Leadership Team
Hope for 100 is a ministry of ABBA Fund.
Jason Kovacs, Director of Ministry Development
Jason is the Director of Ministry Development for ABBA Fund. He and his wife were recipients of one of the first ABBA Fund loans. They have two adopted children and one biological child. They met while serving at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN where they gained a deep passion for adoption and orphan care. Jason brings experience on the practical side of understanding the importance to help families financially with adoption and also the Biblical calling on God's people to care for orphans.
Some of Jason's responsibilities include maintaining contact with ministries (churches, adoption agencies, businesses, foundations, individuals, etc.) and representing ABBA Fund and LegacyChild at conferences, workshops and other meetings. Jason also communicates with donors and borrowing families to strengthen relationships and to develop more ways to partner. Jason is also available for speaking at churches and adoption groups. You can contact Jason via email or call 704-920-9146. Read Jason's Blog
Dwain Gullion, President
Dwain is the President for ABBA Fund. He lives in Bennett, NC with his wife, Heidi, and three children. He is responsible for strategic and operational planning and advancement of ABBA Fund. He works with Jason to network and develop partnerships with other organizations. Some of Dwain's other responsibilities include representing ABBA Fund and LegacyChild at conferences, workshops and other meetings. Dwain worked 12 years in his family's retail Christian bookstore business. He also started a promotional products company, Magnet America, in 2003. He is co-founder of the LegacyChild ministry of ABBA Fund and works with families to create living legacy's by establishing memorial funds. Dwain is available for speaking at churches and adoption groups. You can contact Dwain via email or call 336-345-2369.
Rocky Gill, Hope for 100 Founder
Following their adoption of a young Chinese girl, Rocky and Carrie Gill have grown more sensitive to the need for the church to care for the fatherless. As business owner in Tyler, TX, Rocky combined his business skills and heart for the fatherless to found Hope for 100.
Eugene Allison, Chairman & Founder of ABBA Fund
Eugene is a commercial real estate attorney with the law firm of Kirk, Palmer & Thigpen, P. A. in Charlotte, North Carolina. Eugene and his wife, Carol, adopted two children from Russia in 2001 and experienced first-hand the "cash flow crunch" posed by adoption expenses. Although there is a generous tax credit available to adoptive parents, the expenses have to be incurred first and the tax credit comes much later. Eugene and Carol had enough money to start, but not to finish the process.
Through significant financial gifts from friends, Eugene and Carol were able to complete the adoption. God soon placed a burden on their hearts to start a ministry that would help other Christian families get through the cash flow crunch on the way to growing their family through adoption. The creation of ABBA Fund ministry is the fulfillment of that dream. Eugene and Carol adopted two more children from Russia in 2005 and they home educate their seven children.