Our Team

Joel Huang serves as the current President. Joel and his wife, Christine, completed MarriageTeam coach training in October 2017. They have been married for more than 40 years and have 3 grown children, including one adopted daughter. They have 4 grandchildren including 2 adopted ones. Both Joel and Christine have lived in the US and Asia.  They have grown from each coaching opportunity in the past 2 years. Joel brings a corporate management perspective to the Marriage Team board. He is currently self-employed as a contract engineer.

Bob and Diane have been married for 38 years and have four grown children. Diane, a native Oregonian, is a school administrator and, in her spare time, likes to knit, read, travel, and bake. Bob, originally from Brooklyn, NY, is mostly retired but does coaching for both individuals and organizations. He enjoys reading and traveling, but lately, he is obsessed with pickleball. They love living in the Pacific Northwest with all of the outdoor recreation opportunities, local food and wine, and getting to know new people. They were trained as marriage coaches in 2017 and are also facilitators as part of the team that trains new coaches. Bob and Diane are invested in MarriageTeam because they realize that the husbands and wives are the foundation of the family, and by giving couples tools to help their relationship flourish, it will impact generations.

Peter serves as the current Secretary. Peter and his wife are MarriageTeam coaches. Peter is also a coach with Higher Goals Coaching (www.highergoalscoaching.com), helping people in career search and life situations. He holds five professional coaching certifications, including from Western Seminary and the International Coaching Federation. Peter’s background includes computer networking as a sales engineer for several major companies. He also holds a master’s degree in Mobile and Distributed Computing from Leeds Beckett University. Peter and his wife enjoy camping and the Oregon coast.

Nehemias and Sarah Gutierrez joined MarriageTeam as coaches in 2007. They have coached many couples as time has allowed in between having six children. Nehemias works for PeaceHealth as a strategy business analyst. He also leads the marriage ministry and the Spanish/English interpretation team for Iglesia Nuevas Alturas (a Spanish speaking campus of New Heights Church in Vancouver, WA). In his spare time, he enjoys the outdoors, hiking, biking and playing soccer.

Dammy and Taiwo have been married since 1997. They have two daughters. Dammy has a master’s degree in computer engineering from USC and works in the semiconductor industry. Taiwo spent 8 years as a stay-at-home mom then was employed as an American Sign Language interpreter. She has a master’s degree in Interpreting Studies from Western Oregon University. Dammy and Taiwo became MarriageTeam coaches in 2020, and they both enjoy traveling and learning about new cultures around the world.

Brandon and Kim Ray were married in 2011. They participated in MarriageTeam’s premarital coaching and eventually became coaches themselves to help other couples experience the joy of a winning marriage. Brandon also joined the training team to help train future MarriageTeam coaches.

Brandon has a Master of Science in Management and Organizational Leadership from Warner Pacific University. He has worked in both private and public K-12 education and is the current Executive Director of IT at Warner Pacific University in Portland, OR. Brandon and Kim are both blessed to have parents who have enjoyed more than 50 years of marriage together. They have one adorable cat.