Roman Hintz The world needs more people like Roman Hintz. As a teacher, missionary, volunteer, administrator, and world traveler, Roman has dedicated his life to serving others. For most of his 41-year career Hintz worked in Adventist education as a teacher or principal. Hintz distinguished himself as a mathematics and science teacher at Walla Walla Valley Academy for 19 years. Roman’s earlier education career included teaching at Upper Columbia Academy grade school, Rogers Adventist School, and Emerald Junior Academy. In all his classrooms, Hintz not only made learning fun, but did so with a measure of responsibility and fairness to all students. In 1976, Hintz accepted his most challenging and rewarding post. He served as principal and business manager of Maxwell Adventist Academy in Nairobi, Kenya. When Hintz and his family arrived in Africa, the school was a seven-grade day school
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based on the British educational system. Church leaders asked Hintz to expand and convert the school to a twelve-grade boarding academy based on the American system of education to serve the needs of missionaries in that part of the world. This goal was accomplished in two years due to Hintz’s hard work and dedication. Although officially retired since 2005, Hintz is involved in Gospel Outreach, a ministry based in Walla Walla. As a television broadcast volunteer, Hintz works on both sides of the camera, helping to produce 50 to 60 programs each year. The programs are aired on 3ABN, Hope Channel, Blue Mountain Television, Loma Linda Television, and other networks. He also employs his broadcast production skills at Walla Walla University Church, where he started the church’s television ministries 10 years ago. Hintz’s mission work has taken him to more than 50 different countries.
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As the son of a minister and a nurse, George Fearing says the spirit of public service was instilled at an early age. His parents, as well as the grandfather for who he is named, also instilled in George a love of reading and learning. Today, Fearing draws upon his vast knowledge and spirit of service serving as judge on the State Court of Appeals Division III. Based in Spokane, Wash., Fearing’s role is to hear appeals from county superior courts throughout Eastern Washington. He was appointed to this post in May 2013 by Washington Governor Jay Inslee. Fearing brings to the judicial bench more than 30 years of experience as an attorney based in Kennewick, Wash., where he is known as a professional of impeccable skill, wisdom, integrity, and thoughtfulness. Fearing has distinguished himself as a trial lawyer, specializing in representing municipalities and law enforcement officers in civil litigation. Fearing joined the law firm in 1982 after graduating from law school at University of Washington. Fearing’s foray into law and politics began during the summers of his college years when he worked for U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson and then for congressman Tom Foley. Beyond his professional work, Fearing has been an active volunteer for his home church in Pasco, Wash., and has long championed the cause of religious liberty for the Adventist church. Fearing’s spirit of public service has led to his involvement with the Washington state Democratic Party, and membership in Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the NAACP. Fearing has served his alma mater as president of the Walla Walla University Alumni Association.
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Although Linda de Romanett spent most of her career as an internal medicine physician, she is now blazing trails in media evangelism. De Romanett saw a great need for evangelism in large cities and founded the nonprofit corporation Family First Radio Network. Since the 1990s, de Romanett has worked independently or with churches to launch radio stations. She began in the Southeast, and has now expanded to other areas of the country. Family First uses talk radio programming to reach listeners. The first station began broadcasting in Columbia, S.C., in the late 1990s. More than 500 people have been baptized from their connection to the network’s broadcasts. De Romanett first stepped into the field of media evangelism when she volunteered for a year in a New York City van ministry as the anchor for the Good News Network, a television satelCLASS OF
lite network. She volunteered for several other ministries, including Quiet Hour, Amazing Facts, and Global Mission. She also traveled to India, Russia, Ethiopia, and other countries, working with churches and schools to conduct health clinics, health expos, and evangelistic meetings. De Romanett’s evangelistic work eventually inspired her aunt, the late Mary Harris, to establish a nonprofit foundation to support the ministries De Romanett was involved with. With support from her aunt’s foundation and her parents, and her own funds, de Romanett says she followed God’s leading and started applying for radio station licenses with the Federal Communications Commission. With grit and determination, de Romanett has learned about the media field on her own. She has become an expert in establishing nonprofit charities and has helped many Adventists establish charitable organizations.
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