Andrew Pitts

Zach Casper

Holly Maggio

Jennifer Banman, Ministry Director

Bud Moeller

Bud is a retired management consulting Partner, having spent 25 years leading strategy, organization, and change management engagements for large, global companies seeking growth and high performance. He spent 20 years at Booz Allen Hamilton and 5 years at Accenture, working with clients in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Now, he volunteers his time to several areas at McLean Bible Church, including leading the Financial Counseling ministry, teaching the Crown Financial class, co-leading the Powershift2024 car ministry, architecting the Fully Devoted Follower strategy, assisting with the Frontline strategy, and architecting the Community Campus organization strategy. He also holds positions on several non-profit boards (including the national board of Youth for Christ, In Jesus’ Name Productions, and Enough is Enough), and contributes pro-bono strategy and organization work to non-profits, including the YMCA of Washington DC, the Boys and Girls Clubs of DC, and The Dance Institute of Washington.

Bud is also a professional car racer, driving Formula One cars in North America and Europe. He has raced open wheel cars for 21 years.

Bud received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from Georgia Tech and his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He has been recognized in over a dozen “Who’s Who” publications, including Who’s Who in the World and the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership.

He and his wife Carol live in McLean, VA and have two adult children who also live in the area.

Thomas Heffernan, Treasurer

Thomas D. Heffernan, age 40, is an accomplished serial entrepreneur having founded, built, developed, and grown numerous multi-million dollar businesses across multiple industries since 1993. During recent years, Mr. Heffernan founded Business Shapers, LLC, a consulting firm through which he is providing CFO and Controller services for healthcare firms, mortgage companies, law firms, property management companies, software companies, angel and hedge funds, original equipment manufacturer representative companies, and many others. His consulting work focuses on start up and turn around, assisting in basic accounting functions and oversight, to more sophisticated CFO level financial modelling and analysis, however, he has also assisted in merger and acquisition work, having helped acquire and spin off companies. Mr. Heffernan also continues to serve on the board of two multi-million dollar businesses. In addition to his wide breadth of corporate experience, Mr. Heffernan honourably served his country in the early 1990’s as a Captain in the U.S. Army. Finally, he is a founding member of a Christian humanitarian organization, The Last Well, which seeks to spread the gospel and solve the clean water problems of the entire nation of Liberia. Mr. Heffernan is an avid follower of Christ, a mountaineer and adventure enthusiast, and he is married to Arielle Heffernan. Arielle and Tom are expecting their first child in September of 2009.

Jim Printz

James (Jim) W. Printz has been on at exciting journey with Jesus Christ for 16 years. That trek has taken him toward many mountaintop experiences, many of which have prepared him to passionately serve as a founding member of The Last Well as he has embraced the vision to bring Living Water to an entire nation border to border in Christ’s name. Jim has a passion for connecting people to the one true and Living God. He has been led in many ways to fulfill that inner yearning some of which include serving on numerous missions experiences spanning the globe. He has also served domestically in Louisiana post-Katrina and in Pittsburgh, PA co-leading an ‘extreme home make-over style’ home improvement project. Most recently Jim has successfully managed the Daybreak Ministry renovation. Daybreak, a non-profit entity serves the Spiritual needs of inner-city youth in the Lincoln Heights area of Washington, DC. This has been a most rewarding experience in his path with the Lord. He supports various other organizations some of which are Anglican Frontier Missions, World Vision, New Missions and Biblical Counseling Service of NC. Jim has a carpentry and engineering background which has led him in many opportunities professionally as a marketplace Christian. After serving in the land development industry his entrepreneur spirit has led him to start a string of profitable businesses in the construction field. North Shore Design, llc, located in Falls Church, VA is a thriving construction and remodeling business serving the DC metro area. He has also been involved in starting a successful commercial/residential masonry business, JPN Masonry, llc and most recently Re-Green Energy Solutions, llc a home energy audit and efficiency solutions provider. Jim is originally from Luray, VA; a graduate of George Mason University, attends Frontline of McLean Bible Church and is a politically active conservative. Jim is married to the lovely Jensina Printz.

We pursue this mission in order to:

1. Challenge other Christian organizations to ultimately create a movement to provide clean water and proclaim the Gospel in other countries around the world.

2. Empower the 20s and 30s generation in America to provide the majority of the finances for this movement, as well as engaging in evangelistic activity in Liberia.

3. Show the world that this generation of American Christians is serious about living out God’s purpose for the church to be the agent of change for the world, regardless of the need.

We will raise awareness and funding through a variety of campaigns, providing funding to our partner organizations, who will provide clean water solutions and preach the Gospel in Liberia. A defining fundraising campaign is our [Seven Summits Awareness Campaign]. A founding team of ten mountaineers has committed to climbing the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents – the Seven Summits – to accomplish the five goals above.

As the founder of The Last Well, I’d like to personally welcome you. I’d also like to invite you to discover and join in a campaign designed to mobilize the time, talents and treasure of 20s and 30s Christians to provide safe, affordable water to the entire nation of Liberia and preach the Gospel to those we serve. We dig wells. We share the Gospel. In the process, we also watch as God uses 20s and 30s Christians to eradicate the water problem of an entire nation!

Imagine hearing the following news report in the not too distant future:

“It’s January 22, 2014 at 1:43 PM (GMT) in Liberia. We are reporting live at the location of THE LAST WELL. The Last Well has accomplished in just five short years what many thought impossible. With THE LAST WELL being completed this very minute, The Last Well has provided clean water to the entire nation and they’ve done it all, as they say, “in the name of Christ.” Over the past five years this Christian organization has moved literally from border to border in Liberia digging wells and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with every community they serve.”

This news report can become reality! Imagine, God’s people accomplishing a God-sized task for His name and His glory.

As you browse this site, ask yourself, “Does God want me to become a part of this God-sized vision?” Maybe yes…maybe no. If He says yes, there are many ways to get involved. There are many ways to become part of this God-sized campaign!

There are a couple of places on this site that I don’t want you to miss, so I’ve place the links here for easy access.

The first link will guide you to the history of The Last Well. You’ll read how this campaign came to be.

The second link takes you to the page for our [climbs]. A defining fundraising campaign is our Seven Summits Awareness Campaign. A founding team of ten mountaineers has committed to climbing the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents – the Seven Summits – to accomplish the goals above. I was a member of the amazing team of men who went on the first expedition last year to [Mt Elbrus].

Finally, I’d like you to register on our site. When you do you’ll get regular updates on THE LAST WELL, progress on Expeditions, and read about the many ways that God is using young adults to accomplish His vision.

Thanks again for taking the time to browse the site and hopefully we will soon count you as a partner in ministry!

Carpe Deum! (Seize God!),

Todd Phillips

Founder, THE LAST WELL

The initial board for The Last Well, Inc. is Todd Phillips, Thomas Heffernan, Jennifer Banman, Jim Printz, and Bud Moeller. The initial board will serve for a one year term, at which time new board members will be elected.  The board first met in January 2009 to discuss organizational structure and bylaws for the organization as well as approve its official mission statement.

Receiving our approved 501(3)(c) status in 2008 was an exciting step for The Last Well as we can now directly track [donations] and sign memorandums of understandings with partner organizations to ensure that raised funds go directly to solving the clean water crisis, border-to-border, for the entire nation of Liberia.