John Snyder

Chairman

John Snyder founded Snyder Oil Corporation in 1977 and served as Chairman and CEO until its merger in 1999 to form Santa Fe Snyder Corporation. He served as Chairman of Santa Fe Snyder until its merger in 2000 with Devon Energy. Since then he has focused his time and resources on non-profit endeavors oriented toward helping the poor and disadvantaged. John received his BS in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1964 and his MBA from Harvard in 1968.

Tom Wilson

CEO

Tom became CEO of ECHO in January of 2012 . For the prior 10 years, he served as CEO of OneHundred X, Dallas, Texas, where he managed an organization focused on multiplying the impact of high potential innovative Christian leaders, as well as encouraging people to move from “success to significance” in the second half of life. Prior to joining Leadership Network, Tom was on staff of Young Life for 31 years until he retired from the position of Senior Vice President of Field Operations for the Central and Southern part of the US as well as Central and South America. Tom serves on several boards, including Bridge2Rwanda and ECHO. Tom has also led Men’s Fraternity for the past five years.

John Mills

Managing Director

John joined ECHO in 2008 as a church clinic developer after returning from Chiapas Mexico where his family served for 30 months as PCUSA Short-term Mission Volunteers. While in Mexico, John helped fund and construct a medical clinic to serve the indigenous people of Chiapas.

Prior to leaving for the mission field, John was the executive director of the North Carolina Association of Free Clinics where he advocated for and on behalf of NC’s free and charitable clinics. During his tenure, the membership in the association doubled as he assisted communities and organization in the creation of nonprofit health clinics to served the uninsured.

Linda Gosdin

Secretary Treasurer

Linda joined Snyder Oil Corporation in 1988.  After a few months of working as the Office Manager, she was asked to work with John Snyder as his Administrative Assistant.  She continues to work with John as he transitioned out of the oil industry and focused on identifying a nonprofit need to which he could apply his talents and make a difference.