life attuned to God’s voice. You can find more of her writing at https://open.substack.com/pub/darcywiley


Dorena Williamson
Redbud member since 2023
Board member since 2024
Franklin, TN
She brings her passion for diversity to conferences, churches, and elementary through university-level students. Her writing has been featured in Christianity Today and Barna and she has joined the cast of the Slugs & Bugs show and the Wingfeather Saga. In 1995 Dorena and her husband planted a multiracial church in Nashville where she serves as Pastor of Belonging. She and her family make their home in Smyrna, TN.