Board of Directors

Jeff & Rosanne Mckenney
Jeff and Rosanne founded the Cornerstone Foundation in 1992. Jeff, President of Cornerstone Foundation, is a surgeon who felt a clear call to medical missions as a teenager. He served as a surgeon in the US Navy for 9 years and practiced general vascular & thoracic surgery on the Gulf Coast of MS before moving to Honduras full time in 2000. Rosanne, who grew up as an MK in Italy, is a surgical and obstetric nurse, and directs the El Camino Bilingual School (founded 2003). They and their three children–Nate (12/4/91), Gabe (7/7/93) and Hannah (11/19/97) call Honduras home.

Bruce & Jill Coble
Bruce and Jill live in Murfreesboro, TN. Bruce has been a minister of the Gospel since 1978 when he became Assistant Pastor at The Lord’s Chapel in Brentwood, TN. They moved to Harare, Zimbabwe in 1984 where he was a teacher and the director of Africa Multinations for Christ Bible School. Upon returning to the States, he became a Missions Pastor in Smyrna, TN. Jill recently retired from teaching. She was a Middle School educator for 20 years, and for the last 7 she taught Social Studies to English Language Learners (ESL).

Wade & Ruth Bishop
Wade and Ruth Bishop have been associated with the Cornerstone Foundation since the very early days of the ministry. They began going to Loma de Luz in 1991 with Construction Teams to lay foundation and support the Construction efforts for the Hospital building. Wade, as a dentist, helped with the design and support of the dental office space, which has also been used as an Eye Clinic. Ruth, as a nurse, has helped with medical teams and with some administrative functions such as policies and personnel. They became members of the Board in 1993. Wade serves as Treasurer for the foundation, and Ruth helps with Missionary Personnel.

Jerry Caffey
Jerry Caffey, founder and president of Caffey, Inc., has served as a construction coordinator and Board Member for The Cornerstone Foundation at Hospital Loma de Luz hospital in Balfate, Honduras since 1997. He also serves as a board member for Bethany Kids, a disabled children’s hospital in Kijabe, Africa. He has worked with Overtoun House in Scotland (since 2001) in its design and development as a home for unwed mothers, as well as a 5 year involvement with Casa Alleluia, an orphanage in St. Bartlome, Guatemala (1996 thru 2001). Jerry, his wife, Anna Lisa, and their four children live in Mississippi.

Linda Kuykendall
Jerry and Linda have been members of the Cornerstone Board of Directors since 2004. Jerry is retired from law enforcement and Linda is a retired special education teacher. They moved to Honduras in 2017 to serve as full-time missionaries at Loma de Luz.

Joe & Sally Mahoney
Sally and Joe Mahoney have been connected with the Cornerstone Foundation since its early days. Both have served as short term volunteers, and Sally has assisted Cornerstone in the area of communications. Joe and Sally are both educators, and both have been involved in nursing home ministry for many years and in local church ministry. They also have experience in children’s ministry, music ministry, and custodial ministry. They have 3 grown children and live in western Kentucky.