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About Us >> Our Board |
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New Name Ministries is devoted to serving the needs of all those affected by the consequences of sexual offense in their lives. To be sure, this is God’s ministry. We have been given the privilege of stewardship for the express purpose of representing Christ and bringing His Kingdom culture of Heaven to Earth so that He may be glorified and others set free from the bondage associated with the fall out of sexual offenses.
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Jon R. Cordeiro - Executive Director
Executive director of New Name Ministries: a faith based, non-profit 501C.(3); offering a fee based residential re-entry program and supportive fellowship for men with a criminal conviction of a sexual offense. Pastor Jon is a graduate of Victory Bible Training School and former Graduate Peer Consultant for Supervised Community Treatment of Portland, Maine. His former volunteer activities have included being a volunteer chaplain at the Maine Correctional Center through Gideon's and long term involvment with the Sexual Violence Collaborative of Southern Maine. Mr. Cordeiro is ordained in the State of Texas through Apostolic Servant Ministries and provides education and consultations with churches and national organizations on issues of residential re-entry for sex offenders, policies and procedures for sex offenders in the church and public education presentations on “Sex Offender Sense”.
Jon and Cynthia, his bride, are from Maine and have been married for 14 years. They have a grown daughter as well as numerous spiritual sons and daughters.
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John Leonardson - President
In prison ministry since 1980, John has worked inside many prisons, run three prison ministries and an aftercare center and written three manuals. MentorCare loves to work with churches or aftercare centers to help them establish or improve their ministry. He has also traveled to several countries to train local Christians to work in prison ministry. MentorCare believes the key issue facing our criminal justice system is re-entry. John specializes in teaching, mentor training, understanding the criminal mind, ministry analysis, fundraising and literature development.
Rev. Leonardson carries a deep sense of calling to this ministry and served as an elder in Colleyville Christian Fellowship. Marian has been his wife since 1971 and they have three daughters.
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Marian Leonardson - Treasurer
Marian Leonardson, LMSW–AP is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Advanced Practitioner. She can offer consultation to your ministry and make you aware of social programs and resources from which you may benefit. She has a wide range of experience in child welfare, medical and psychiatric social work and aftercare ministry.
Marian is a perfect co-worker with her strong background in social work and keen interest in helping ministries and former inmates. She knows how to gently delve into a person’s background with the goal of finding the resources to address their issues. Marian shares the calling and compassion for people finding their way into successful life. Together with John, they make a powerful team backed by years of experience and spiritual maturity.
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Cynthia L. Cordeiro - Secretary
An RN in emergency medicine for 30 years, Mrs. Cordeiro does the medical intake on each new arrival, establishes a medical liaison for that man with the medical community for civilian or veteran status health services. While maintaining a file on each man for maintenance health issues she is available for triage of acute evaluations and referral for specialty concerns. With her Bachelors in Psychology and a Court Appointed Safeguard, she also is involved in the screening of applicants and on-going identification of ‘red flag’ concerns.
Cynthia is Pastor Jon’s bride and blessing, supporting him as needed to the glory of God.
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Roberto Lucero - Board Member
Mr. Lucero has been actively involved with the ministry since May 2004, as his son attended the fellowship and became a successful graduate of the program. He stills serves in a supportive and insightful role as a board member bringing validity to reconciliation of family and family support of the offender.
Originally from El Salvador, Roberto and his wife Dora have nine children. They now reside in Grand Prairie, Texas. Roberto’s passion is evangelizing, especially to juvenile youth.
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John Haralson - Board Member
Mr. John Baylor Haralson is a sixth generation Texan and is BIG on Texas. He is a descendent of the founder of Baylor University and has lived in Texas nearly all his life. He joined New Name Ministry after attending the first Texas fellowship meeting in 2004 and has stayed active in it ever since. He was elected as a member of the ministry board in 2005.
John has 30+ years experience in the data processing industry and provided consulting services for a number of major companies in-cluding I.B.M., Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Federal Express and AT&T. In June of 2006, following ten years of management service at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, he retired to accept a fulltime staff position at New Name Ministry. He now serves as the ministry’s Program Coordinator and has developed the S.O.A.R. manual assisting men with accountability issues and restoration. He has been instrumental in the development of a number of other key ministry publications and assists the Executive Director in whatever capacity that is required.
In addition to his responsibilities at New Name, John coordinates and conducts Bible studies with inmates in the Federal Corrections Institute located in Fort Worth, Texas and is a qualified sponsor for the Healing Encounter at Open Door Church.
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